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If you found this blog via a link from a cruising site ~ we did cruise Mexico on our Ocean 49 cat for a season. See the first text box on the right for links to our preparations, trip down Baja, life in Mexico, cruising and trip back up to SoCal. Unfortunately we are back to the grind in the USA...

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Something's Missing...

"Meerkat" bimini-less.Looks weird.
Really weird.
Extremely weird.
And of course it is raining...
In the almost six years of owning this boat we have never seen it without the bimini.
The original one that came with the boat was torn while going thru a minor hurricane on the freighter.
So we had one made in Ensenada.
But the Ensenada canvas guy did not use UV protected thread or real Sunbrella for that matter.
It lasted us for over five years, so it's ok.
But I'm thinking I might need to go win the lottery or rob a bank to pay for the new one...
A lot of the cost is in labor as they have to match up the enclosure.
And we did step up in the quality of fabric...
Vinyl on the underneath side, so no more mildew, no more leaking.
It's all good.
Just not that it is raining...

3 comments:

"Seattle" Heather said...

Heather! PUT YOUR TOP ON! LMAO!!!

ha ha I crack myself up...

Doug and Carla Scott said...

Yup, you just have to sell your soul for a new one!

Lucy Coltrane said...

Is Tom doing your Bimini?