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MONTEREY
BOATS
Exterior Equipment
11.8 Bimini Top & Optional Canvas
each boat. An optional bow cover protects the
seats and equipment forward of the windshield.
The bimini top and boot is standard equipment on
at the factory and the bimini top must be installed
properly in order for the optional clear connector
To install the Bimini top, attach the main legs to
the deck hinges using the quick release pins and
leave the rear stanchions loose. Next, open the
bimini and attach the front straps to the metal
eye straps on the top of the windshield frame.
Attach the rear stanchions, one at a time, to the
rear deck hinges located near the rear of the wind-
shield. Use your body weight on the rear corner
of the bimini to pull down and stretch the fabric
until the stanchion eye end lines up with the hole
in the deck hinge. Secure each eye end to the
deck hinge with the quick release pins. If the top
will be level and the canvas tight.
NOTICE:
The front straps of the bimini must be se-
cured to the windshield before the rear stan-
chions are secured to the deck. If the rear
loosening them. If the front straps are loos-
ened, the bimini top will be too loose and the
properly and appear to be too short.
Bimini Top Enclosure
A clear connector, side curtains and aft curtain is
an available option on most models. If your boat
is equipped with enclosure curtains, they must be
installed in the proper sequence.
Close the center windshield section and attach the
clear connector to the zipper at the front of the
top and snap it to the top of the windshield frame
beginning with the center snaps. If the bimini
wrinkles and reach the snaps on the windshield.
The front straps will continue to bear the main
load of the top.
Once the clear connector is completely installed,
the side curtains can be put on. Attach the side
curtains to the zippers on the sides of the bimini
and to the front connector. Snap the curtains to
the windshield and the deck beginning with the
forward snaps on the windshield. If the bimini is
be stretched slightly to pull out the wrinkles and
reach the snaps. The main load for the top should
remain on the front straps and the rear stanchions.
If you have the optional drop curtain, attach it to
the zipper on the back of the top and to the rear
of the side curtains. Snap the drop curtain to the
deck and cockpit.
There is a panel in the clear connector that can be
rolled up and secured by straps near the top of the
bimini. This roll up panel allows the walk-through
feature of the cockpit and windshield to be used
when the bimini and clear connector are installed.
The side curtains and clear connector should
creases. Folding the curtains will make permanent
creases that could cause the vinyl to crack.
NOTICE:
Cold weather can make the clear vinyl ma-
stretch to the snaps. This can particularly
difficult with new canvas that has been
stored off the boat. Laying the curtains in
the sun for 30 minutes during the heat of the
day will make installing them much easier
in cold weather.
11.9 Radar Arch
optional on 268SS/288SS models and a painted
aluminum arch without a ski tow is standard on
the 328SS.
The Arches equipped with a ski tow are designed
for pulling one average sized skier or wakeboarder.
You should never tow more than one skier or wake-
boarder from the any tower or arch. Towing more
than one skier will put too much strain on the fab-
rication and could cause damage to the arch and
deck. Refer to the Transom Ski Tow section in this
chapter for more information on using the arch or
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