Tower and Bimini instuctions

[Matt Garcia]

Matt,

The pictures were a huge help, especially the third one. My engineer father-in-law and I figured it out. Without your pictures I'm not sure that we would have.
Now all I have to do is figure out where the water is coming from that was in my bilge after we pulled it out of the lake!

Ok good to know it helped. I was going to send you larger pictures sometime this week guess I wont have to do that now.

Do you know how to stow it?

For the bilge check your ballast pumps to make sure they aren't leaking (if you have ballast). Or check your PSS shaft to make sure that is tightened correctly.

[BrownClown]

Matt,

The bimini was a bear to put up and take down by myself today. The wife had to keep out 2 year old corraled while she tried to help. That didn't work too well. I think I might put it up in the parking lot before backing it down the ramp while the kids stay in the car in their seats! I now know where the poles go, but what would be a huge help is, the order that you put the poles up as well as stowing.
As for the water issue; that was taken care of when we were towed back to the ramp today. Everything was going well. I regularly checked the bilge area for excessive water. I never saw enough that looked concerning. We stopped to have lunch and drifted for a bit. After about an hour I started the boat back up. It idled for about 5 minutes and then died. It started right back up and I tried to put it in gear followed by sounds of crunching metal. I hope we're not out of commission for too long. I'm thankful for warrantee and insurance!