GRACE has a homemade bimini that we set up whenever we anchor for very long. It consists of some aluminum tubing with standard bimini fittings a few pieces of small line and one large rectangular piece of Sunbrella. It attaches forward at the shrouds and is supported aft by telescoping aluminum tubing (again standard bimini items sold at West Marine). It takes less than 5 minutes to set up and folds down out of the way on the transom like a convertible top when not in use. We have only used it in nice weather (as a sunshade and it also keeps dew from forming on items left in the cockpit somewhat). It is quite an ingenious setup for which I take no credit whatsoever (it was designed and built by Grace’s former owner). When I roll Grace out from under her winter cover I will take some photos and send them to the website if anybody is interested.

Mark

M17 #400

GRACE