BDalt
Member
- Joined
- Aug 25, 2016
- Messages
- 18
- Location
- Canada
- Vessel Name
- Teacher's Apple
- Vessel Make
- Marine Trader Tri-cabin 44' - 1982 build - 1983 model
Am preparing to remove the flybridge on our 44' 1983 Marine Trader Tri-cabin. This bridge is glassed all around the outside perimeter and is also contiguous with the outside edge of the salon roof. The inside wall of bridge and wheel bulkhead was cut loose with an oscillating saw as it was simply held in place with strips of glass laid along and folded at 90 deg along the floor to wall. Glassed in and finished as it is the outer join is not so easy to understand. At the bow end, inside and fore of the wheel bulkhead, the front wall comes down to the floor and is affixed with screws to, what? On the outside it is finished smooth and I cannot see how it was constructed. Has anyone taken this apart and learned what goes on here? Along the port and starboard sides you can see a seam through the plastic access ports, between the floor and the bridge. So I cut open the aft edge of one side to see this seam in cross section. To no avail so far, there may be a facer board that comes up higher than the bridge deck height. Again has anyone taken this arrangement apart and can give some advice? The hand rails are installed right over where the seam would be if I cut the bridge off right at the deck level.