Tried out our new umbrella holder.

[kas232ca]

Got one of Slideruleracer's umbrella holders for our 232. It is the screw in type. It is super well made!

Slideruleracer recommends a particular Lowe's umbrella with his instructions. Unfortunately, I didn't bring the info with me to Lowes, so I just grabbed a generic blue umbrella - mistake #1. The umbrella I grabbed is only 7.5-foot diameter, however, the one he recommends is 9-foot diameter. As you can see from the photo, the 7.5-foot is too small and doesn't angle. Will exchange for the correct one.

The umbrella fit perfectly. Realizing the 7.5-foot was too small, I was reluctant to use the set screw as to not mar the umbrella I was going to take back. Mistake #2. Even in a light breeze, the umbrella will want to take off. Luckily we caught it.

Will report back next time on boat with larger umbrella.

[WarEagle2003]

Looks great! I also bought one for the R5 from Slide. It’s the same mount as yours. I found a 10’ umbrella from Costco with the correct diameter and Sunbrella fabric at a great price. It’s a two piece model and Slide’s mount replaces the bottom piece. Will take some pics this weekend.

https://www.costco.com/.product.1900790.html

[rgregory]

Great pic. Love Lake Havasu!! (:

[Ytmsn]

Beautiful boat, great picture, and that water is like WOw. It looks like it's been dyed!

[DJBlaylock01]

Has anyone found a yellow one? Bought one off Amazon and looks great with the blue hull and Yellow stripe but does not fit the mount from Slideruler. Cant find a 9 or 10 footer anywhere!!

[kas232ca]

Looks great! I also bought one for the R5 from Slide. It’s the same mount as yours. I found a 10’ umbrella from Costco with the correct diameter and Sunbrella fabric at a great price. It’s a two piece model and Slide’s mount replaces the bottom piece. Will take some pics this weekend.

https://www.costco.com/.product.1900790.html

Thanks, will check it out. Don't know if 10' would interfere with the bimini though. Will also try to find the correct one at Lowe's when I return the small one.

[kas232ca]

Great pic. Love Lake Havasu!! (:

Yeah, pretty fun there.

Good food at Topock and Pirates too.

[rgregory]

Great pic. Love Lake Havasu!! (:

Yeah, pretty fun there.

Good food at Topock and Pirates too.

We will be wintering there, unfortunately our Cobalt wont be, but if you see a Fours Winns named Barefoot Children that's us!!

[slideruleracer]

Thanks for the update kas! I'm sorry you had issues with the umbrella fitment.. I can appreciate why Cobalt supplies their own umbrellas with their kit - as I suppose it helps prevent some of the headaches around sizing and compatibility...

To be clear - the Lowes model that is recommended for the R-series boats *may* not be a good choice for your 232. The Lowe's models take advantage of the 2 piece design where the top half can click-in to the adapter directly. On your boat, it appears that it might put the umbrella too low as you're traversing to the swim platform - though it's hard to tell from the photo - it might be OK. If that were the case you'd want to be on the lookout for is a 8' umbrella with a 1.375" diameter pole. I haven't searched much for those. Perhaps I need to start querying all of my customers and find out what umbrellas they've used and keep a list on the website... hmmm.

[kas232ca]

Thanks for the update kas! I'm sorry you had issues with the umbrella fitment.. I can appreciate why Cobalt supplies their own umbrellas with their kit - as I suppose it helps prevent some of the headaches around sizing and compatibility...

To be clear - the Lowes model that is recommended for the R-series boats *may* not be a good choice for your 232. The Lowe's models take advantage of the 2 piece design where the top half can click-in to the adapter directly. On your boat, it appears that it might put the umbrella too low as you're traversing to the swim platform - though it's hard to tell from the photo - it might be OK. If that were the case you'd want to be on the lookout for is a 8' umbrella with a 1.375" diameter pole. I haven't searched much for those. Perhaps I need to start querying all of my customers and find out what umbrellas they've used and keep a list on the website... hmmm.

Sorry, maybe I wasn't clear. The fitment is perfect. The issue is that the umbrella diameter is too small and doesn't make as much shade as a 9' would.

Edit - In fact, the kids were giving me a hard time for spending that much on a thing to hold an umbrella, but they were the first ones to park themselves on the swim deck and lounge around in the shade.

[kas232ca]

Great pic. Love Lake Havasu!! (:

Yeah, pretty fun there.

Good food at Topock and Pirates too.

We will be wintering there, unfortunately our Cobalt wont be, but if you see a Fours Winns named Barefoot Children that's us!!

OK, will be on the lookout.

Off topic question - Do you rent a house during the winter there? Thinking about buying a place there and maybe renting to snowbirds.

[Driller]

I went with the 9' on my 242. I still haven't got time to take photos, but I've checked the fitment and "eye balled" the size and height. I think it will be close to perfect. Hope to get out soon and take some photos. GRRRRR. Now I know why they call it work.

[rgregory]

Yeah, pretty fun there.

Good food at Topock and Pirates too.

We will be wintering there, unfortunately our Cobalt wont be, but if you see a Fours Winns named Barefoot Children that's us!!

OK, will be on the lookout.

Off topic question - Do you rent a house during the winter there? Thinking about buying a place there and maybe renting to snowbirds.

We have owned a place there since the early 90's. We have it set up as a vacation rental and use Airbnb. We have rented to snowbirds every year but now the we live in Missouri, moved from So Cal, we are going to be the snowbirds.

[DJBlaylock01]

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Miss Layka approves the umbrella option!

[Big Block Power]

Now that's got coverage