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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Possible late Spring Amel Caribbean Rally
John Clark
I think it is a great idea. I had the great fun last summer sailing with three other SMs between Grenada and Trinidad. We "raced" a few legs for fun and of course took each other's pictures. I had the nite watch last nite and thought a really cool picture would be a "fleet" of Amels running downwind on the double pole. St Maarten to St Thomas maybe.... From the USVI/BVI we could run south to Martinique with no stress at all.
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Re- port bow locker floor
thomas.kleman <no_reply@...>
Thanks again (with a special tip of the cap to Bill K and Mark E). Got my order ready- my Miami to Shelter Bay freighter leaves in a week so the project planning was urgent.
Regarding people’s sage advice to get help- We do everything ourselves except bottom sanding (even canvas).....but if I can find someone to assist Im all over that. We are going west for the first time and I dont know what I will find in Shelter Bay. Like most of us, when I have a boat problem its pretty much all I can think of since this is both my vehicle and home. Armed with this site and youtube, we are not the quickest but we fix things the right way, if slowly. One thing about the inside of the chain locker and port bow locker- there are several places on SMs where fiberglass work was not “finished” but painted (look in your mizzen line storage basin). Depending on how much weight Ive lost and how my relationship is going with Kirstin beside me in the chain locker, I might delay some of the finishing work in these places.
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Re: Re- port bow locker floor
Tom,
I'd add three suggestions to Bill's excellent post: A.) put a prefabricated access panel in at least one side for easy access to the chain locker in the future B.) check the condition of your hawse pipe, which is galvanized iron. The anchor chain wears off the galvanizing and the pipe rusts - mine rusted right through. Easier to replace when you're doing the floors, too. I used Schedule 80 CPVC. 3.) Consider a penetrating epoxy like Git-Rot for the forward side of the watertight bulkhead in the chain locker area, possibly in addition to glass if it's really compromised like Bill Kinney's - mine was still in very solid condition and I decided the Git-Rot would be sufficient. Good luck with it. Craig Briggs SN68 ---In amelyachtowners@..., <greatketch@...> wrote : Tom, 1) thickness of marine plywood for floor ? For this span, 1/2 inch ply should be fine. For the bulkhead, we just ground off all compromised wood, then used polyester resin and glass cloth to cover it. It's a pretty tough environment. 3) Glass in the seams of new floor ? The whole floor ? The bulkhead too ? Definitely glass cloth over the WHOLE floor, both sides! Not only will it seal and protect the wood from water and mechanical damage, it makes the whole structure a lot stiffer. And definitely glass cloth to tab the new floor to the hull. Do not butt the plywood tight against the hull; leave a bit of a gap to avoid making a hard spot. 4) starboard floor seemed Ok. Just go ahead and do that too ? I would. When you remove the old floor, be sure to leave a fiberglass shelf around the edge for the new one to sit on. Trying to build that from underneath would truly be a nightmare. This was one of those jobs that I kept looking at and saying... I'll do that. I know fiberglass, it's not hard. Karen insisted that we hire someone. Watching him come up out of the locker in a full suit, and respirator, covered from head to toe in fiberglass grinding dust, I realized once again she is smarter than I am. Here is a detailed process for what was done for our floors:
Pretty much everything was done with polyester resin. Bill Kinney SM160, Harmonie Cape Eleuthera, Eleuthera Is., Bahamas ---In amelyachtowners@..., <no_reply@...> wrote : I wanted to thank all of you for the help. I’m planning on incorporating many/most of the ideas put forward. If I was in the E Carib I know where I could find competent help; Im headed for shelter Bay, Panama so it might be just us (again). Questions (because Im ordering raw materials for this project from Miami to meet me in Shelter Bay). 1) thickness of marine plywood for floor ? 2) My chainlocker bulkhead wall seems Ok. Precise name of product to seal it ? 3) Glass in the seams of new floor ? The whole floor ? The bulkhead too ?
4) starboard floor seemed Ok. Just go ahead and do that too ?Bill Rouse (if youre reading this)- noted that your biz is booming and you survey many SMs. Is this the first thing you look for ? And interested in your remediation preferences on this issue. Thanks Much Tom and Kirstin SV L’ORIENT Green Island Panama SM2K 422
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Re: Re- port bow locker floor
greatketch@...
Tom,
1) thickness of marine plywood for floor ? For this span, 1/2 inch ply should be fine. For the bulkhead, we just ground off all compromised wood, then used polyester resin and glass cloth to cover it. It's a pretty tough environment. 3) Glass in the seams of new floor ? The whole floor ? The bulkhead too ? Definitely glass cloth over the WHOLE floor, both sides! Not only will it seal and protect the wood from water and mechanical damage, it makes the whole structure a lot stiffer. And definitely glass cloth to tab the new floor to the hull. Do not butt the plywood tight against the hull; leave a bit of a gap to avoid making a hard spot. 4) starboard floor seemed Ok. Just go ahead and do that too ? I would. When you remove the old floor, be sure to leave a fiberglass shelf around the edge for the new one to sit on. Trying to build that from underneath would truly be a nightmare. This was one of those jobs that I kept looking at and saying... I'll do that. I know fiberglass, it's not hard. Karen insisted that we hire someone. Watching him come up out of the locker in a full suit, and respirator, covered from head to toe in fiberglass grinding dust, I realized once again she is smarter than I am. Here is a detailed process for what was done for our floors:
Pretty much everything was done with polyester resin. Bill Kinney SM160, Harmonie Cape Eleuthera, Eleuthera Is., Bahamas ---In amelyachtowners@..., <no_reply@...> wrote : I wanted to thank all of you for the help. I’m planning on incorporating many/most of the ideas put forward. If I was in the E Carib I know where I could find competent help; Im headed for shelter Bay, Panama so it might be just us (again). Questions (because Im ordering raw materials for this project from Miami to meet me in Shelter Bay). 1) thickness of marine plywood for floor ? 2) My chainlocker bulkhead wall seems Ok. Precise name of product to seal it ? 3) Glass in the seams of new floor ? The whole floor ? The bulkhead too ?
4) starboard floor seemed Ok. Just go ahead and do that too ?Bill Rouse (if youre reading this)- noted that your biz is booming and you survey many SMs. Is this the first thing you look for ? And interested in your remediation preferences on this issue. Thanks Much Tom and Kirstin SV L’ORIENT Green Island Panama SM2K 422
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Re- port bow locker floor
Amen:
“This was one of those jobs that I kept looking at and saying... I'll do that. I know fiberglass, it's not hard. Karen insisted that we hire someone. Watching him come up out of the locker in a full suit, and respirator, covered from head to toe in fiberglass grinding dust, I realized once again she is smarter than I am.”
This was some of the best money I’ve ever spent. Add the Panama heat to the equation and, oh boy!
With best regards,
Mark
Skipper Sailing Vessel - Cream Puff - SM2K - #275 Currently cruising - Santa Marta, Colombia www.creampuff.us
From:
amelyachtowners@... [mailto:amelyachtowners@...]
Tom,
1) thickness of marine plywood for floor ? For this span, 1/2 inch ply should be fine.
2) My chainlocker bulkhead wall seems Ok. Precise name of product to seal it ? For the bulkhead, we just ground off all compromised wood, then used polyester resin and glass cloth to cover it. It's a pretty tough environment.
3) Glass in the seams of new floor ? The whole floor ? The bulkhead too ? Definitely glass cloth over the WHOLE floor, both sides! Not only will it seal and protect the wood from water and mechanical damage, it makes the whole structure a lot stiffer. And definitely glass cloth to tab the new floor to the hull. Do not butt the plywood tight against the hull; leave a bit of a gap to avoid making a hard spot.
4) starboard floor seemed Ok. Just go ahead and do that too ? I would.
This was one of those jobs that I kept looking at and saying... I'll do that. I know fiberglass, it's not hard. Karen insisted that we hire someone. Watching him come up out of the locker in a full suit, and respirator, covered from head to toe in fiberglass grinding dust, I realized once again she is smarter than I am.
Here is a detailed process for what was done for our floors:
Pretty much everything was done with polyester resin.
Bill Kinney SM160, Harmonie Cape Eleuthera, Eleuthera Is., Bahamas
I wanted to thank all of you for the help. I’m planning on
incorporating many/most of the ideas put forward. If I was in the E Carib I
know where I could find competent help; Im headed for shelter Bay, Panama so it
might be just us (again). 3) Glass in the seams of new floor ? The whole floor ? The bulkhead too ? 4) starboard floor seemed Ok. Just go ahead and do that too
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Re- port bow locker floor
thomas.kleman <no_reply@...>
I wanted to thank all of you for the help. I’m planning on incorporating many/most of the ideas put forward. If I was in the E Carib I know where I could find competent help; Im headed for shelter Bay, Panama so it might be just us (again).
Questions (because Im ordering raw materials for this project from Miami to meet me in Shelter Bay). 1) thickness of marine plywood for floor ? 2) My chainlocker bulkhead wall seems Ok. Precise name of product to seal it ? 3) Glass in the seams of new floor ? The whole floor ? The bulkhead too ? 4) starboard floor seemed Ok. Just go ahead and do that too ? Bill Rouse (if youre reading this)- noted that your biz is booming and you survey many SMs. Is this the first thing you look for ? And interested in your remediation preferences on this issue. Thanks Much Tom and Kirstin SV L’ORIENT Green Island Panama SM2K 422
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Re: Port bow locker floor
alanwood123@...
HI Tom..
We had to do ours too as part of our on going pan-mediterranean fit out. The locker floor repairs I started in Greece were finished in Tunisia. I filmed the whole thing but haven't edited it together properly yet (I hope to edit all our maintenance blogs properly before the winter is out :/) but there's a snippet here from our travel blogs. It's also a good opportunity to give the anchor locker a good clean and paint too. Cost approx €200.. : https://youtu.be/6nHe3zU--rU?t=1119 Cheers! Woody
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Re: Stern arch Amel 54
Hi Mark,
I actually ordered the arch at the Annapolis boat show. I have been talking to them on the show for a while and it seems they have a permanent 3rd party address for the powder coating as they do this frequently. They have long term experience with this coating as well (7 years) and provided the assembly is done well the stuff holds up very well they told me. So the plan is to have the front legs mounted on the deck under the corner seats in the back and the two rear legs on the transom. This means I will have to cut off part of the front legs to make it fit. Their engineer thinks I can do with the arch with the front and back legs at the same width (so no offset between the front and real legs). But I need to verify this. Communication with Atlantic Towers is a bit slow. So getting the precise information about size and dimensions takes some time. The front legs have an angle of 55 deg. with the horizontal plane and the rear legs have an angle of 60 degrees. This determines how far forward the arch can be before it touches the corner seat I have ordered the david-tubes as well so we can hang a dingy from it. The legs are mounted on the boat using feet with a swivelling eye to adjust to the angle of the mounting surface. We plan to put four solar panels on the arch with total peak power of about 600 Watts (4 pce. Solara S565M44 Ultra), not a huge amount but I don’t want the total installation to be crazy big. I will let you know how this will progress. In the mean time does anyone know what color the gelcoat of the Amel 54 is? Preferably a RAL color number. Regards, Arno SV Luna, A54-121
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] parts
Welcome to the group and congratulations on your Amel. You will find this forum a wonderful resource for all kinds of information that will help you learn your Amel's systems, and give you a great start on trouble-shooting any problems you may encounter. There are many folks here who will happily help you with any problems you may encounter. For this question it didn't make a difference, but in the future it will help if you sign you post with your name, boat name and hull number, and where you are currently located. For parts from Amel, contact Maud Touillet by email at sav "at" amel "dot" fr, she is in LaRochelle. Send complete description including part numbers. If you aren't sure of part numbers, take pictures and send with your request. If there is something you need right away, in addition to your email call her at +33 5 46 55 00 75 All the best to you and yours. Happy and safe sailing, Kent & Iris SM 243 Kristy Currently Ft. Lauderdale, FL Hoping to leave for Turks and Caicos in a few more days.
From: "sailunavida@... [amelyachtowners]" To: amelyachtowners@... Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2019 12:30 PM Subject: [Amel Yacht Owners] parts Im a new owner of a 2001 SM 2000 cruising Mexico with my kids. Where do I order parts for my AMEL can some one send ne contact info for parts please. Thanks
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Port bow locker floor
eric freedman
Mark, Thank you, Fair Winds Eric Kimberlite Amel Super Maramu #376
From: amelyachtowners@... [mailto:amelyachtowners@...]
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2019 7:32 PM To: amelyachtowners@... Subject: RE: [Amel Yacht Owners] Port bow locker floor
Eric,
The total cost of the locker floor replacement for both front lockers was right at 3,500 euros (inc. VAT tax). I took 5 days and two guys. We had some other stuff done (cosmetic gel coat stuff on the transom) so it is hard to pin-point the exact cost for this. But, 3,500 would be pretty close.
I uploaded some pictures to the forum.
With best regards,
Mark
Skipper Sailing Vessel - Cream Puff www.creampuff.us
From: amelyachtowners@... [mailto:amelyachtowners@...]
Hi Mark, What was the total cost of the deck repair in the forward lockers in Martinique? Fair Winds Eric Kimberlite Amel Super Maramu #376
From: amelyachtowners@... [mailto:amelyachtowners@...]
Tom,
We had to make this repair past year. It is not difficult any decent glass person would have the capability. We had it done in Martinique at Amel. They sub-contracted the work to a local company but told them what to do. We had both forward lockers done. This problem is a little bit of a design flaw in the Amel. As the anchor chain is stowed the moisture in the anchor well will slowly rot the wood since it was unfinished on the lower side.
They cut away the existing floor to within about 2-3 inches from the edge. They cut marine ply to fit into place and used the 2-3” lip to resin the new shelf. They sanded the lip to ensure it was free of rot and all paint for a good surface to adhere to. They finished both sides of the new floor with resin and gelcoat ensuring any moisture will not affect it. It took quite a bit of fiberglass work to make it look as good as new.
We paid a little bit extra to have an access panel put into the floor of the port side locker allowing us full access to the anchor well without having to go through the forward cabin.
My advice is to pay to have this done. Although you could do it yourself, the resin work and sanding required will leave you itching for years. Not, to mention the toxic fumes. I was going to do the repair myself but now look at the money I spent as a very good value.
I inserted a couple of pictures. If they don’t make it –let me know and I email them.
With best regards,
Mark
Skipper Sailing Vessel - Cream Puff - SM2K - #275 Currently cruising - Santa Marta, Colombia www.creampuff.us
From: amelyachtowners@... [mailto:amelyachtowners@...] On Behalf Of thomas.kleman
As I was re-wiring my nav lights from the port bow locker (empty) I heard a crack. The top layer of the marine plywood floor separated from the rest and the floor is bowed but not cracked through. I checked it from top and bottom and it doesnt seem rotten. In case you’re wondering I weigh 200 lbs so it wasnt overloaded (ha). I know of at least one other SM that had this happen. Im in San Blas so an Amel fix in Martinique is out of the question. I will need to do this myself in Shelter Bay. Would love some ideas.
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Port bow locker floor
greatketch@...
In Fort Lauderdale, this cost us +/- US$1000. One guy--about 12 hours over 4 days. The only short cut we took was to skip a layer of cosmetic gel coat on the bottom of the locker.
Bill Kinney
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Re: Port bow locker floor
greatketch@...
Tom,
Last year when we were in Fort Lauderdale there were three Super Maramus that had this repair done, one after another. One guy went from one boat to another. By the time he got to ours (#3) he had it down pretty pat. Ours was really very rotten, one of those repairs we postponed from the previous year yard time as not "urgent." The decomposed plywood was cut out and replaced with divinylcell structural foam, glassed on each side. The glass "shelf" that supported the plywood was kept and used as the bottom support of the new locker bottom. In the absence of structural foam, plywood could certainly be a satisfactory solution if sealed on both sides. Either solution done well should last the life of the boat. For reasons that escape me, Amel installed the plywood bow locker floors bare on the bottom. If yours are not rotten now, they will be--at some point. Even if rot from the humidity in the anchor locker was not an issue, glassing one side of a panel is mechanically a very weak structure. Kind of like building a bridge with an I-beam that is missing the bottom plate! If you have the anchor locker opened up, you should also be aware that the upper part, of the forward side, of the bulkhead that makes the back of the anchor locker was also unfinished and suffers rot because of it. Since we had everything open, we ground off the compromised wood there too, and replaced it with a couple layers of glass. Bill Kinney SM160, Harmonie Cape Eleuthera, Eleuthera Is., Bahamas ---In amelyachtowners@..., <no_reply@...> wrote : As I was re-wiring my nav lights from the port bow locker (empty) I heard a crack. The top layer of the marine plywood floor separated from the rest and the floor is bowed but not cracked through. I checked it from top and bottom and it doesnt seem rotten. In case you’re wondering I weigh 200 lbs so it wasnt overloaded (ha). I know of at least one other SM that had this happen. Im in San Blas so an Amel fix in Martinique is out of the question. I will need to do this myself in Shelter Bay. Would love some ideas. Tom Kleman SM2K 422 SV L’ORIENT San Blas
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Port bow locker floor
Alan,
I uploaded some pictures to the forum.
With best regards,
Mark
Skipper Sailing Vessel - Cream Puff www.creampuff.us
From:
amelyachtowners@... [mailto:amelyachtowners@...]
Thanks Mark,
The pics didn't come through. Elyse has the same issue and I will do as you have and put a hatch in the floor on the port side.
Cheers Alan Elyse SM437
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Port bow locker floor
Eric,
The total cost of the locker floor replacement for both front lockers was right at 3,500 euros (inc. VAT tax). I took 5 days and two guys. We had some other stuff done (cosmetic gel coat stuff on the transom) so it is hard to pin-point the exact cost for this. But, 3,500 would be pretty close.
I uploaded some pictures to the forum.
With best regards,
Mark
Skipper Sailing Vessel - Cream Puff www.creampuff.us
From:
amelyachtowners@... [mailto:amelyachtowners@...]
Hi Mark, What was the total cost of the deck repair in the forward lockers in Martinique? Fair Winds Eric Kimberlite Amel Super Maramu #376
From: amelyachtowners@...
[mailto:amelyachtowners@...]
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2019 4:53 PM To: amelyachtowners@... Subject: RE: [Amel Yacht Owners] Port bow locker floor
Tom,
We had to make this repair past year. It is not difficult any decent glass person would have the capability. We had it done in Martinique at Amel. They sub-contracted the work to a local company but told them what to do. We had both forward lockers done. This problem is a little bit of a design flaw in the Amel. As the anchor chain is stowed the moisture in the anchor well will slowly rot the wood since it was unfinished on the lower side.
They cut away the existing floor to within about 2-3 inches from the edge. They cut marine ply to fit into place and used the 2-3” lip to resin the new shelf. They sanded the lip to ensure it was free of rot and all paint for a good surface to adhere to. They finished both sides of the new floor with resin and gelcoat ensuring any moisture will not affect it. It took quite a bit of fiberglass work to make it look as good as new.
We paid a little bit extra to have an access panel put into the floor of the port side locker allowing us full access to the anchor well without having to go through the forward cabin.
My advice is to pay to have this done. Although you could do it yourself, the resin work and sanding required will leave you itching for years. Not, to mention the toxic fumes. I was going to do the repair myself but now look at the money I spent as a very good value.
I inserted a couple of pictures. If they don’t make it –let me know and I email them.
With best regards,
Mark
Skipper Sailing Vessel - Cream Puff - SM2K - #275 Currently cruising - Santa Marta, Colombia www.creampuff.us
From: amelyachtowners@...
[mailto:amelyachtowners@...] On Behalf Of thomas.kleman
As I was re-wiring my nav lights from the port bow locker (empty) I heard a
crack. The top layer of the marine plywood floor separated from the rest and
the floor is bowed but not cracked through. I checked it from top and bottom
and it doesnt seem rotten. In case you’re wondering I weigh 200 lbs so it wasnt
overloaded (ha). I know of at least one other SM that had this happen. Im in
San Blas so an Amel fix in Martinique is out of the question. I will need to do
this myself in Shelter Bay. Would love some ideas.
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Port bow locker floor
eric freedman
Hi Mark, What was the total cost of the deck repair in the forward lockers in Martinique? Fair Winds Eric Kimberlite Amel Super Maramu #376
From: amelyachtowners@... [mailto:amelyachtowners@...]
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2019 4:53 PM To: amelyachtowners@... Subject: RE: [Amel Yacht Owners] Port bow locker floor
Tom,
We had to make this repair past year. It is not difficult any decent glass person would have the capability. We had it done in Martinique at Amel. They sub-contracted the work to a local company but told them what to do. We had both forward lockers done. This problem is a little bit of a design flaw in the Amel. As the anchor chain is stowed the moisture in the anchor well will slowly rot the wood since it was unfinished on the lower side.
They cut away the existing floor to within about 2-3 inches from the edge. They cut marine ply to fit into place and used the 2-3” lip to resin the new shelf. They sanded the lip to ensure it was free of rot and all paint for a good surface to adhere to. They finished both sides of the new floor with resin and gelcoat ensuring any moisture will not affect it. It took quite a bit of fiberglass work to make it look as good as new.
We paid a little bit extra to have an access panel put into the floor of the port side locker allowing us full access to the anchor well without having to go through the forward cabin.
My advice is to pay to have this done. Although you could do it yourself, the resin work and sanding required will leave you itching for years. Not, to mention the toxic fumes. I was going to do the repair myself but now look at the money I spent as a very good value.
I inserted a couple of pictures. If they don’t make it –let me know and I email them.
With best regards,
Mark
Skipper Sailing Vessel - Cream Puff - SM2K - #275 Currently cruising - Santa Marta, Colombia www.creampuff.us
From: amelyachtowners@... [mailto:amelyachtowners@...] On Behalf Of thomas.kleman
As I was re-wiring my nav lights from the port bow locker (empty) I heard a crack. The top layer of the marine plywood floor separated from the rest and the floor is bowed but not cracked through. I checked it from top and bottom and it doesnt seem rotten. In case you’re wondering I weigh 200 lbs so it wasnt overloaded (ha). I know of at least one other SM that had this happen. Im in San Blas so an Amel fix in Martinique is out of the question. I will need to do this myself in Shelter Bay. Would love some ideas.
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Port bow locker floor
Thanks Mark,
The pics didn't come through. Elyse has the same issue and I will do as you have and put a hatch in the floor on the port side. Cheers Alan Elyse SM437
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Port bow locker floor
Danny and Yvonne SIMMS
Hi Tom, I would dry it out thoroughly and then glass right over it coving up the sides of the locker. Solid permanent fix. Regards Danny SM 299 Ocean Pearl
On 21 January 201Hi Tom9 at 10:15 "thomas.kleman" <no_reply@...> wrote:
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Port bow locker floor
Tom,
We had to make this repair past year. It is not difficult any decent glass person would have the capability. We had it done in Martinique at Amel. They sub-contracted the work to a local company but told them what to do. We had both forward lockers done. This problem is a little bit of a design flaw in the Amel. As the anchor chain is stowed the moisture in the anchor well will slowly rot the wood since it was unfinished on the lower side.
They cut away the existing floor to within about 2-3 inches from the edge. They cut marine ply to fit into place and used the 2-3” lip to resin the new shelf. They sanded the lip to ensure it was free of rot and all paint for a good surface to adhere to. They finished both sides of the new floor with resin and gelcoat ensuring any moisture will not affect it. It took quite a bit of fiberglass work to make it look as good as new.
We paid a little bit extra to have an access panel put into the floor of the port side locker allowing us full access to the anchor well without having to go through the forward cabin.
My advice is to pay to have this done. Although you could do it yourself, the resin work and sanding required will leave you itching for years. Not, to mention the toxic fumes. I was going to do the repair myself but now look at the money I spent as a very good value.
I inserted a couple of pictures. If they don’t make it –let me know and I email them.
With best regards,
Mark
Skipper Sailing Vessel - Cream Puff - SM2K - #275 Currently cruising - Santa Marta, Colombia www.creampuff.us
From: amelyachtowners@...
[mailto:amelyachtowners@...] On Behalf Of thomas.kleman
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2019 5:15 PM To: amelyachtowners@... Subject: [Amel Yacht Owners] Port bow locker floor
As I was re-wiring my nav lights from the port bow locker (empty) I heard a
crack. The top layer of the marine plywood floor separated from the rest and
the floor is bowed but not cracked through. I checked it from top and bottom
and it doesnt seem rotten. In case you’re wondering I weigh 200 lbs so it wasnt
overloaded (ha). I know of at least one other SM that had this happen. Im in
San Blas so an Amel fix in Martinique is out of the question. I will need to do
this myself in Shelter Bay. Would love some ideas.
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Port bow locker floor
thomas.kleman <no_reply@...>
As I was re-wiring my nav lights from the port bow locker (empty) I heard a crack. The top layer of the marine plywood floor separated from the rest and the floor is bowed but not cracked through. I checked it from top and bottom and it doesnt seem rotten. In case you’re wondering I weigh 200 lbs so it wasnt overloaded (ha). I know of at least one other SM that had this happen. Im in San Blas so an Amel fix in Martinique is out of the question. I will need to do this myself in Shelter Bay. Would love some ideas.
Tom Kleman SM2K 422 SV L’ORIENT San Blas
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Re: Stern arch Amel 54
Mark & Debbie Mueller
Hi Arno,
We are interested in a stern arch also. Are you planning on straddling the stern cleat with the vertical struts or having the rear strut attach at the transom? I talked with Atlantic Towers at the Annapolis Boat Show a couple of months ago. I asked them if they would be interested in coming to the boat, it was very close, to measure for the arch as they had not manufactured any for a 54 – they declined. That was unfortunate; I was impressed with their product after seeing several on Super Maramu’s at the Amel Rendezvous at St. Michaels.
I believe they bend and weld aluminum very well but I would guess they job out powder coat services. Be cautious, substrate prep especially on aluminum is the key to longevity of the finish. It could be worth the extra time you would invest get the background on the powder coater and how they prep the material.
Please let us know how the project progresses.
Mark Mueller Brass Ring A54
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