Houston we Have a Problem.............The Bimini Top is backwards on the frame. This is a Homer Simpson moment for me. I don't know how I got the top turned around but I did before installing on the frame.

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I was looking at it on the boat knowing something wasn't right then it hit me this morning, the stress of the middle bow was not on the triple layer flat felled seam. It was on the single layer part of the top. You can see in the picture the bow runs opposite the seam, they are supposed to run parallel.

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Of course the first thing is to tape the straps to the bows before removing each bow from the top.

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You can see the stress of the center pocket is in the wrong place.

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Now the stress is in the correct place on the flat felled seam, right in the triple layer part of the seam. That fabric is almost bullet proof where the stitches for the pocket are located in the seam.

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The fit is even a little better. A lot of the wrinkles will slowly disappear over time.