Bimini help

[dlandersson]

Ok, while setting up my Bimini, one of the support poles slide off and fell into the water - where it promtly sank.

Being aluminum, it's not magnetic. I can't find a manufacturer anywhere. Any help in finding a replacement pole is appreciated.

[Tomfoolery]

Not kidding. Easier than making a new one. There may be divers that work in your marina regularly who could do down and grab it for a twenty, while they're already there.

Just watch out for stray voltage from someone's boat, since you're in fresh water.

[Crikey]

Look out for the fishhooks!

[Highlander]

I dropped my cell ph. in about 16ft of water after about 8-9 dives with flippers & goggles i could still not find it so I see this guy standing on the dock talking on his cell & asked him if he could call my cell # so he said OK down I went again followed the ring ding found my cell ph answered my cell & told him thx alot for ur help, he said u sound like u r in a fish tank !! when I came back up to the surface he was long gone , laid my ph out in the sun in a bag of rice for three days , after it dried out I no longer sounded like I was talking in a fish tank ! Just saying
Anyways u could try using one of these submersable camera's to locate it , then buy an alum magnate if u can find one as they r very hard to find , then tie a string to it & go fishing just saying
How come nobody else comes up with these idea's
J

[seahouse]

then buy an alum magnate if u can find one as they r very hard to find .

J --yer being silly now. While it is true that an aluminum magnates are hard to find, they are harder to buy because they are usually billionaires

-B
Ps. Sorry. It's late. Couldn't help myself.

[seahouse]

dl -- did you lose it at your slip (easier to find, obviously) or in the middle of nowhere?

[dlandersson]

Slip, 7.5 feet of water - lots of growth - do not see it.

dl -- did you lose it at your slip (easier to find, obviously) or in the middle of nowhere?

[Russ]

I dropped my watch over in the slip. Took a long net and scooped the bottom. I was shocked when it came up in the net.

Poles are tricky though. They don't sink straight down. Probably took a sloped drop.
That's relatively shallow though. I'd try the snorkel.

You will probably have to fabricate one from parts. I can't tell what that black thing is on the right of your photo. The other stuff is easy to purchase.
http://www.overtons.com/Boating-Marine/ ... ccessories

http://www.sailrite.com/Hardware#!Hardware

[mrron_tx]

Lauren ( Male ) @ go2marine has helped Me with things like that. Good Luck. Ron.

[Highlander]

Slip, 7.5 feet of water - lots of growth - do not see it.

dl -- did you lose it at your slip (easier to find, obviously) or in the middle of nowhere?

Gez thats not deep atall get down there with a weed wacker then shine one of the 2 million wat search lights @ the bottom & look for a refection or tie a string to the matching pole from the other side & let it drop over board @ the same loction & see if it follows the same path to the bottom then go fishing for kissing cousins

or call in the fire dept. & ask them to pump down the water level to see if u can find ur close friend who fell O/B

J

[Highlander]

then buy an alum magnate if u can find one as they r very hard to find .

J --yer being silly now. While it is true that an aluminum magnates are hard to find, they are harder to buy because they are usually billionaires

-B
Ps. Sorry. It's late. Couldn't help myself.

Hi B, FYI I really did dive down into 16ft water to retrieve my cell ph about 8-9 times using snortle, finns & goggles & to the amazement of about 25 people watching me from the docks who though I was a little crazy until they seen that I found it !!

J
PS I was a little but still waiting on someone saying that was an amazing story !!

[seahouse]

That was an amazing story!

I didn't doubt that part of the story either- sometimes the greatest things happen when you reach the stage of having nothing to lose. Of course, I was being facetious about yer spellin' of magnate vs magnet!!!
-B.

ps. I've been diving in some areas where the "bottom" is not well-defined. That is, the muck merely gets denser and denser (and darker and darker) over a couple of feet. Yuk - You are no longer looking for something on a 2-D plane, it's now a 3-D space, expanding as you stir it up….downright creepy, and good luck finding something small in that!

[Hamin' X]

I'll bet that if you contact Bill@Boats4Sail that he will be able to identify the manufacturer of your bimini. A lot of folks in your area swear by him.

http://www.boats4sail.info/contact-us.html

~Rich

[Sloop John B]

You'll have to send for the missing part from the manufacturer. I'll take a look at mine to see if it's identified. Contact Tatoo (spelling) Boats (Roger's daughter) to see if you can learn where to go.

Sloop

[RobertB]

It looks to me that you lost a short straight pole. This is really a very simple part to make. Earlier someone listed a link for SailRite - I have used them to get parts for mine. All you need are two end fittings and a section of straight aluminium tubing.