Stryker T-tops

[pelican]

Originally Posted by workinpr0gress

What makes you say that?

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canvas,right ? fiberglass skin ? you make the choice...

"skin tops" are a t-top with a simple "skin" of fiberglass,not the cored finished top,such as what's on standard on a contender...it's a much better,longer lasting product,than canvas.canvas,such a sunbrella,is a real poor choice,stamoid is a much stronger,longer lasting product than the sunbrella

[workinpr0gress]

Originally Posted by pelican

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canvas,right ? fiberglass skin ? you make the choice...

"skin tops" are a t-top with a simple "skin" of fiberglass,not the cored finished top,such as what's on standard on a contender...it's a much better,longer lasting product,than canvas.canvas,such a sunbrella,is a real poor choice,stamoid is a much stronger,longer lasting product than the sunbrella

I'm very familiar with all the options and cost is very different between them. I personally like a fabric top on many boats no matter the size. Some of my favorite looking boats are Merritts, those older Merritts and Rybos look so classic with stamoid and sunbrella. On my personal boats I've had a foam core canopy, a skinned, and Sunbrella. They all served their purpose. I will also say adding or moving things like, riggers, antennas, radomes, lights, etc. require more thought on a material canopy. That said, it doesn't take much to cut, hem and grommett sunbrella, and it's never been a big deal to replace or restring Stamoid or Sunbrella/Haartz. You may not get the service life out of fabric, obviously, you'll still get years.

[PipeDreamsMarine]

I just logged on and saw this post and figured I would put my 2cents in on this one being that I'm in the business.

A good quality T-top for a 20 will run you between $1,500 - $2000. Straight legs or bent legs will not cost you any more in my shop. The top should be sized for the boat and your needs. you can't box it in to a 4x6 or 5x7 type of deal. No one size fits all tops in my shop either.

I gotta go with Jimmy on this one, Go hard stay hard... Canvas is ok, but why spend the time and money every 5 to 7 years replacing it . The skin only weights about 5 pounds more then the canvas.

The box products from some suppliers have their place and if that is what you want then get one, but you can get a custom fabed top intalled on your boat for the same money.

Here is a pic of one of our basic T-tops, installed on site with the boat in the water, and note the rear legs where crowned to match the back legs of the customers leaning post- at no extra charge...

Don

[pelican]

"custom" - it's not built on an assembly line...