Bavaria 47 4-cabin converting to 3-cabin?

My 4-cabin Jeanneau SO 45.1 was converted to a 3-cabin by the previous owner. It was a simple removal of the thin bulkhead between the two. All that remained was a nasty line on the cabin roof where the bulkhead had fitted. The previous owner covered that with some square plastic trunking which looks fine.
 
You know the boat. Is the layout of the two forward cabins conducive to being joined together, or would it either look like a bodge, or cost a lot of money to do properly? Without knowing the boat, I would guess that the dividing wall is not structural, but would you be left with 2 doors?
 
Hello Nigel,

Unless your boat is a lot different from Pegasus, the center divider is not structural. I had the 3 cabin layout with a big double bed and a dancing pole... good for the girls.
 
Don't think either the transverse or fore and aft bulkheads forward of the main bulkhead are structural. They are both different in the two versions and think they are just partitions.
 
Just partitions forward of the main bulkhead at the mast post (so I'm told by a surveyor friend).

I'm planning to do the same with my 49.
 
I suggest you ask the broker how the conversion works. Some boats like my Jeanneau 45.2 were built to be convertible from 4 cabins to 3 by simply removing a sectional partition. In my case the partition consisted of tongued and grooved plywood sections about two feet wide fitted in channels top and bottom. The rearmost section could be removed by withdrawing two bolts, then the others slid out one by one.
 
Simondjuk said:
Are any of the bulkheads in question tabbed onto the hull/deck? If so, even if not truly structural, I imagine they reduce flex.
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Not sure what you mean, but this is a picture from inside the forward port cabin:

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There are troughs built-in to the interior hull and deck moulds, and the partitions are simply sat in the hull grooves and the deck is popped on and the edges are then neatened-up with silicone sealant. If you take the sealant out, you'll see that they are just sat there, not attached to anything (this is why Bavs creak when underway).
 
nigelmercier said:
Not sure what you mean, but this is a picture from inside the forward port cabin:

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On my '99 38, most of the bulkheads and panels which appear to be fitted into troughs in the mouldings, as mentioned by BobC, actually pass through them and are tabbed onto the inside of the coachroof and the hull. That is to say that they are bonded with fibreglass tape which runs along the 90 degree angle between boat and bulkhead, securing one to the other. Any bulkheads that are attached like this are probably structural. Any which only sit in troughs in the internal mouldings probably aren't.
 
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