How to Make a 3-Bow Bimini Top for a Pontoon
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Create a comfortable, shaded space on your pontoon boat with a custom made bimini top. With all-inclusive kits from Sailrite®, you can get a fully custom fit for your boat for less than going to a canvas shop. Our bimini kits come in two parts; the frame and the skin. We already made the frame for our pontoon bimini and in this how-to video we'll show you how to pattern, sew and install the fabric top.
This bimini project is a part of our Camp Whitley Pontoon Boat Series. Sailrite teamed up with several other local businesses to refurbish an old pontoon boat for a local summer camp, Camp Whitley. Be sure to watch all the videos in the series to see the full transformation!
Our bimini skin kits come standard with Sunbrella® fabric, but we chose to use Top Notch® 9 fabric in Burgundy Weave. Top Notch 9 is a durable, solution-dyed polyester fabric with excellent dimensional stability, making it a great choice for tops, especially here in the Midwest where the sun is not as hot as in the tropics. If you'd like to use Top Notch 9 or any other marine fabric for your bimini top just give us a call and we'd be happy to customize a kit for you.
In this video, you'll learn how to use Dura-Skrim® patterning material to pattern your bimini top, how to pattern and cut the panels and how to sew it all together.
*These components are included in Sailrite's Bimini Frame Kits