Hinging a Fairline Carrera Radar Arch

Will you post some photo's of the completed job.I would be very interested as I am thinking of doing this myself.

I'm sure it would have to be cut above the side screen height when I looked at mine.

Regards,
Dean
 
hmm this thread is 2011 and no pic's or pricing, I need to do this on my Sealine 328 anyone have any updates at all
 
LOL and 9 years later still no pics..my turn to have this problem with the King Johns Bridge at Tewkesbury. The only petrol pump on the Severn is actually on the Avon side..fat lot of good that is !!
 
I did cut mine, several years and two boats ago.
I will try and find some photos and explain how I did it tomorrow, as I’m about to go out.
 
So a long and boring story short.
I moved the boat (1984 Fairline Carrera) from Lincoln to the Broads and decided to bite the bullet and do the arch myself.
It turned out to be really easy job that I will try and describe with a few pictures. As I said on my post yesterday this was several years and two boats ago so my memory may be a little sketchy in parts.
I cannot for the life of me remember why I decided to cut it where I did, but it has to be above the height of the side screen as the frame is attached to the arch.
I took off the recessed trim panel that allows access to the wires going up to the navigation/anchor light. This needed to be cut and re-fitted at the end.

I then marked the cut line at 71 degrees (don’t ask why, I’m sure other angles are available) and transferred all the measurements across to the other side.

Using a 115mm angle grinder with a slitting disc I the cut through the arch, help is required at this stage to support and lift the arch off. Don’t forget to cut the nav light wires.
The next stage was to fold the stainless steel plates to cap the ends. This is where it would be difficult and probably expensive for most people, however my brother is a steel fabricator, so he obliged with that part of the process.

As people have said the arch is filled with expanding foam. I dug this out and glassed wooden blocks into the front and back edges (the narrow bits) to offer support and something to screw the hinge and release clips into.
Remember to trim the thickness of the end caps off the cut ends to retain the original height of the arch. I’m sure mine was 5 or 6mm
I chose the hinges and clips from Seascrew


Also don’t forget to drill a hole in both end caps for any wiring to pass through, this may need lengthening, mine didn’t. Just re-joining.
Once all capped off I ran some aluminium angle up the corners of the arch to finish the job.
I have to say I was very pleased with the finished article.

The arch was not very heavy and only took one person to lower. It sat nicely on the side rails when lowered. However I did fit two support poles that lifted it just above the rails to prevent it being marked or damaged. These hinged and positioned towards the corners at the top of the arch and folded in to the centre of it, being clipped with c clips to retain them.
Unfortunately I do not have any pictures of the arch down I’m afraid.
I hope this helps anyone thinking of trying to complete the job themselves. Any further questions get in touch and I will try and help.
Regards,
Dean

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