Shadow™ and Montauk-Shadow™ Installation Steps
Note - A complete, illustrated "Installation Guide" will be sent with your top.
- Install the Frame (20 minutes):
- Install Front (2) and Rear (2) Split-Jaw-Slide clamps on windshield grab rails
- Mount the Starboard side Frame (upside down in the front of the boat),
to the front Split-Jaw-Slide pivot point.
Mount the Port side Frame the same way,
- Install the rear legs to each frame at the top-slide
(shorter legs come factory installed),
- Rotate the top up (with a friend)
and connect the Rear Legs to the Rear Legs Mounts installed earlier,
- Assemble the Port side Frame to the Starboard side by sliding the
7/8"dia. Curved Rear-Cross-Bar firmly into the rear of each side,
- Adjust height and angles to suit,
ensuring a good, wide based triangle is formed between
the front and rear grab rail mounting points
(put them as far apart as possible).
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- Lace the Canvas (20-30 minutes):
- Position the top so you can reach both sides easily, by positioning the top:
- hanging in the air vertically from one end or a side,
- in place on the boat (working over your head can be tiring however), or
- with the end of the top on a table so you can reach underneath.
- Attach the canvas loosely using 6 to 8 "zip-ties" pulled through
grommets near the corners and around frame.
Once lined up, tighten, but not too tight.
- Starting in the center, lace the canvas to the frame (important to reverse over/under from left to right side to avoid kinking):
- Lace to the Left:
- Start lacing through the TOP of 1st grommet,
- Run lacing under canvas and up through the next grommet to the Left,
- Run lacing UNDER frame tubing and OVER the top of the frame tubing,
- Run lacing back through the TOP of same grommet,
- Repeat at the next grommet to the Left until finished.
- Lace to the Right (reverse under/over bar sequence):
- Start lacing through the TOP of 1st grommet at the center,
- Run lacing under canvas and up through the next grommet to the Right,
- Run lacing OVER frame tubing and UNDER the top of the frame tubing,
- Run lacing back through the TOP of same grommet,
- Repeat at the next grommet to the Right until finished.
- Pull all canvas lacing tight,
- Adjust lacing to center the canvas in the frame side-to-side and fore-and-aft,
- Pull all canvas lacing tight, but do NOT over-tighten!
The canvas should have a snug fit
with the edge having a smooth straight appearance.
Do not over-tighten to the point of "smiley's" between grommets,
- Loop the "tag ends" through the last eyelet at each end 2 or 3 times,
- Tie the ends in a bow, then tie the loops of the bow in a square knot,
- Cut the loose "tag ends" of the lacing to about 3" and burn the ends to prevent unravelling.
- Weave these "tag ends" into the lacing for a finished look.
- Tighten the Canvas (10 minutes):
- The Shadow gets its strength by stretching the canvas tightly across the front,
- Tighten the canvas from back to front, but do NOT over-tighten!
The canvas should bave a snug fit
with the edge having a smooth straight appearance.
Do not over-tighten to the point of "smiley's" between grommets,
- Make sure the lacing goes through the front grommet
and around the tubing 2-3 times on the front grommet on each side,
- Tie each end in a secure square knot.
- Install Optional Stabilizer (10 minutes):
- Decide if the stabilizer wil be mounted with the high side on the port or the starboad side,
- Loosely mount a split-jaw-slide rail clamp high on one side (port or starboard frame)
and low above the windshield grab rail on the frame on the opposite side's frame,
- Install the Stabilizer bar to the split-jaw-slide clamp on the high side and adjust so it
come down and meets the other split-jaw-slide clamp on the opposite, low side,
- Install 1/4-20 screws and lock nuts and tighten.
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