Thanks for the thought Cyclone. I'll get back to you later this week.
It's Monday now, at 00:15. This weekend has been pretty crazy. I did consume more than my fair share or Red Bull.
The tower's been off for a couple weeks. Picked the boat up Saturday afternoon (they made the old mounting holes disapear [sp?].)
Saturday night @ 21:00, the starboard base went on. Sunday morning at 03:00, the port base went on. Upper portion went on at Sunday at 14:00. All bimini mounting points are installed, and we just got back from dropping the boat off at the bimini place.
The twist is still in the top of the tower - we pinpointed the construction defect. HOWEVER (comma), the lower portions are aligned, the pads are so much better than new, and the rear pads are reinforced by eighteen layers of birch. More on this later.
By next week...pictures of the mother of all custom biminis - designed by me, a rare original thought, being built by a super dude.
Ps. the engine's running like $hit ;-(