Home Aweigh II
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Finally finished the re-laminate project and the Admiral is happy. The head door matches the rest of the galley project.
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soonerjake
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Looks great Home Aweigh!
Formula Tenn
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HA, I did some poking around and not sure i have a good answer on accessing the stanchion. the side ceiling trim is what i suppose you have to remove and it looks to me like the first thing that definitely has to come off is the forward curtain valance.
The side panel is not connected to the headliner panel or the cabin speaker panel as far as i can tell so in order to give it a go i'd start with that valance and see what kind of movement you get. i think the two panels at the front and rear (one houses the power distribution panel and the other houses the radio and a/c controls) might have some screws holding it on. i pulled the accent lights out and there are no screws behind them so no need to bother with them until you figure out the rest. you can use a plastic putty knife between the headliner panel and side panel to gently pry them apart but if you have to get behind those front and rear vertical panels the settee backrest has to be removed first. i suppose you could try taking the speaker cabinet out but i don't think that is going to help you but i'm just not sure. chris has been really helpful when it comes to this kind of stuff so you could shoot him an email to see what he might can figure out for you. i gotta do it in the future so i hope you take notes!
The side panel is not connected to the headliner panel or the cabin speaker panel as far as i can tell so in order to give it a go i'd start with that valance and see what kind of movement you get. i think the two panels at the front and rear (one houses the power distribution panel and the other houses the radio and a/c controls) might have some screws holding it on. i pulled the accent lights out and there are no screws behind them so no need to bother with them until you figure out the rest. you can use a plastic putty knife between the headliner panel and side panel to gently pry them apart but if you have to get behind those front and rear vertical panels the settee backrest has to be removed first. i suppose you could try taking the speaker cabinet out but i don't think that is going to help you but i'm just not sure. chris has been really helpful when it comes to this kind of stuff so you could shoot him an email to see what he might can figure out for you. i gotta do it in the future so i hope you take notes!
Formula Tenn
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update on interior: floor, carpet and settee base are just about to my stopping point for the year. Its not looking like cushions are going to get done unless our upholsterer can promise a 1 week turn around time. that will depend on workload i guess. some pieces of trim still remain to be completed and of course a massive clean up but she's starting to shape.
more photos to come soon.
more photos to come soon.
Unforgettable
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Excelled work. Maybe you should quit your "day job" ;-)
Formula Tenn
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Relatively easily i would say. I had to remove the a/c control to access the screws at the forward corner and the galvanic isolator to access the one at the aft corner. once they were all removed, she came out with no problem.
a few photos of the mid cabin before and after. i still lack a bit of trim work and blinds to have this section finished but you can get the idea hopefully.
a few photos of the mid cabin before and after. i still lack a bit of trim work and blinds to have this section finished but you can get the idea hopefully.
Formula Tenn
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floor/carpet before and after
Formula Tenn
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and finally, a few more closer-than-ever-to-being-finished:
like i said, still lacking some pieces of trim and clean up, not overjoyed about having to use old cushions but we are definitely progressing in the right direction. the admiral is starting to get excited about "redecorating" which means new curtains, bedding and maybe a few throw pillows to me so we are looking forward to getting out on the boat and sooner rather than later as far as i'm concerned. dash gets my attention for the rest of the week and still have to service engines/genset and replace a shift cable before we can really call this winters projects done. happy boating everyone!!
like i said, still lacking some pieces of trim and clean up, not overjoyed about having to use old cushions but we are definitely progressing in the right direction. the admiral is starting to get excited about "redecorating" which means new curtains, bedding and maybe a few throw pillows to me so we are looking forward to getting out on the boat and sooner rather than later as far as i'm concerned. dash gets my attention for the rest of the week and still have to service engines/genset and replace a shift cable before we can really call this winters projects done. happy boating everyone!!
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Very Nice.
soonerjake
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That looks fantastic! Congrats
Formula Tenn
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thanks, it looks like we are now on the hunt for a material to use for the settee cushions. Admiral says blue needs to go now, not next year and i agree. ordered samples from ultraleather so hopefully we can find something suitable.
andybellus
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Whats the latest? make any more progress?
Formula Tenn
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finally found a material we like, a product made by Ultrafabric called Ultraleather. Kinda pricey but we won't need too much. We are currently trying to get together with the upholsterer so that we can get an accurate measurement and a time frame. we've been using the boat with the blue bottom cushions, the backrest is still sitting in the garage waiting for material to arrive. so now it is a project in motion. but as long as we can use it and the admiral is ok with it, i'm good.
Formula Tenn
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Another winter is bearing down and our projects continue. never finished the settee last spring so boated all summer with the blue bottom cushions and the back rest removed. This fall one of our cockpit cushion back rests fell off (rotten wood) so this year everything is on hold until re upholstering can be completed. Luckily we will be able to throw in the settee with all the re upholstering work so that will finally be done. Yippee!
Seat bottoms are all marine plywood and are in really good shape. The bottom cushions/wood assemblies screw to a gel coat tray so removal was super easy. We had every piece of this apart within 45 minutes, HUGE kudos to Formula for this design. one could very easily remove the transom seat bottoms and replace the wood if needed. Although the back rests came off easily too, i can't speak for that wood because it has been replaced at some point. needless to say it was rotten and had incorrect fasteners. we will go back with PT which should last thru another 2-3 re upholstery jobs at a minimum. Port side seating was easily removed too, screws go in from the bottom into a plastic seat frame and are accessed from the storage under the seat. then 8 studs with nuts/washers and the rear facing seat is free. take the rear facing seat off first to make it easier to remove the rear facing seat bottom. it is also screwed to a gelcoat frame from the bottom so again, very easy to remove once all the screws are located.
Now to the helm seat. Lift it off the pedestal. super easy. my one complaint is that the helm seat doesn't have a flip up bolster. that piece of the seat is permanently screwed to the seat frame. I emailed Formula and they said they would basically have to reverse engineer the seat to change it to a flip up bolster type. i am wondering if anyone has ever done this with one of these seats. OR if anybody has one laying around that needs to be repurposed i would be interested in trying to make a deal.
Seat bottoms are all marine plywood and are in really good shape. The bottom cushions/wood assemblies screw to a gel coat tray so removal was super easy. We had every piece of this apart within 45 minutes, HUGE kudos to Formula for this design. one could very easily remove the transom seat bottoms and replace the wood if needed. Although the back rests came off easily too, i can't speak for that wood because it has been replaced at some point. needless to say it was rotten and had incorrect fasteners. we will go back with PT which should last thru another 2-3 re upholstery jobs at a minimum. Port side seating was easily removed too, screws go in from the bottom into a plastic seat frame and are accessed from the storage under the seat. then 8 studs with nuts/washers and the rear facing seat is free. take the rear facing seat off first to make it easier to remove the rear facing seat bottom. it is also screwed to a gelcoat frame from the bottom so again, very easy to remove once all the screws are located.
Now to the helm seat. Lift it off the pedestal. super easy. my one complaint is that the helm seat doesn't have a flip up bolster. that piece of the seat is permanently screwed to the seat frame. I emailed Formula and they said they would basically have to reverse engineer the seat to change it to a flip up bolster type. i am wondering if anyone has ever done this with one of these seats. OR if anybody has one laying around that needs to be repurposed i would be interested in trying to make a deal.
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I will certainly have a couple of weeks worth of evenings and at least one weekend invested in the project. i figure that is a minimum. But i am having an upholstery shop make the new covers, i have neither the time, knowledge or equipment to tackle something like this. i will provide them with the new wood/frames and then reinstall once they have it all back together. I caught them early and at a slack time so i'm hopeful this wont drag out too long. we are very excited since the upholstery has been on our list since day one of ownership. hard to believe the covers were original at 20+ years old.
the buddy heater is sitting in a holder that is made to accept the green coleman bottles and then fit in a standard cup holder. very secure and the admiral likes to use it when its really cold for a hand warmer.
more photos to come as new framing is built. no more help on that bolster seat conversion yet but i'm still hoping someone might be able to help. hint hint.....
the buddy heater is sitting in a holder that is made to accept the green coleman bottles and then fit in a standard cup holder. very secure and the admiral likes to use it when its really cold for a hand warmer.
more photos to come as new framing is built. no more help on that bolster seat conversion yet but i'm still hoping someone might be able to help. hint hint.....