Need advice on tarting up boat

[petem]

Where the trim butts up to the fabric you might be lucky and find that it's not glued to it (i.e. only glued to the floor). I can't see that gluing to the padded fabric would have had any advantage (hence SL are more willing to replace it).

 

[petem]

Thinking about this a bit more, are you really sure the trim has been glued to the woodwork? Surely the fitter would have avoided doing this to (a) allow it to be removed in the future and (b) to cater for the flexing of the floor.

If you're over there next week why not take a sheet of laminating film and see if you can poke it down between the trim and the doors / fabric?

Pete

 

[vas]

Mike, agree with petem,

furthermore, various click and fit type of flooring has its own edging which clips onto a steel section that bolts onto the wall. Sounds complicated, but it's fairly simple. I think you should try and push/twist/pull in various directions (in the most hidden spot obviously) and see if it unclips/breaks and shows what's behind.
I very much doubt someone made the effort of gluing to the bulkhead lining, rather stupid...

whatever method they've used, I'm sure you'll get there without too much trouble and enjoy her and that's the point!
I want to see pics of you helming from the aft deck cabinet controls at full speed making doughnuts
video from a chopper preferably with none on the f/b

cheers

V.

 

[MapisM]

I believe that the surveyor was concerned that removing the edge trim at these points might damage the fabric wall covering above the level of of the edge trim. Its not an issue in the sleeping cabins because SL are installing carpets foc which I hope will hide the edge trim to some degree and the surveyor has made sure they understand this. However it is an issue in other areas of the boat wherever the edge trim butts up against fabric material, such as in the corridor between the cabins where I do not want carpet because of the heavy traffic

M, if the removal would prove difficult/risky, you might consider varnishing those edges.
I guess it might sound unbelievable considering the current colour, but I can assure you that someone with the right experience (and an adequate number of varnish layers) can make them appear as the other original varnished wooden part, like those of the door frames. And that could make sense from an aesthetic viewpoint, also because I very much doubt that the carpets will cover the edges completely.

Mind, 'fiuaskme I'd rather keep her as she is, but each to their own, of course.
Btw, this thread proves that most folks actually like the look of light wood...
...which would be convenient when you will be offering her as a p/x for an 80 footer in a few years!

 

[petem]

Mario, as I understand it, the floor is badly fitted and to my eye the edging trim looks amateurish / ugly. So no matter how good a revarnish is you can't escape that (lipstick on a pig is the phrase that springs to mind).

 

[rustybarge]

Mario, as I understand it, the floor is badly fitted and to my eye the edging trim looks amateurish / ugly. So no matter how good a revarnish is you can't escape that (lipstick on a pig is the phrase that springs to mind).

There's a company in the Uk that mill special shaped sections in teak and other hard woods for classic boat restorations.
I'm not on my own pc at the moment so can't give you the link...

Get a one piece 'L' shaped bit of wood section milled that will go over the old skirting trim to hide it. Sorted with a perfect finish, no messing around with varnish or paint etc etc.

 

[MapisM]

to my eye the edging trim looks amateurish / ugly. So no matter how good a revarnish is you can't escape that

Yep, understood.
Fact is, no edge trim would be better, but based on what Deleted User explained so far, a "clean" removal is not an option - hence my idea for a possible alternative.
I'm not sure I would want to have a taller edge trim anyway, no matter how nicely fitted.
Unless flush with the wall, but I think that fitting one of those (with their underlying frame) ex-post would be a nightmare.
Tough call, anyway. I would dare thinking that anyone who REALLY can't live with the existing floor/edges should have rather looked for another boat...

 

[jfm]

There's a company in the Uk that mill special shaped sections in teak and other hard woods for classic boat restorations.
I'm not on my own pc at the moment so can't give you the link...

You'd make the section on a moulding machine - pretty much every street corner would have a firm that can do that so there should be no need to seek out a specialist in another country

 

[dme]

Hi Mike

Lovely looking boat. I would do the floor sooner rather than later. No point trying to live with it and once you're installed it will just get more difficult to do. Your are obviously light on the requisite number of scatter cushions though, Suze can sort that when she's up and about. That said they should have some great stuff in Italy. Send her my regards and hope the leg mends soon. x

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

Send her my regards and hope the leg mends soon. x

Will do thanks

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

Just to finish this thread off, I went back to San Lorenzo to discuss the options for replacing the timber flooring and whilst they were happy to consider doing anything I wanted in the way of replacing the timber flooring, they pointed out that if I wanted the work completed before Easter when we wanted to use the boat, the only option was carpet. The clincher was that, having already agreed to provide carpet for the cabins with bedspreads foc, they agreed to go 50/50 on carpet for the saloon and, as it happens, new vinyl flooring for the galley. This was an offer I couldn't turn down so I went with carpet. With SWMBO who normally takes charges of domestics laid up with a broken leg, I had to fly out to Italy to choose the carpet and the colours of the bedspreads and scatter cushions. Not being accustomed to this kind of stuff, this was extremely stressful and involved flurries of photos emailed to the SWMBO who was only too ready to bite my head off if I got it wrong. If you remember, there was the issue of the existing wood edging so what SL suggested was an extra thick underlay which would allow a fairly deep pile carpet to lie over the top of the edging.
Well, as it happened, SL didn't complete the carpet by Easter as promised but they did complete it by our next visit in May together with the bedspreads and cushions. Even the SWMBO is very pleased with what they've done and as an unexpected bonus, the thick underlay and carpet makes an already quiet boat at speed even quieter. For all you Lawrence Llewellyn-Bowen types here are a few photos of what the interior looks like now

We have order an illuminated chart from Latitude Kinsale to go on the wall in the above pic

 

[KevB]

Looks fab. Much more homely. Just need to choose the rugs to put down to keep the carpet clean.

 

[Richard Shead]

and make sure nobody climbs on board with a can of paint...

 

[rafiki_]

Yep she looks great Mike. I can see this scatter cushiony thing catching on

 

[jfm]

Very nice indeed mike. Carpet is expertly fitted with all those bound edges . A few more scatter cushions, some uplit vases and RGB LEDs scattered about the place, and you're good to go

That rectangular spine of your internal fly staircase - is it solid wood or is it RHS steel faced in wood? Just curious. Looks very nice

Did the boat go well on your last holiday? You vvv pleased with it?

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

A few more scatter cushions

We have a major scatter cushion crisis actually in that they keep sliding off the leather sofas. Any tips for keeping them in place?

That rectangular spine of your internal fly staircase - is it solid wood or is it RHS steel faced in wood? Just curious. Looks very nice

Don't know but it feels very rigid when you step on it so I suspect it's a steel profile of some sort faced with wood

Did the boat go well on your last holiday? You vvv pleased with it?

Actually I'm very happy with the boat so far. She goes very well and seems to take the sea well. After 2 'traditional' Ferrettis, we were unsure how we'd get on with the more modern open plan style but I have to say that after you live with it a while, it works brilliantly as does the aft galley. Also San Lorenzo have been excellent in terms of fixing the minor stuff that has gone wrong and that has certainly helped the experience. The only really duff bit about the boat is the usual Ferretti blind spot ie the helm seats. The lower helm seat is a simply dreadful piece of design and whoever did it should be condemned to sit on it in a rolling beam sea for the rest of his living days

 

[John100156]

She looks really nice Mike, very tasteful, not overstated - hope she drives as good as she looks and that you have lots of great times on her.

 

[z1ppy]

Looks Great Mike! congratulations!

 

[jfm]

We have a major scatter cushion crisis actually in that they keep sliding off the leather sofas. Any tips for keeping them in place?


Don't know but it feels very rigid when you step on it so I suspect it's a steel profile of some sort faced with wood


Actually I'm very happy with the boat so far. She goes very well and seems to take the sea well. After 2 'traditional' Ferrettis, we were unsure how we'd get on with the more modern open plan style but I have to say that after you live with it a while, it works brilliantly as does the aft galley. Also San Lorenzo have been excellent in terms of fixing the minor stuff that has gone wrong and that has certainly helped the experience. The only really duff bit about the boat is the usual Ferretti blind spot ie the helm seats. The lower helm seat is a simply dreadful piece of design and whoever did it should be condemned to sit on it in a rolling beam sea for the rest of his living days

That's great news - very pleased for you. Mind you we're talking about a F630 no less , sheesh, it should be good!.

You could just fit a pair (or just one? - I think they need 550mm of footprint width but can check that) of Recaros or similar. These people will make them in any fabric or leather, with or without armrests, etc http://www.capitalseating.co.uk/productlist.asp?type=s&view=apps&appid=69&appgrpid=9

They will customise heavily so don't feel limited by what you see on the website. Off that page I have Harrier on the flybridge (no electrics in the adjustment and with a hoop metal headrest not cushion) and Phoenix at lower helm (without arm rests)

They will do the seat in any leather or cloth/Sunbrella. any colour stitching. Emboss the leather with boat name or logo, and embroider into the cloth. Choice of armrest or not, and electric or manual mechanism, and heated seat elements, and pretty much anything you want really. £2k each ballpark. Need 12v not 24 for the electric ones so you may need a voltage dropper

 

[Jack Haines]

The only really duff bit about the boat is the usual Ferretti blind spot ie the helm seats. The lower helm seat is a simply dreadful piece of design and whoever did it should be condemned to sit on it in a rolling beam sea for the rest of his living days

As I was told by the PR team on our last Ferretti test: "Mr.Ferretti says a boat like this should be driven standing up." So that's that!

Lovely boat Mike, all the best with her.