CANOPY

bigscale wrote:Nauticover has just informed me they are about to make my canopy and you are right Derek £60 for the turnbuckle tool but £50 refundable on return

There's a lot riding on your canopy being ok as I recommend Nauticover 100% despite doomsayers adverse comments ! So they had better come up with the goods for you !

The turnbuckle tool is a godsend, of course you can buy one for £100+ and then leave it to rust in your toolbox, I think I paid £40 and got £40 back, but considering they presumably have to replace them at some time, £10 is not extortionate.

Good luck with your fitting, take your time, measure 3 times, cut once !!!

Not the best picture but Freeman meet Beccles 2020, starbrd side panels removed, so tension a bit down overall.

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Thanks, Derek I will certainly take my time hopefully all will be well looking forward to new canopy

Canopy arrived and looks good not laid out yet but it seems a lot of the fittings our done i will take photos when I erect it
wish me luck
PS Derek were all the twist studs (sorry cannot think what they are called) that run along the top and down to the bottom, done on your canopy
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I have made stainless steel supports left the legs longer to adjust when fitting at the boat  unwrapped the canopy and am well pleased if it fits all i have to do is line up the toggles at the stern of the boat pin front to the wooden button for windscreen  
and two studs each side of the windscreen later this week

Went to boat  today and fitted canopy got there at 12'clock and it never once stopped raining till 6'oclock when I left
the fitting was pretty straight foreword in fact far easier then I visualised i will be going back Sunday for a few minor adjustments and i will take photo's of canopy and new lever control  and post them

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pictures as promised canopy not quite finished waiting for connecters to fasten bottom ties also lever control

Re the gear lever - can you post a picture of what you did at the gearbox end please? 
Thank you.

Sure Botleybouy
                        i will post when i go down later this week believe me it is so simple but a reverlation i think the secret is the lever control it is strong enough to easly engage the gearstick i will post all components
ps i have never felt so happy with the way thinks are going half way installing EVA on the deck not only looks good but also slip proof and nice to walk on

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sorry about the photo's but I find it hard to get down  and hold the phone one-handed but I think the last photo shows how straight forward really,
I tried to delete some of the photo's but for some reason would not let me if you are interested in doing it Botleybouy I will give a link to lever and cable

That's more or less the same as what I did but I couldn't enough "throw" to get sufficient movement on the gear lever to go from forward to reverse. Great to see it has worked for you.

when the Chinese brought out this lever control I knew it was what I needed (https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/383912419494?hash=item5962f6a0a6:g:TpcAAOSwQFpgCTwP ) also extreme ultraflex Mach Zero heavy-duty cable every freeman I have seen with gear change had a heavy-duty lever and cable this is where I think this controller scores so well made and has the power to engage the gearbox with ease