Choosing between a T-Top and a Canvas Bimini Top
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2024 9:33 am
I live in the Mobile Bay and Gulf of Mexico area. My boating will be in the intra-coastal water way, or near the coast, or in rivers, or in Mobile Bay, and I plan to be cruising or angling--but not too far off shore. I am in my retirement years.
For a boat, I am searching for a center console boat. I have focused on the Boston Whaler 250 DAUNTLESS as the boat for me. The design of the 250 DAUNTLESS to me screams mixed use. My brain says the 250 DAUNTLESS is for in-shore charter use and for angling from an open boat--that means no T-Top--with a Bimini top if any crew wants to have shade when the boat is beached at a sand bar.
Q1: why is a T-Top so popular?
In my analysis a T-Top offers really very limited use for creating shade, and it will be in the way when angling for fish. And a T-Top creates a fixed height restriction that limits access to places like your garage or your car port or under trees or under mangroves.
Q2: is a T-Top [really] popular?
I am asking because I do not see many boat on the [local] waters with a T-Top, nor do I see [boats with T-Top on the showroom floor] at [boat] dealers.
For a boat, I am searching for a center console boat. I have focused on the Boston Whaler 250 DAUNTLESS as the boat for me. The design of the 250 DAUNTLESS to me screams mixed use. My brain says the 250 DAUNTLESS is for in-shore charter use and for angling from an open boat--that means no T-Top--with a Bimini top if any crew wants to have shade when the boat is beached at a sand bar.
Q1: why is a T-Top so popular?
In my analysis a T-Top offers really very limited use for creating shade, and it will be in the way when angling for fish. And a T-Top creates a fixed height restriction that limits access to places like your garage or your car port or under trees or under mangroves.
Q2: is a T-Top [really] popular?
I am asking because I do not see many boat on the [local] waters with a T-Top, nor do I see [boats with T-Top on the showroom floor] at [boat] dealers.