Don't see Many Spyders anymore

Spyder Tower

oddly enough i really like that tower

I think they were only available in '03. Agree on the head bashing- it looks pretty likely with that thing!

A bimini has give when you smoke your face on it HW. And thanks for error correction

Is that a CC product or aftermarket?

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do you think they planned it so that the legs of the tower would follow the lines of the hull graphics?

I like the lines of it< on that hull!

05 210 wrote: Didnt mastercraft market something similar to that not too long ago, called it the mini tower or something?    Mike

Yep- except it had the same lines as the full sized tower. I know they offered it on the 197, not sure if any other models got it. The smaller tower looked better on the slalom boats, at least compared to the full size tower. Still prefer my slalom boats tower-less though!

IIRC that was originally made for Ski-Fly. I think it looks great- for a tower on a ski boat.

In conversation with some of the design/engineering team at CC one fine day they brought up the spyder tower as an anecdote illustrating the importance of having the designers and engineers be able to sign out boats and use them early and often for thier intended purposes. It was basically viewed as a disaster that they should have forseen before it got out the door because as mentioned above it was virtually impossible to naturally get into and out of the drivers seat without banging your head unless you were quite short. But it sure did look good on the drawing board.    

You would be surprised how quickly your muscle memory kicks in for situations like that, having had very low tower biminis that were "head bangers", after a couple mind benders you never give it another thought. Not quite so easy for your guests however, lol

Not sure what boat show HW, stole the pics fair and square from a google search. :D

Yea I thought the towers were diff color too Chris

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