[Amel Yacht Owners] Removing drawer faces
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tfortner1975
Hi Craig, No access for us. But this is what I’ve found: - On SN27 we have 4 drawer faces port side. 3 are actual drawers. The most forward one is fake. I’ve tried to figure out how to gain access behind it but it looks like I would need to make a hole to do so. - I’ve removed the two middle drawers to go through the aft side of the false one and it is solid wood. - I’ve removed the curved cream colored fiberglass portion behind the cushion (which can be a small storage location for a spare item) and there is no access either. Sorry no answer for success with out a hole - besides potentially prying it off carefully (taping and protecting the wood). Although this prying might just break the cover. Best of luck. Trevor SN27 Miri, Malaysia
On Sep 18, 2018, at 8:36 PM, sangaris@... [amelyachtowners] <amelyachtowners@...> wrote:
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Hey, thanks Trevor, Isn't that odd that our SN68 has only two drawers while your SN27 has three? Makes me wonder if maybe my lower middle drawer is just stuck - that would be weird to discover after 19 years! Oh well. I think that rather than risking prying one off I may just cut through from the inside top after removing the middle top drawer. I see you're in Miri - we were going to fly in to join a friend on her Liberty 458 in Borneo this summer and head there, but we got sidetracked with medical stuff - she's Linda Morgenstern on Serafin - perhaps you've met? (She may still be headed there, though.) Cheers, Craig SN68, Brunswick, GA ---In amelyachtowners@..., <tfortner1975@...> wrote : Hi Craig, No access for us. But this is what I’ve found: - On SN27 we have 4 drawer faces port side. 3 are actual drawers. The most forward one is fake. I’ve tried to figure out how to gain access behind it but it looks like I would need to make a hole to do so. - I’ve removed the two middle drawers to go through the aft side of the false one and it is solid wood. - I’ve removed the curved cream colored fiberglass portion behind the cushion (which can be a small storage location for a spare item) and there is no access either. Sorry no answer for success with out a hole - besides potentially prying it off carefully (taping and protecting the wood). Although this prying might just break the cover. Best of luck. Trevor SN27 Miri, Malaysia
On Sep 18, 2018, at 8:36 PM, sangaris@... [amelyachtowners] <amelyachtowners@...> wrote:
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tfortner1975
That would have been great to meet up. Yes we met her. We hit a couple of anchorages together on our crossing from Natunas Islands to Borneo. She was a lovely cheerful person. Regarding the lower drawer - if you remove the port cushion, there is a small cubby behind it, below the two drawers stacked on top of each other. I can reach my arm up there and feel the bottom drawer. Maybe this will let you know if it’s a cover or a stuck drawer. Trevor SN27 Miri, Malaysia
On Sep 19, 2018, at 12:00 PM, sangaris@... [amelyachtowners] <amelyachtowners@...> wrote:
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Ian Park
Craig,
It’s not stuck, my SN96 has two false drawers as well. I too wanted to convert one to a third drawer. Ian Ocean Hobo
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Thanks, Ian. Yes they must have changed between Trevor's 27 and my 68 as we don't have the cubby under the two drawers that Trevor has.
Oh well - what's another hole? Cheers, Craig, SN68 ---In amelyachtowners@..., <parkianj@...> wrote : Craig, It’s not stuck, my SN96 has two false drawers as well. I too wanted to convert one to a third drawer. Ian Ocean Hobo
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