Four Winns 1986 horizon 190 Bimini top question.

[DennisM]

Ok working on another area of of the boat now.

It has a Bimini top in it, stores behind the engine bay. It has one set of poles on it and a dia. pole attached to the long pole which slides.

No other poles or hardware.

Doesnt anyone else have this model or can lend some assistance to what is needed to put it back in usable condition?

 

[DennisM]

Re: Four Winns 1986 horizon 190 Bimini top question.

Nevermind, I figured it out!

Noticed snaps on the front of the windshield, and thought Hmmm, I think there were snaps on the top too...

Now to just find the side and rear panels that zip on it...

 

[JasonBo]

Re: Four Winns 1986 horizon 190 Bimini top question.

I love that top i wish i could find one for my stratos 290 s/f

 

[gozierdt]

Re: Four Winns 1986 horizon 190 Bimini top question.

The answer to your question is that's not a bimini top. A bimini is self supporting, and rides above the windshield, just provides shade, with a little more headroom. What you have I'll call a "convertible" top (there may be a proper marine name for it, but I don't know what it is. That top provides as much shade as a bimini, a little less airflow, but in a rainstorm, this is the top to have. I remember sitting out on San Pablo Bay fishing for Sturgeon in a rainstorm, with a top just like that one on my 17' Marlin. The tide and wind kept the boat pointed into the rain, and we just sat there comfortable and warm under the top with the rain blowing by...