40' Marine Trader Sundeck Bridge Clearance

[mmullins]

Does anyone happen to know the factory bridge clearance (top of the radar arch) on an early 80's Marine Trader 40' Sundeck?

 

[Patrick4002]

i have a 54 trader and the bridge clearance was 6m50 with a sat dome and all antennes horizontal fliped.

i have to shorten the radar arc in half, it was a white painted aluminium and had a firm weld first 2 tubes and then cut the arc and weld the nessecary mounting plats on the new tubes

the bridge clearance is now 5m30 with alow us to go inland.

in Europe the Nederlands bridge clearance is usual 8m in Belgium 6m

on the pictures you can see :
- the original arc
- move the sat dome to the side
- first weld the 2 new tubes
- the result top view
- the result side view
- starting to install the antennes (all possible to turn horizontal)

in the center coms the radar witch is 30cm lower than the sat dome
note all the antennes are placed on a metal extention tube for no interferance from the radar beam