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Tried out our new umbrella holder.
Posted: Mon May 13, 2019 7:55 pm
by 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.
Re: Tried out our new umbrella holder.
Posted: Mon May 13, 2019 9:25 pm
by 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
Re: Tried out our new umbrella holder.
Posted: Tue May 14, 2019 6:44 am
by rgregory
Great pic. Love Lake Havasu!! (:
Re: Tried out our new umbrella holder.
Posted: Tue May 14, 2019 6:50 am
by Ytmsn
Beautiful boat, great picture, and that water is like WOw. It looks like it's been dyed!
Re: Tried out our new umbrella holder.
Posted: Tue May 14, 2019 7:22 am
by 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!!
Re: Tried out our new umbrella holder.
Posted: Tue May 14, 2019 11:39 am
by kas232ca
WarEagle2003 wrote: Mon May 13, 2019 9:25 pm
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.
Re: Tried out our new umbrella holder.
Posted: Tue May 14, 2019 11:58 am
by kas232ca
rgregory wrote: Tue May 14, 2019 6:44 am
Great pic. Love Lake Havasu!! (:
Yeah, pretty fun there.
Good food at Topock and Pirates too.
Re: Tried out our new umbrella holder.
Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 7:35 am
by rgregory
kas232ca wrote: Tue May 14, 2019 11:58 am
rgregory wrote: Tue May 14, 2019 6:44 am
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!!
Re: Tried out our new umbrella holder.
Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 10:29 am
by 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.
Re: Tried out our new umbrella holder.
Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 12:01 pm
by kas232ca
slideruleracer wrote: Thu May 16, 2019 10:29 am
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.
Re: Tried out our new umbrella holder.
Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 12:09 pm
by kas232ca
rgregory wrote: Thu May 16, 2019 7:35 am
kas232ca wrote: Tue May 14, 2019 11:58 am
rgregory wrote: Tue May 14, 2019 6:44 am
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.
Re: Tried out our new umbrella holder.
Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 5:19 pm
by 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.
Re: Tried out our new umbrella holder.
Posted: Fri May 17, 2019 11:11 am
by rgregory
kas232ca wrote: Thu May 16, 2019 12:09 pm
rgregory wrote: Thu May 16, 2019 7:35 am
kas232ca wrote: Tue May 14, 2019 11:58 am
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.
Re: Tried out our new umbrella holder.
Posted: Sun May 19, 2019 6:36 am
by DJBlaylock01
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Miss Layka approves the umbrella option!
Re: Tried out our new umbrella holder.
Posted: Sun May 19, 2019 8:17 am
by Big Block Power
Now that's got coverage
