Targa 37 salon sofa

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nicololo

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Hello, we have a '98 Targa 37 that we would very much like to have have the sofa re-upholstered.
Have been in touch with a few companies and it seems the most cost effective way is for me to remove it from the boat and take to the upholsterer.
My challenge is how I remove the upper part of the backrest at both ends, I have found the hidden screws for the two sections where they meet in the middle and the 6 retaining bolts, 3 in each corner and only accessible via the speaker holes, but I'm totally flummoxed as to how each end is attached, see photos.
Can anyone help please?
Thanks
Mark & Carol
 
At a guess it'll either be super strong velcro, or there will be some captive bolts in the backrest - you should be able to reach up into the moulding and find the nuts. Velcro must be favourite though - have you tried a fairly assertive tug at the backrest?

Cheers
Jimmy
 
You could try holding a camera with flash up inside the speaker hole, pointing it in the direction of the backrest and take a snap to try and identify if there are any screw or bolt heads there. Won't be a David Bailey snap but may give an indication.
 
Dismantling fairlines usiually involves just a bit of following your nose and intuition. If there are no screws, it could be attached with that 3M supervelcro as JTB suggests, or it could just be bonded on with sikaflex. The latter sounds a bit odd, but FL definitely attach some upholstered parts on my boat with sikaflex, usually black. Try just prising apart and getting a scraper into the joint, and see what happens. you have to pull pretty hard to separate the sika as there's often too much of it
 
I've aleady found the bolts that hold the corners on, they can be accessed through the speaker hole once removed, it's both ends where attached to the berth bulk-heads.
Cheers
Mark
 
Have you gone mad?

Mark - why why oh why do you want to replace that lovely upholstery?

If you must do the nautical equivilent of replacing victorian plasterwork with pine panelling, give me a shout next time I'm down, I've dismantled quite a few boats and might just be able to help! May be there tomorrow....

(Never got any back together again though)
 
Mark - Did you get a resolution to this problem? I am in the same situation and can't find a way of detaching the ends of the backrest from the bulkhead. Help or advice from anyone would be appreciated.

Thanks
 
Elessar said:
Mark - why why oh why do you want to replace that lovely upholstery?

If you must do the nautical equivilent of replacing victorian plasterwork with pine panelling, give me a shout next time I'm down, I've dismantled quite a few boats and might just be able to help! May be there tomorrow....

(Never got any back together again though)
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I quite like that upholstery. Classic 2000's Fairline!
 
MajorF said:
Mark - Did you get a resolution to this problem? I am in the same situation and can't find a way of detaching the ends of the backrest from the bulkhead. Help or advice from anyone would be appreciated.

Thanks
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Unfortunately Mark has not logged back into the forum for nearly five years, so I'm afraid you're unlikely to get an answer from him. However, the suggestions made above are all still valid - have you tried just pulling it away from the bulkhead? That double-lock 3M velcro is pretty strong stuff.
 
There are some screws behind the mirror in the aft cabin wich hold the upper part of the sofa in the saloon! So you have to remove the mirror or use some force to rip the screws out of the sofa without damaging the mirror, but then you have to use siliconbond to fit the sofa.
 
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