This may seem to be an unusual question but I'm taking a survey. We're designing the new Bimini for Cigano and are interested to know what the average deck clearance to the top of the top is. I'm 5'10" tall and what is comfortable to me might not be comfortable to a 6'6" guest. Any recommendations? Larry Cigano, 47' Prairie Sundeck Lying Covington, LA

How many 6'6" guests to you anticipate having aboard? My son is 6'5" and I know he'll be aboard at least once a year, perhaps more, for a week or two at a time. When I had the bimini remade, I had the canvas person make it 6'4" to the underside of the canvas at the highest (the old bimini top was about 6'7"). Obviously, that means that the SS supports are about 6'3" above the deck. Most of the time, on the fly bridge, people are sitting while underway, and most guests are a few inches (or more) shorter than my son. I think the overall appearance is better with a bimini that is lower, rather than higher. The first time my son was aboard after the change, he said it wasn't a problem. He's used to ducking for hanging lamps, etc, anyway! <><><><><><><><><><><><><><>Mozilla Thunderbird<><><><><><><><><><><><> Bob McLeran and Judy Young Manatee Cove Marina M/V Sanderling Patrick Air Force Base Hampton 35 Trawler Melbourne, Florida On 3/20/2006 10:04 AM, Larry N. Brown wrote: > This may seem to be an unusual question but I'm taking a survey. We're > designing the new Bimini for Cigano and are interested to know what the > average deck clearance to the top of the top is. I'm 5'10" tall and what is > comfortable to me might not be comfortable to a 6'6" guest. Any > recommendations? > > Larry > Cigano, 47' Prairie Sundeck > Lying Covington, LA

Bob, You make a good point. The overhead in our main saloon is 78" above the deck. We recently had a friend, the size of your son, aboard and he had sufficient clearance. Why would we have a Bimini higher than our main saloon? Thanks for the input. Regards. Larry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob McLeran" <rmcleran@ix.netcom.com> To: "Larry N. Brown" <cigano55@hotmail.com> Cc: "Trawlers and Trawlering" <trawlers-and-trawlering@lists.samurai.com> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 10:33 AM Subject: Re: T&T: Bimini Tops > How many 6'6" guests to you anticipate having aboard? My son is 6'5" and > I know he'll be aboard at least once a year, perhaps more, for a week or > two at a time. When I had the bimini remade, I had the canvas person > make it 6'4" to the underside of the canvas at the highest (the old > bimini top was about 6'7"). Obviously, that means that the SS supports > are about 6'3" above the deck. > > Most of the time, on the fly bridge, people are sitting while underway, > and most guests are a few inches (or more) shorter than my son. I think > the overall appearance is better with a bimini that is lower, rather > than higher. > > The first time my son was aboard after the change, he said it wasn't a > problem. He's used to ducking for hanging lamps, etc, anyway! > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><>Mozilla Thunderbird<><><><><><><><><><><><> > Bob McLeran and Judy Young Manatee Cove Marina > M/V Sanderling Patrick Air Force Base > Hampton 35 Trawler Melbourne, Florida > > > On 3/20/2006 10:04 AM, Larry N. Brown wrote: >> This may seem to be an unusual question but I'm taking a survey. We're >> designing the new Bimini for Cigano and are interested to know what the >> average deck clearance to the top of the top is. I'm 5'10" tall and what >> is >> comfortable to me might not be comfortable to a 6'6" guest. Any >> recommendations? >> >> Larry >> Cigano, 47' Prairie Sundeck >> Lying Covington, LA > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers-and-trawlering > > To unsubscribe send email to > trawlers-and-trawlering-request@lists.samurai.com with the word > UNSUBSCRIBE and nothing else in the subject or body of the message. > > Trawlers & Trawlering and T&T are trademarks of Water World > Productions. Unauthorized use is prohibited.