T-Topless™ Shadow™ and Montauk-Shadow™ Kits
... the affordable folding T-Top solution that mounts in minutes
Folding T-Top Kit for most center console and RIB boats
... $0.00 ,
Folding T-Top Kit for Boston Whaler® Montauk®-17
... $1,443.00 , SALE PRICE: $1,154.40 (We just sold out on July 4th, building more to ship in August)
The patent-pending Shadow™ and Montauk-Shadow™
are kits
based on the popular T-Topless™ folding, stainless steel T-Top.
Designed for "Do-It-Yourselfers", these T-Top kits are
a great value (only T-Top on the market priced less than $900!)
in a welded, stainless steel frame, folding T-Top for your
center console or Rigid Inflatable (RIB) boat.
The Shadow™ and Montauk-Shadow™ combine
the fishability and convenience of a center console mounted top with the ability
to lower (or remove) the top in seconds to store the boat
in your garage, short dry stack, boat house
or under a boat cover.
Storage at home saves you $2,000-$6,000 per year in expensive ($150-$500/month)
storage fees,
saving you $10,000 to $72,000 over an average 10-year boat ownership
and paying for the top in 6 to 9 months!
Compare
the quality of welded stainless steel and Sunbrella® canvas,
installation without drilling holes,
raising/lowering (or removing) in seconds,
mounting of rod holders,
continued use of the rod holders built into the side of your console
and the industry leading
10-year Shadow Frame Warranty
to bimini tops or heavier
aluminum T-Tops.
The T-Topless Shadow™ kit is available in 6 universal fit models
for boats with vertical windshield grab rails
or those with grab rails that are raked (angled) forward or back.
We released the Montauk-Shadow™ in October 2011,
which is a taller version with proper rake to fit
the Boston Whaler® Montauk®-17
and providing clearance for rod in the front, console mounted rod holders!
This gives Whaler owner's the option of
the lower priced
Montauk-Shadow™ kit
or the fully assembled & lighted
Montauk-T-Topless™.
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NEW Curved Cross-Bar added in June 2011
While the T-Topless Shadow™ kit works great and has been a great value,
many boaters have asked for a more stylish look.
So, we went back to the drawing board (literally) and made a few changes to the frames,
curved the rear cross bar, built the new Shadow™,
tested it and it worked and looked great!
What do you think? We'd love your input!
We've had great comments from everyone who has seen it, and plan to use this design (no extra cost)
on all Shadows we produce moving forward.
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Patent Pending
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The T-Topless Shadow™
mounts on the windshield grab bars of your center console or RIB boat
using heavy duty 316 stainless steel grab clamshell clamps
in about an hour.
Drill NO holes* in your boat!
All you need to install is:
- Phillips Screwdriver
- 3/16" Allen Wrench
- 7/16" or crescent wrench
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Mounts without drilling ANY holes* in your boat!
The T-Topless Shadow™ mounts on your windshield grab
rails with two pairs of stainless steel split rail clamps.
All other after-market T-Tops mount to the floor using wood screws,
which don't hold up over time.
So, you don't need to drill ANY holes* in your fiberglass (shudder) or try
to get wood screws to hold!
* Some boats (< 10%) will utilize deck hinges
(which requires 4 3/16" holes) for attachment of the Rear-Legs
if there are no windshield grab rails at the rear of the console.
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The Shadow™ lowers in seconds
Pull 2 quick-release pins and rotate forward, below the windshield grab bar height
in less than 30 seconds. Or remove the 2 front pivots to take the top completely
off on cool days or for fly-fishing.
If you take the top off for the day, its 52" width
fits inside most full-size SUV's, including:
Expedition, Excursion, Suburban, Denali, Tahoe, Sequoia, Navigator,
Hummer or any pickup truck.
The top raises just as easily, and locks in place with the
lanyard-attached quick-release toggle pins.
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The Shadow™ fits in your garage
The T-Topless Shadow™ lowers below windshield height
(below the gunwales on some boats) to fit in your garage,
shed, barn, a shorter (cheaper) dry stack space or under bridges.
If you use a boat cover, the T-Topless Shadow™ will
usually fit under the cover,
and even helps hold the boat cover up to avoid sagging and collection of rain water.
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We put the Shadow™ on our Yamaha 200 powered Sea Pro® 180cc,
which has been clocked on GPS at 67mph.
The Shadow™ was very stable, creating a little down-force
which made it nice and stiff.
At the time of this video, we didn't offer the optional stabilizer bar,
which offers lateral stability (reduces swaying).
The top performed fine (as you'll see in the video),
but we felt the stabilizer was an important option for heavier seas.
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No other Bimini or Aluminum T-Top can do this!
In most cases, the T-Topless Shadow™ provides enough clearance
for you to continue to use the factory rod holders on the side of your console.
We designed it this way for fishermen, who always need rod storage!
You can't store rods there with a bimini top or most large after-market T-Tops.
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No annoying bimini top frame or straps!
The T-Topless Shadow™ mounts entirely to the
center console with four rail clamps,
so there is no bimini top frame or ugly, flapping straps in the way on the
side of your boat, allowing you to fish or get in the boat safely.
The Shadow™ is built for fishermen, by fishermen. It provides the shade you need,
with the convenience of a center console mounted T-Top, yet folds so you
can store it in the garage!
You can even add options like the Gear Loft or Rod Holders, which just aren't
practical on a bimini top.
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Made in the USA with a 10-year Warranty
All RNR-Marine™ stainless steel tops are manufactured in North Carolina,
and are backed by an
industry-leading 10-Year Warranty!
No other T-Top manufacturer offers a 10-Year Warranty.
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Solid construction
To ensure strength, each side of the Shadow's™ frame is formed from highly polished,
0.049 inch wall thickness AISI type 304L stainless steel tubing which is
orbital TIG welded to polished AISI type 316 stainless steel cast fittings.
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Ercolina® MB42 Numerical Control (NC) Bender provides smooth, consistent, high-quality tube bends.
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The fittings are welded to the tubing using a state-of-the art
Swagelok® Orbital Computer Controlled Tungsten Inert Gas
(TIG) Welder, just like NASA, aircraft manufacturers, ship builders,
chemical and nuclear plants use for high quality, consistent, near perfect welds.
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Producing textbook welds!
See it weld on
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and the finished weld on
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Sunbrella® is the #1 marine canvas in the world
We exclusively use
Sunbrella®
on the T-Topless Shadow™ because it the is
best marine canvas in the world.
The Skin Cancer Foundation recommends Sunbrella® as an aid in the
prevention of sun-induced damage to the skin.
We offer the T-Topless Shadow™ in Black
Sunbrella®
9.25oz fabric, or you can upgrade to any
Sunbrella® marine fabric color to match your boat
for a small up-charge.
Mediterranean Blue Tweed is our most popular upgrade color.
Check out Sunbrella's® marine fabrics, care and cleaning at
www.Sunbrella.com.
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The Sunbrella® canvas sheds water like a duck!
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T-Topless Shadow™ components:
- Port Frame with Rear Leg attached
- Starboard Frame with Rear Leg attached
- Rear Cross-Bar
- Sunbrella® Canvas and Lacing (included, but not shown)
- (4) Split Jaw Rail Mounts
- optional Stabilizer Bar
- optional Rod Holders
- optional Gear Loft (not shown)
- installation tools (screwdriver & wrenches) shown, but NOT included
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Optional Gear Loft
The optional Gear Loft is custom fit to the Shadow folding T-Top to provide
overhead storage for 3 or 4 PFDs (life preservers), towels, throwable cushions and other light gear,
freeing up floor space and valuable storage lockers for dry goods like tackle, jackets,
gear, food or coolers.
Made of open-weave, breathable Phifertex® PVC-coated polyester by Phifer
with nylon webbing sewn around all edges and nickel plated grommets just like the Sunbrella® canvas,
the Gear Loft will protect your gear and allow it to breathe and dry to avoid mold and mildew.
The Gear Loft laces onto the Shadow T-Top frame, under the Sunbrella® canvas
in about 20 minutes.
Unlike other T-Top storage options, the Shadow Gear Loft doesn't hang down below the T-Top frame.
Instead, its stays and out of view and "out of your space" ... plus ... you can tow your boat with the Gear Loft in place.
As soon as we put one on our demo boat we discovered that we had a whole locker up front to put
beach or fishing gear in. Amazing!
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Optional Rod Holders ...
Polished stainless steel clamp-on Rod Holders can be
mounted on sides or rear for out of the way rod storage.
We recommend mounting them on the side to provide more fishing clearance in the rear,
plus they look cool this way!
Mounting them on the sides also makes them useful for trolling "way-back"
rigs up high, out of the way.
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Optional Spoiler - NO Longer Offered
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Optional Stabilizer Bar
For those who boat in rough seas,
the optional Stabilizer adds rigidity and lateral stability (sway control).
It can be mounted on the port or starboard side.
The optional stabilizer still leaves a wide-open view looking forward.
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Combine with Fulton® Fold Away Trailer Coupler
to fit the trailer in your garage.
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1 to 1-1/2 hour installation ...
- NO mounting holes to drill! in most cases
- Simply requires a 3/16" allen wrench, a medium
phillips screwdriver and a 7/16" box or open end wrench.
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- Attaches to your windshield grab rails with (2) split jaw slides,
- and the rear legs attach with (2) split jaw slides for grab rails:
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- console mounts (deck hinges) or even an added grab bar on
the rear/side of the console:
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The
Kit
Specifications
The T-Topless Shadow™ model is a
kit version of the T-Topless™ providing a great value for those
"Do-It-Yourselfers" who like to put things together themselves
(and don't need a built-in navigation light).
Like the T-Topless, the Shadow™ kit is a 1"OD stainless frame folding top
with welded fittings
which assembles and installs in about an hour,
provides refreshing shade and raises, lowers or removes in seconds
to fit in a garage or under a boat cover.
In order to fit most center console boats and RIB rail configurations,
this universal kit is available in:
- 5 different height/rake configurations,
- 3 different rear leg lengths,
- 2 front mounts (7/8" or 1") sizes,
- 3 rear mounts (7/8", 1" or deck mount) options,
Detailed Specifications:
- Models: To fit Grab Rail widths from 27" to 37" inches.
- Std. Height Vertical for Tall Grab Rails with
-5° to 25° rake,
- Std. Height Raked Back for Tall Grab Rails
raked -5° to -45° backwards,
- Tall Vertical for Short Grab Rails with
-5° to 25° rake,
- Tall Raked Back for Tall Grab Rails
raked -5° to -45° backwards,
- Tall Raked Forward (Montauk) for Boston Whaler® Montauk™, Outrage™,
Dauntless™ & other Short Grab Rails
raked 25° to 65° forwards. This model includes a spreader bar to keep the front
of the top spread apart to clear the console when lowered.
- Frame: Numerical Control (NC) formed AISI type 304L polished stainless steel tubing,
TIG welded to type 316 surgical stainless fittings.
Optional stabilizer bar can be mounted in either port or starboard helm configuration.
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Canvas: Black (upgrade to any Sunbrella® color)
Sunbrella® 9.25-oz. acrylic marine canvas
with color-matched Nylon webbing sewn around the perimeter
and nickel plated grommets.
Supplied with black, braided Nylon Lacing Cord.
Sunbrella® has an
Ultraviolet Protection Factor (UPF) of over 50 (considered the ultimate in UV sun protection)
and has received the
Skin Cancer Foundation's Seal of Recommendation.
- Size: 5'6" long X 52" wide rear X 37" wide front = 21 sq.ft coverage.
- Fits: 7/8" & 1" diameter stainless steel windshield grab bars from 27" to 37" wide, and over 42" tall.
- Height (clearance to stand under):
- Montauk-Shadow™ 1.5" Taller as of November 2018!:
30" above mount
=~ 28" above windshield grab-rail &
~25.5" above Montauk™ or Outrage™ windshield grab-rail:
provides 6'1" to 6'5" of clearance on Montauk® 17 and 170 boats,
- Standard Height Shadow™ (vertical front bars):
24" above mount
=~ 22" above front windshield grab-rail,
typically providing 6'2" to 6'5" clearance,
- Tall Shadow™ (vertical front bars):
29" above mount
= ~27" above front windshield grab-rail,
typically providing 6'2" to 6'8" clearance.
- Weight: 19.0 pounds, 22.0 pounds for Tall-Rake-Fwd (Montauk-Shadow)
- Assembly: Assemble Port-Frame to Starboard-Frame with Rear-Cross-Bar and connect Stabilizer (10 mins).
- Installation: Lace canvas (20-30 mins) and attach top to windshield grab rails (30-45 mins).
- Maintenance & Cleaning: Routine Inspections, Scheduled Maintenance and Cleaning.
- Options:
Stabilizer,
Gear Loft,
Rod Holders,
54-inch Triple-Bend Legs,
Spoiler,
any Sunbrella® Marine Fabric color,
any Weblon® vinyl laminated polyester yacht fabric color
- Warranty: Industry leading (no other T-Top has more than a 3 or 5 year warranty)
10-year frame waranty and Sunbrella® fabric warranty!
- Price:
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Standard T-Topless™ Shadow™ Kit
$0.00 ,
Montauk-Shadow™ Kit
$1,443.00 , SALE PRICE: $1,154.40 (We just sold out on July 4th, building more to ship in August)
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