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Exterior Equipment
11.5 Hardtop
The standard hardtop consists of a laminated -
berglass top mounted to a welded powder coated
aluminum frame that is bolted to the console and
helm seat base. It is equipped with a switch panel,
overhead lighting for the helm and a mounting
area for a VHF radio and stereo. The Center Con-
sole hardtop also has storage in the rear of the
hardtop liner, above the helm seats for life jackets
and other light items.
The top is designed to accommodate radio anten-
nas, radar antennas, forward and aft spreader
lights, navigation lights and rod holders. It could
also be equipped with optional outriggers.
The hardtop is not designed to support the addi-
tional weight of heavy items like a life raft. Radar
and electronics antennas must be mounted to the
top between the front and rear legs in the mount-
ing areas provided. Do not mount any antennas
or equipment to the brow area forward of the
front legs. The hardtop frame is not designed to
support the weight of accessories in this area and
could be damaged. The rear legs provide the wire
chase for lights and antennas mounted to the top.
Ski Tow
Some hardtop frames are equipped with a ski tow
designed for pulling one average sized skier or
wakeboarder. You should never tow more than
one skier or wakeboarder from the ski tow. Tow-
ing more than one skier will put too much strain
on the fabrication and could cause damage to the
hardtop, console or cockpit sole.
Always use high quality tow ropes with attach-
ment loops when pulling wakeboarders or skiers.
The tow rope should always be attached using
the attachment loops and never tied to the ski
tow or to any type of metal hook. Tied ski ropes
are very dicult to remove and metal hooks will
damage the ski tow and the powder coated alu-
minum around it. Additionally, a metal hook can
cause injury to your skier if it breaks under the
strain of the tow.
When attaching a tow rope using the attachment
loops, hold the attachment loop in one hand and
pull a length of rope on the handle side of the
loop through the loop, creating another 6” loop.
Slide the loop just created over the ski tow tting
and pull the handle side of the rope to tighten the
loop around the tow tting. This procedure will
attach the rope securely to the ski tow, be easy
Life Jacket Storage
Typical Hardtop with Optional Outriggers
Hardtop with Ski Tow & Rod Holders
to remove and will not come o if the skier or
wakeboarder falls.
Refer to Water Skiing in the Operation chapter
for safety information on operating the boat with
a skier.
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