Badbaggers SeaArk 1872 Modification & Restoration Project

[Country Dave]

About to order my bimini - Need input. The boat will be all white exterior hull - interior off white Linex with a black rub rail. Strictly for COLOR selection,
I'm either going with Sunbrella Toast or Sunbrella Black. See below. Black may be a bit hotter but I am after shade and I can't tell the difference out there between it being 91 or 94 degrees under the top. These are OUR personal favorites so it'll be one or the other.

So black or toast ?

Either way it’s going to be toasty :LOL2: so I say toast.

 

[bigwave]

Hmmm need to see the boat with the new makeup on first........black will probably look better, but the tan is not that bad either.......I say black.

 

[Badbagger]

3 to 1. Wife and I are saying black as is Kevin. Time to make that call and BOAT - break out another thousand :shock:

 

[Country Dave]

They will both look good,
Tan or toast :LOL2: always looks good with white, but you’ve got to go with what the wife says.

 

[smackdaddy53]

Lighter will be cooler, black absorbs heat...

 

[Badbagger]

The wife and I went round a bit on the black and the heat. After talking to Kevin at KTM https://ktmcanvas.com who is going to make my top, there's going to be a fair amount of space for air flow since the "top of the top" aka Bimini will be about 7' off the floor and being a center console, I'll have more than enough air flow. They do really great work.

 

[smackdaddy53]

Yeah, that makes sense.

 

[bigwave]

The wife and I went round a bit on the black and the heat. After talking to Kevin at KTM https://ktmcanvas.com who is going to make my top, there's going to be a fair amount of space for air flow since the "top of the top" aka Bimini will be about 7' off the floor and being a center console, I'll have more than enough air flow. They do really great work.

Since your going all out you could also install a mister for the real hot days........ :lol:

 

[Badbagger]

The wife and I went round a bit on the black and the heat. After talking to Kevin at KTM https://ktmcanvas.com who is going to make my top, there's going to be a fair amount of space for air flow since the "top of the top" aka Bimini will be about 7' off the floor and being a center console, I'll have more than enough air flow. They do really great work.

Since your going all out you could also install a mister for the real hot days........ :lol:

Shhhh... [-X The wife might here ya and I'll be hunting one :LOL2:

 

[Country Dave]

The automatic ones can be costly. The manual ones are much less expensive. :LOL2:

 

[bigwave]

Stop it Dave, your going to get him in trouble with the boss......... [-X :mrgreen:

 

[Badbagger]

LOL it's all good. A few more things trickling in. I got a great deal on 4 yes 4 Blue Seas 5025 Fuse Blocks and NO, don't need 4 lol. I've sold one and have 2 more and just put up an ad in Swap n Sell if you know of anyone looking for one for a project...

 

[Pweisbrod]

I want you to know I check your build every day to see if you got that boat back early! Call them linex guys and tell em to hurry up!

 

[Badbagger]

:LOL2: as much as I want to get it back (and they KNOW it trust me), I don't care what it takes it has just GOT to be done the right way. As long as they don't have any unexpected issues due to weather and equipment nor run into any surprises, we are shooting for a pickup of next Thursday. Kevin at KTM Canvas is scheduled to run over once they flip the boat back over so he can measure for my bimini. I did learn that they decided to pull out the console of the boat which I didn't think they'd do. But, Brian who owns Sarasota Linex is of the same mindset as I am "do it right".

 

[Country Dave]

I’m getting a jump on you brother,
I was making a parts list last night “mostly hardware” and putting a game plan together. Starting tomorrow night it’s on. :mrgreen:

 

[Pweisbrod]

That's really great, I envy all of you perfectionist over thinkers. I'm more of a "well, you can't tell from the highway" guy. I can't wait to see you start bolting on some of these toys you've been getting in the mail! Especially the etec! I do miss mine.

 

[Badbagger]

I’m getting a jump on you brother,
I was making a parts list last night “mostly hardware” and putting a game plan together. Starting tomorrow night it’s on. :mrgreen:

Outstanding, looking forward to seeing da pics =D>

 

[Badbagger]

That's really great, I envy all of you perfectionist over thinkers. I'm more of a "well, you can't tell from the highway" guy. I can't wait to see you start bolting on some of these toys you've been getting in the mail! Especially the etec! I do miss mine.

Lol, yep that's ME a PERFECTIONIST and like Dave, I think everything through a 100 times. It's called OCD :LOL2:

 

[bigwave]

Ahhhh you guys crack me up....... :mrgreen: either way your both doing an outstanding job. =D>

 

[Badbagger]

Thanks Kevin, looking forward to seeing Dave's progress. It's been a race of snails :LOL2: These things take time to do em right and a BIG drawback for me is that I'm 5 hours away from Bradenton so even if there's one slight unexpected delay at Linex, it can push me back by 8 to 10 days. None the less, it's all good and when it's done, it's done & it'll be right.