Tower Bimini?

Dang, those “Slant-Backs” are sexy looking boats.  

Just a follow up on this post and a shout out for Wayne at New Dimension.    I ordered a tower  in Feb of 2021, and received it all banged up in shipping.    Wayne has walked with me through every step of getting this thing straightened out, both on the phone and through email communication.  While the shipping experience has been a bummer, and the shipper has taken every possible "out"  to make sure they don't have to pay for the damage,  I am happy with the customer service and the product's original quality from NDT.   Seems rare these days to have a company stand behind their product like Wayne has done.     The tower was a MAJOR upgrade in interior space management, and really has made the boat functional for us.    We went with the NDT over the tower Bimini for factory continuity.   my only bimini complaint is probably going to be remedied by time and experience; it's a bit hard to lock in to the extended position due to the material tension of the cloth, and that visibility/location of the skier down flag is limited when the Bimini is extended, especially with the board racks full.    under the tower would likely have made these both more difficult, so I am glad for the Over the tower style. 

Only picture I had handy... 1997 with just a generic bimini from Overtons... I matched the gunwhale width then selected how much coverage I wanted front to back and the height... I held out for a long time with the argument that it would make the boat look like crap, but the wife eventually wore me down... 

We've been looking for a 02-05 SAN 210 for a year or so now, but I haven't seen much under 30K,  and several boats on the West Coast were advertised in the 35-40K range.  I was hoping that the prices would drop over winter, but we haven't seen much change if any, and with us anticipating another COVID style summer here in WA, I expect that boats will again be on the super premium pricing path. We'll keep looking, but I am wanting to capitalize on the few summers I have left with my kids at home, so making what we have work is pretty important to me.   Working around gear on the floor and having rope challenges for the back seat passengers makes this boat less than ideal for trailer boating, so hopefully the tower will help us to better navigate logistics of spending days on the water.    @75,   I love the 176,  they sound like fantastic boats. 

I’d get a stainless steel/alum framed bimini like the one on my 08 MC. It is possible to install it by yourself if you’re careful and it has no straps and is good in the wind with no flapping. For high toe point get a fly-hi.

Towers are troublesome for covers and after you hit your head for the umpteenth time you will be thankful. Not a problem for some. Maybe just us Amazon height challenges types.

You can put a bimini on without a tower. I am not a purist but I don't like towers on ski boats . They throw off the lines.

Hi All,    We're looking to add a tower to our 94 Ski.   I know towers can a negative for the purists, but we're looking for function so that we can get more use out of this boat.  New Dimension has tower Bimini's as an option, I also like the top from from TowerBimini's.  Anyone have pictures of an over the tower Bimini from New Dimension?   There aren't any pics on the website.   Factory install by NDT would be fantastic, but I am happy to do the work if the TB top is better.