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Hey guys Looking at getting a new Bimini made up and not sure which material to go with, canvas or this vinyl stuff. Wondering if anyone has had experience with these materials and what the pro’s and con’s of having them on their boat? Cheers.

I’v done all the rust conversion and used a good quality, epoxy paint to cover it all. Also done inside the cross members aswell. In the coming year or two I’m going to get new bolt on cross members for the future. I need to remove the bolts to set the keel rollers up properly.

Steering clear from the acid, I’ll just stick with WD40!

Bugger, they never make things nice and easy! Plus being in oz they charge and arm and a leg for it.

Noelm have thought about Eva foam flooring? It’s easier to clean and bait and stuff doesn’t stick, like it does to carpet.

Looking forward to seeing a few pic when she’s cleaned up.

Thanks for all your suggestions guys! I know the cross member is not in the best shape. I have some what treated the area to get me through a couple more seasons hopefully. I have sprayed them with wd40 and let it soak In . Tried to undo it with sockets but the nut keeps spinning they are to far gone as Noel suggested. I have an Idea of drilling a hole ( pilot hole first) through the nut then again at roughy the same size. Then grabbing a cold chisel to spilt the nut in half. After that hopefully jimmying the bolt out with a screw drive. I could also cut the bolt head flush try bashing it out like Noel said but not keen on whacking it to hard in fear cause more damage. It’s not a user friendly design I think ( the bolt and nut combo). I don’t have blow touch might have to get one , to help.

Nice looking red, Awesome job!

Glad you caught a nice feed! Good report, can’t wait for them water temp to heat up!

Hey guys, so i’m in the process of setting up the trailer to fit my boat properly and redoing the rollers. I can’t get the bolts out that hold the brackets for the keel rollers. Just wondering if any got any tips on cracking these bloody things out. ( I new bolts and nuts to put in.) cheers

Hey Z, I ended up going to see a fabricator and they are going to move the rails for so I fit the Savwich bow sprit In properly and reinforce the anchor well for the drum. It will look much better and give some room when the anchor is retrieved up and not hitting the front of the boat.

Hey guys, it’s drum winch and going on an alloy hull. So the bowsprit for the winch is 78mm wide and the opening is 54mm wide. I thinking of cutting 15mm off each side of the bow rails internally and slotting In the new bowsprit.

Hey fellas, looking at installation a bow sprit for an electric anchor. Only problem is the gap between the bow rails is 50mm. Has anyone Came across this and managed to get one in without cutting and re-welding the bow rails ?

Thanks for help @Fab1 really appreciate it. I said sand, washed and converted it today and apply one coat of epoxy paint. Looks better already! hopefully I can get a couple more seasons out of it. Next week going to spray converter inside the cross members to try on prolong them. also looking into getting them replaced with potentially bolt on ones.

I could get something sorted out, what do you have in mind ?

XD351 do you remember what sort of water temp you getting out there?

Thanks, I’ll check it out!

Getting new cross members on it s the way to go and then get it either acid bathed or sand blasted to remove all the old gal off and get it hot gal again. But atm I can’t it done so I just was hoping to prolong the trailer for alittle while longer. bolts ones ones could make easier to place when signs of rust are starting to show why done trailer makers done this?! Or put in c sections inside so it’s much easier to clean and maintain. Here are the areas of concern Fab1

Cutting the cross members out the 100% way to go and start fresh. But atm I not able to, so I hoping to prolong the trailer for alittle while longer and treat the areas of concern. I was going to spray rust converter inside the cross member using a flexible extension on the spray head to at least try and save it abit, it’s only a band-Aid solution I know but something better then nothing right?! . Thanks for the help frank.

Hey dunc333 , yep Unfortunately when it’s in the cross member it’s impossible to get out. They don’t make them salt water friendly. Thats not a bad idea to strengthen it for the time being until I can get properly fixed. I have heard of the sump oil trick and will be doing it any new trailers down the track or once this one get a redo. Thanks for your help!

I’m just trying to prolong the trailer for alittle while longer….once the rust starts it almost game over.

Oh ok I wasn’t sure, thanks for the help!

Hey guys, Doing some yearly maintenance on the boat trailer. I have a couple cross members ( the usual suspects) starting to rust. I have a couple questions on repairing with rust converter. What rust converter do people recommend? Can you cold gal over it once converted? And is there a hack to getting the rust converter into The cross member via the gal hole at the bottom of the cross member? Any help would be appreciated cheers.

I had the same problem 2 Saturday’s ago XD351, I couldn’t turn a reel and had the same water temps.

Great report and read XD, enjoyed it. Some really helpful tips in there also.