How high is your tower?

89comp · Posted: Jun 10, 2003 6:27 am Post subject: How high is your tower?

How high if the tow point of your tower off the boat deck? I got a monster tower this weekend and the tow point is about 6'5" off the deck. Other towers seem to be higher.

byerly2003 · Criminal Joined: 13 May 2003 Posts: 82 City: Nashville

mine is higher than most i believe. the guy i bought my boat from had it custom made, looks real nice though. any way i think its around 8 feet.

Jay Dutton · Posted: Jun 10, 2003 8:19 am Post subject:

It depends on how high the gunnels are on you boat, especially w/a universal tower. Most are between 6-7 ft. My tower is 7' from the floor and looks really tall becasue my boat has low gunnels. I have to duck going under the tower on my buddies SAN and I'm 6'3". I wouldn't worry about it unless you have to duck every time you walk under it.

Post some pics.

anti-shoobies · Posted: Jun 10, 2003 8:51 am Post subject:

My pylon is 7 feet off the floor. How high is your Monster off the floor? I asked Bill about the heighth of them becuase I was curious myself. He said they should be average heighth on most boats.

Steelerguy · Addict Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 518

I just bought an older boat with a custom tower and it was like 8 feet off the floor.. Way to high... First thing we did was wack 12 inches+ and reground the welds and new paint. now she is at like 7ft and has room for a bimini, with plenty of room to walk under....

skinautique1985 · Outlaw Joined: 26 Feb 2003 Posts: 140 City: Yuba CIty,CA

We manufacture our towers to be 77" tall.

Sportster4Tec · Posted: Jun 10, 2003 7:27 pm Post subject:

I think most towers are made to be about 7' tall from the floor of the boat. It seems like if it gets much higher than that the tower looks unporportional to the boat.