T top on 20' CC

bosunscrew · #1 08-22-2006, 11:18 PM

Thinking of putting a T Top on my 20 CC...Just wondering opinions. Worried it may take up to much room around the Center Console.

Also, does anyone know of a good place that makes T Tops in the NC area.

RS · #2 08-23-2006, 12:20 AM

It's come up from time to time
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bosunscrew · #3 08-23-2006, 11:11 AM

Thanks!

RS · #4 08-23-2006, 12:26 PM

I'll be fishing in your neck of the woods [Harkers] in early November for false albacore. Will you be there in your SC?

Ikan Besar · #5 08-23-2006, 01:18 PM

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Also, does anyone know of a good place that makes T Tops in the NC area.

Sadly, when I kept both my SeaCrafts at Harkers and asked around in the Harkers/Beaufort/Morehead area, all the top makers were considerably less-than-helpful when it came to deviating from their standard 5x7' top. They were happy to put the legs anywhere I wanted but I didn't find any that were willing to do truly custom work. You might give Custom Marine in New Bern or Coastal Marine in Straits a call, maybe one of them would bend the local rules a bit these days.

I finally brought my 20' to Florida to have redone and ended up getting a 3'x5' top that works out quite well - the top is no wider than the console, so unless you find your console is in the way, my t-top wouldn't be either. I think it's one of those issues where you are either comfortable with a t-top or you are not. I spend a lot of time in the sun for both my work as well as my recreation and neither is helpful with my skin cancer situation. As such, I do the sunscreen-long sleeves-t-top thing for more than just fashion reasons

bosunscrew · #6 08-24-2006, 12:13 AM

oh yeah I'll be back home in Novemeber as much as possible either running albacore or hunting speckled trout on the rock jetty at the Cape.