Hi Grady fans,
I'm writing from Sydney Australia where I'm looking to import a 228 Seafarer from the US. As an aside, Grady's have only recently made it to the land down under and as such the second hand market is pretty much non-existent.
To reduce freight costs (and thus spend more of my budget on the boat!), it has been suggested to me by the freight company that I have the hardtop removed (and stored in the cockpit) and the windscreen removed (and stored in the cabin) for shipping across the pacific to Australia.
Can anyone please help me with what some of the issues with this maybe before I consider this option.
A few concerns I have include:
- fitting the hardtop in the cockpit
- wires in the hardtop tubing and removing these for transport
- undoing the windscreen and fitting this in the cabin
How hard is it to remove the hardtop? Is it just a matter of unscrewing the mounting bolts/screws, removing wires and pulling it off?
Thanks for your help.
And by the way I've posted in the for sale / wanted section of this forum for the Grady I'm looking for. If you have one that suits, PM me.
Thanks for all your help and enjoy the fortcoming summer. We unfortunately are heading into winter.
Chris
I'm writing from Sydney Australia where I'm looking to import a 228 Seafarer from the US. As an aside, Grady's have only recently made it to the land down under and as such the second hand market is pretty much non-existent.
To reduce freight costs (and thus spend more of my budget on the boat!), it has been suggested to me by the freight company that I have the hardtop removed (and stored in the cockpit) and the windscreen removed (and stored in the cabin) for shipping across the pacific to Australia.
Can anyone please help me with what some of the issues with this maybe before I consider this option.
A few concerns I have include:
- fitting the hardtop in the cockpit
- wires in the hardtop tubing and removing these for transport
- undoing the windscreen and fitting this in the cabin
How hard is it to remove the hardtop? Is it just a matter of unscrewing the mounting bolts/screws, removing wires and pulling it off?
Thanks for your help.
And by the way I've posted in the for sale / wanted section of this forum for the Grady I'm looking for. If you have one that suits, PM me.
Thanks for all your help and enjoy the fortcoming summer. We unfortunately are heading into winter.
Chris