Moody 31 MK II Headlining

[PeteCooper]

I need to gain access to the underneath of the mainsheet traveller and therefore need to remove the thin strip of headlining that covers this. Please can anyone tell me exactly how to do this? Obviously I don't want to damage anything and hope to get it back looking as new. Thanks, Pete.

 

[Ruffles]

I assume you mean removing the headlining covered panel rather than pealing any headlining back.

The panels are screwed on. Moodys used two techniques for covering the screws. They either used 'mirror' screws and stuck plastic buttons into the hole in the screw. Or they uses normal screws and stuck the plastic buttons into small holes drilled next to the screw.

Either way you can carefully pop the button off with a blunt knife to reveal the screws.

 

[MoodySabre]

I'm nowhere near my boat at the moment but presumably the ends of the traveller are above the heads and in the aft cabin. I don't recall either of those areas having a screwed on panel. If they are just stuck down then a gentle(ish) peeling back will be necessary.

 

[AliM]

Also nowhere near the boat, but isn't the traveller above the engine compartment ? Perhaps ours (or yours) is a non-standarad instllation. If so, peel back the engine insulation. As others have said, access to the underside of the deck is easy enough via the screw-on panels.

 

[PeteCooper]

Thank you - it sounds very simple. The traveller is standard - i.e. at the aft edge of the bridge deck. This puts it well above the engine compartment, and having had a quick look last night it looks to lie above the narrow trim piece under there. I'll pop off some of the plastic screw covers and see what transpires! Thanks, Pete.