Transporting a Carver 396

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Oracleyoda

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Hello all, I am new to this forum coming from the Bayliner Owners Club. a brilliant community but alas, by Bayliner has gone. (sold).

I am looking at a Carver 396 and I am wondering what if anything comes off to reduce the height for shipping. (And how).

Thanks
Wayne
 
Diferent year and model but this might give you an idea of what is involved. Your model looks taller so the sides of the flybridge probably have to come off along with the hard top over the rear deck if you have one. Contact a professional hauler and if they are familiar with the boat, they can let you know what is involved in tearing the boat down.

Jim

http://www.boatered.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=117066
 
Yeah, that is a very tall boat. A good shipper would know how to handle it...
 
I bought a similar boat and wanted to truck it home. I was told buy both the owner and the trucking company not to do it. In order to truck it the entire flybridge has to come off. This is a wiring nightmare. Plus lots of leaking issues. I took there advise and brought it home buy water a 4 week trip but no headaches.Things never seem to go back together quite the same way as they come apart.
 
The bridge and hardtop along with all supports for same have to come off. Wiring (if done with the handy plugs supplied by Carver) is a snap, the only hassle may be electronic wiring which has no connectors. Also, the boat will not leak as the cabin top is not part of the flybridge, but is a sealed one piece unit. We've disassembled plenty of them and there is no worries about going back together unless someone forces things apart.
 
Don't forget that most of these inland boats were shipped from the factory with the fly bridges off and had to be assembled by the dealers. If it didn't leak and you haven't had any wiring issues, I don't expect you would if it was done by a qualified person. I see Silvertons leaving Pittsburgh and shipping all over the country with the flybridge on a cradle on the foredeck all the time. The disassembly, shipping and re-assembly is usually cheaper than moving by water under their own power.
 
We looked at all options on trucking and was advised not to.. We took our boat from Maryland to Fort Lauderdale and then shipped on Dockwise for $13,K to Ensenanda and then cruised to San Diego. The hassel of taking everything off was more expensive than Dockwise. I have a 2004 Carver 396.
 
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