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|  Bimini Top Up Or Down When Cruising 
			
			You guys find the top acts like a sail and blows the V20 off course when cruising?
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			It depends, down you're saving gas, however, in Florida w/bimini up, you're saving your skin......
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			I only take the Bimini down when trailering to the keys or hurricanes coming.  Probably been down 15 days in the last 24 years.  Original sunbrella canvas
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			I have a large top on my skiff, and never notice any problems with it up. I take it down for trailering and if the fishing requires it, but thats about it.
		 
				__________________ 2011 SUNDANCE B20CCR SKIFF, 2011 YAMAHA 90HP 4 STROKE, 2011 KARAVAN SINGLE AXLE ALUMINUM TRAILER, LOWRANCE ELITE-7 HDI, MINN KOTA RIPTIDE TROLLING MOTOR 2000CC HYDRA-SPORT 225+HP EVINRUDE SOLD  AND THE PINK JEEP!!!! R.I.P. http://www.wellcraftv20.com/communit...ad.php?t=11664 | 
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			Blown off course due to top up?...not even when I had a full set of side curtains
		 
				__________________ '74 V-20/ BF 150 '95 V-21/ BF 150 '84 V-20/ 200 2.4 Merc '87 V-20/'18 F150 Yamaha | 
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			Down for trailering, up the rest of the time.  Down for the winter, up for the summer.  Never had a problem with it blowing me off course.  In fact, I find it actually helps at times with the drift.  (Depending on wind and tide currents)    
				__________________ 1987 V20 w/1987 150HP Yamaha on a Shoreland'r Trailer 1978 16.5 Airslot w/1996 120HP Force on a Four Winns trailer 1996 V21 w/1993 200HP Mercury on a Shoreline Trailer All towed by a 5.7L Hemi Durango. If God didn't have a purpose for us we wouldn't be here, so Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly. (Leave the rest to God)  Silence, in the face of evil, is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak, not to act is to act. God will not hold us guiltless. | 
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			Yea when I'm on a straight course and a gust of wind comes by I have to recorrrect.  I'll try dropping the front a bit.
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			Mines been topless the last 4 years.
		 
				__________________ 1985 Wellcraft V-20, Evinrude ETEC 150: SOLD 1979 Marine Trader 44, twin Ford Lehman 120s 2006 Panga 14, Tohatsu 20 | 
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