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i just bought a 87 32 fb and have to ship it from port clinton to central ky,anybody know how tall from keel to roof of salon ,and how much does flybridge wieght ,how long to remove and stow ,any tips that might help,thank you ,mark
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Hi Mark, welcome to the forum. You might be able to search for "flybridge remove" or removal to get your answers. Found this thread.
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Welcome to the forum. You will get lot's of great tips on the big M's these guys are great to share their knowledge and save us from ourselves and trial and error. I too have a 32 FB and am in Louisville. Home of these wonderful machines. IWe dock at Harrods Creek Village if you are out that way. Boat is Lotsa Jazz
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Include the seat pedestals in your height measurement. They are hard to remove. To haul my boat around here I have to be under 13 1/2 feet. I got a cheap laser level, a pole and a tape measure. That will tell me in about 5 minutes whether I can install my freshly painted flybridge where it is or at the waters edge. I had the boat hauled from Port Clinton to the U.P. of Michigan with the flybridge and railings off, pedestals on. The factory electrical connections to the breaker panel are on color coded labeled connection blocks screwed to a piece of plywood. Just take off one side. The engine gauge panel connections are made with port and starboard plugs. The hydraulic steering stays sealed just take four big bolts and pull the wheel. The throttle and transmission cables need to be labeled and are simply removed by pulling cotter pins. Label everything which is not labeled especially any after market connections and put any loose parts in labeled baggies. Take your time and a few pictures. All this is just a couple of hours work. When you finish bundle all of the stuff coming out of the connection pipe together with some wire ties and tape a trash bag around it.
Now comes the hard part. How to move your flybridge from the roof to the next deck down without scuffing up the boat. You will need to take off the railings and flybridge and maybe the handrails on the lower deck. Hit the screws with some PB blaster and make sure you have a Sears screw remover set at the ready. After you undo the feet of the flybridge tape some padding on them or you will gouge up the paint on the decks. The flybridge is light enough for two peaple to pick up but it is very unbalanced so get four helpers to walk it down. If you need to take it entirely off the boat screw it to some 2x4's get a hoist and good luck.
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I had my 32 ft shipped from Lake St Clair to the ohio river by cincinnati. They took off the flybridge which is held on by 8 screws and put it in front of the windshields. My wife and I put it back on. It is too tall even with the seat pedistals so all of it needs to come off. Don't do what the people I paid to do a good job did to me. They cut all of the wires except the throttles and gear shifts. I still do not have everything wired right. They duct taped all of the wires and the connectors to the roof, and they stored all of the seats inside.
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They cut your flybridge wires? What a horror story. The The longer I mess with boats the more I realize that you have to monitor all work that you don't do yourself. My problem has been drunken yard guys. One pack of boozers marked my 28' as being winterized. It wasn't. Another youngster who was always drunk by noon tested my new engine on the 28' on land with the bow slanted down and flooded it with exhaust water three times. He was OK when sober but that was only a couple of hours in the morning. My working 28' was turn into a big project boat. I got another project 32' and I am present for all work I don't do myself.
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How did you remove the seats? I am getting ready to change the configuration and am wondering if I am going to have to take down ceiling panels to get at bolts under the seats or did they use a moly or toggle> Mine is a 91 FB 32sedan and they put 3 seats across bridge and there is just no room to move.
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My seats were through-bolted with nuts on the bottom, and large washers to put the load on the nearby stringer. I replaced the nuts with rivnuts, much recommended. I won't have to remove my overhead again.
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Mark:
Before you bother removing the seat posts, find out what kind of trailer will be used. When I trucked my 32 FB Sedan they used a hydraulic trailer that carried the boat low. We measured the height while on the trailer and we were just under the Michigan max but we removed the flybridge just for safety. I had help from the movers but they were quick to cut wires so I asked them to back off until I needed them to lift the bridge onto the roof of the cabin. Don't trust the movers to tie down your bridge or your canvas. Buy a set of the ratchet nylon straps. Spring for the strong ones. Just remember, it will be traveling at 60 mph (and bouncing) unless there's a headwind, in which case, it will be more.
Peter
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When I removed mine (permanently) I recall seeing terminal strips for virtually all of the wires, so there is NO excuse for some lazy morons cutting wires.
Jeff
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fly bridge removal is complete and boat is ready to ship,thank you for all the help and phone calls to stan ,removed seat pedestals and bridge biggest time was foam wrapping everything but we didnt damage anything ,those bolts that go thru salon when they go back will have nice 1/4- 28 stainless floating nutplates no more headliner removal,
mark
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