After owning this boat for 13 years, my son has finally convinced me to add a tower - he's finally getting daring enough to jump, and can almost clear wake-to-wake from the tow hook mounted to the transom. He thinks if he had a higher mounting point, he could get higher and farther, and I tend to agree.
I'm reasonably handy, and have researched he process of mounting a tower, but one thing still bugs me: how do you determine the correct fore/aft mounting points? Since this will provide a longer lever-arm as it pertains to pulling dead weight out of the water, it would seem that ther's got to be a "right" place to mount this so to minimize bow rise from the hole-shot. But I have yet to see anything written on how to identify the right place to mount it.
Next, we usually boat in the Sacramento River delta, where summertime temps are nearly always 90-110*F, so we ALWAYS use the Bimini. And suggestions on a brand of tower that would clear the factory Bimini?
Thanks in advance.
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