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The Ocean South link is awesome! Thanks for posting! I wanted some sort of bow shade and saw they have a T to enclosure as well. I’d still like a set up like I posted above but the Ocean South universal one looks like it could definitely improve usability in non perfect weather days, and a lot less money than a custom built one.
I love the look and versatility that appears to come with this boat; the hard sell for us would be the loss of the full bimini on the 242SE. I've come across people with the new 25x bowriders and they bemoan the bimini on the new models vs their previous 242s. Apparently it not only looks smaller, it really is smaller.
Yes that looks decent, but $4k is a bit much. I could build something similiar. Probably for under $1k. Aluminum frame, hinges, plexiglass and some electronic struts.
The issue with a hard wind screen like that, at least for me, is losing the vertical rod holders on either side of the helm. But hey, there are 8 horizontal rod holders on either side, if it meant the gf would be content I could deal with it. But I still think I’d like the canvas / isenglass set up better. I think you could get a tighter fit with the flexible canvas as well.