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Bimini top and driving

Crob83

Crob83

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Boat Make
Yamaha
Year
2018
Boat Model
AR195
Boat Length
19
I accidentally drove home after camping Saturday night with my Bimini deployed. Went 75 on the highway for over half the trip, and miraculously nothing happened. I got home and was like WOW
 
You got lucky. The PO of my boat drove home and destroyed the brand new top and scratched the heck out of the tower.
 
Yeah I did. 90 mile trip and had literally no idea
 
Did it once on a short trip because I knew I wouldn’t be going over 55.
 
Nightmare said:
You got lucky. The PO of my boat drove home and destroyed the brand new top and scratched the heck out of the tower.
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Mine has bent ball ends on the mounts and big gouges on the tower from the PO. I’m guessing the same thing happened.
 
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