Well, we backed the 27 into the shop on Saturday and I started removing the original fugly hardtop from 1986.
The plan is to go with an oversized cored fiberglass top that will have the front legs mounted on the gunwale and rear truss styled legs mounted just outside the leaning post over the stringers. The goal is to make the boat as fishable as possible (the aft legs on the original top were always in the way) while providing the most protection from the sun while giving me the ability to add some strataglass curtains if needed.
I also have a new console for the boat, but that tear down and upgrade project will have to wait until next year as I don't want to miss half the season again this year.
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