Hardtop build

Questions about boat repairs with our resins and fiberglass: hull patches, transoms and stringers, foam, rot etc.
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Re: Hardtop build

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The pod gives you a more “custom look” which is what these are all about. Clean is the guiding principle. On this no fasters are visible. Embedded aluminum plate to drill and tap.

With the position of the satellite antenna you really don’t need it at all!

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Re: Hardtop build

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DAYTRIP wrote: Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:32 pm The pod gives you a more “custom look” which is what these are all about. Clean is the guiding principle. On this no fasters are visible. Embedded aluminum plate to drill and tap.

With the position of the satellite antenna you really don’t need it at all!
Okay, all for a sleek look. Cool. Thanks...maybe I will copy it..or not I have HD inserts in my top for the radar.
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Little update on the hardtops Reid and Jeff have helped shape. The radar pod is its top and painted.

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Cut another top today. This one is 88” wide and 120” long.

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First hardtop looks very nice. Man that second one must be for a big boat! Pretty neat how you have things cut for line up.

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I bought a 6' high tower for my radar. Thing is gonna be about 17' above sea level. A little worried it'll be shaky up there. We'll see. That is one big top you are building..
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The top we cut yesterday goes on a custom 26 bertram. The last one Jeff cut is actually bigger. It is 96” wide by 138” long. It goes on a 34 venture. We just got an order and are finalizing shape for a top that will be 121” wide x 140” long.


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Very nice DayTrip!!! Jeff

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Building a key west style top for a 34 seevee. Another top that Jeff and Reid cut for us on the cnc
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You guys sure do some impressive work!

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