Tri-Cabin Height?

keelbolts · Post by **keelbolts** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 12:27 pm

I'd really appreciate it if one of you gents, whose boat is on the hard, could drop a tape over the side & measure the height of your earl 70s T-C from the windscreen down and the bottom of the windscreen (in case I have to remove it). I'd love, what you guys would probably think of as, a leisurely cruise down the bay, but she might be shipped. As a sailor of 20-some years, if I'm moving 7 knots, I feel like I am hauling butt.

jimbo36 · Post by **jimbo36** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 1:37 pm

keelbolts, Were you asking because you plan on transporting the boat? If so, I have a 74, F36 tri cabin that I will be transporting this spring. All of the companies I have spoken with for a quote say it is not necessary to remove the windshild on this model to transport. They have moved them before.

jimbo36

ready123 · Post by **ready123** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 1:55 pm

Use a transport with a lowboy trailer... you should be able to keep the windshield on.
I was able to keep my bridge on with an F32...
You may have to be selective with the route....

k9th · Post by **k9th** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 2:13 pm

If you find you need to remove the windshield and console or just want the information, I have the printed instructions from Trojan that came with my '79 Tri-cabin and will be glad to scan them and email them to you.

Struts and Rudders · Post by **Struts and Rudders** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 2:41 pm

Hydraulic trailer is the way to go.
They load much lower to the ground.
May ship with windshield in place on hydraulic trailer.

Just the facts....
SRD

alexander38 · Post by **alexander38** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 6:11 pm

Low boy down 95 to 64 you should be good. And after a few trips at 14 to 20 knots you'll pull your hair out at 7 knots.

Geoff R · Post by **Geoff R** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 6:25 pm

Have Trailered mine twice now both times the windshield had to come off . If you are just going around the corner and the boat hauler knows the wires ok. With the windshield off you are just under the limit. The only guy who said he could move it with it on left me waiting a week before backing out and it was blocked different next time I saw it
If you want to take it off let me know it,s not too tough

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prowlersfish · Post by **prowlersfish** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 7:13 pm

Did you use a low boy

Geoff R · Post by **Geoff R** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 7:22 pm

prowlersfish wrote:Did you use a low boy

Both times it was a hydraulic trailer the keel was about a foot & 1/2 from the road. Tony who hauls it every season figured it was about 18,000 lbs

prowlersfish · Post by **prowlersfish** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 7:27 pm

Do you have a total hight with or with out windshield ? not including trailer

Geoff R · Post by **Geoff R** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 7:42 pm

prowlersfish wrote:Do you have a total hight with or with out windshield ? not including trailer

I will get one this weekend. depending on the roads & wires they mite get lucky it only takes about 2 ft off the height

ready123 · Post by **ready123** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:04 pm

Geoff R wrote:Have Trailered mine twice now both times the windshield had to come off .

RU saying that it is higher than 15' when on the trailer?

jimbo36 · Post by **jimbo36** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 8:39 am

keelbolts, I have to disagree with geoff R. Go to http://www.landtug.com, click photos. The last photo shows an F36 tri cabin loaded up and the w/s height is not much higher than the stack on the rig. With a low boy hydraulic trailer the keel is inches from the road.

jimbo36

ready123 · Post by **ready123** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 11:34 am

I think one of the problems here is that all hydraulic trailers are not necessarily lowboy.
As jimbo36 showed the tricabin can be carried very low with the right gear.

This was set higher than the minimum as we had a bumpy side road to go down.
Bridge surround was being painted and it does not save anything vs console when wind deflector is removed.
I don't believe the F32 is any lower than the tri.. 14' 8" from road.

rooferdave · Post by **rooferdave** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 11:37 am

my 76 trifly came down highway 400 from penetang here in ontario, and we had to pull the windshield, with a tape I think I was 13'4' -13'6 this was on the trailer as we were getting underway. I could not watch as the keel was so close to the rd.

On another note one of my propellers was damaged with contact to the rd, the 2nd hauler I hired ( who was much less expensive) told me to watch how your props are positioned to keep the as high as possible

on edit it is a 36',, not sure if this is the same as yours