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Chris Z
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Initially Posted - 11/17/2006 : 21:49:03

Okay, I am a day away from putting the tarp on my boat and will be removing the wood from the baot for refinishing. I can not see how to remove the coaming boards on either side of the companionway.

Chris Z.
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Steve Siefken
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Response Posted - 11/17/2006 : 21:57:32

I took mine off last winter to do the same thing you are doing. Mine were on with adhesive only. There were no screws or anything else. I just pulled them off. Had to use a screwdriver in places, but they came off.

Be careful when you do this, I cracked mine in a couple places and had to glue them, but they turned out just fine.

What kind of finish are you thinking about using?

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 11/17/2006 : 22:08:25

Don't use a screwdriver--use a wide taping knife. The adhesive should be somewhat gooey, but you need to work it gradually all the way around.

Wait--you said on either side of the companionway--that's not the coamings... I (and Steve) thought you meant the coaming compartment trim rings (on both sides of the cockpit). The exterior trim on the sides of the companionway is screwed on from the inside--you have to remove the inside trim to get to the screws. The interior trim is held by surface screws. It's a bit messy--there's a lot of the same goo in there--but not complicated.

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TRogers
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Response Posted - 11/17/2006 : 22:48:15

The trim around the small compartments in the cockpit are held on with adhesive?

Interesting. My 82 has them held on with very obvious screws. Clearly things change with different model years.

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 11/18/2006 : 09:11:17

... and owners. I would replace them with screws if I had them off, I would not want to wrestle adhesive again.

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 11/18/2006 : 14:05:54

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by fhopper@mac.com
 ... and owners. I would replace them with screws if I had them off, I would not want to wrestle adhesive again.
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I never saw a reason to take them off--just Cetoled them in place with a tiny foam brush. But if I did, I'd put them back on with a few dabs of Life Caulk--they should come off fairly easily next time.

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djn
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Response Posted - 11/18/2006 : 16:30:12

Last winter I replaced mine with the white plasic ones from CD. The wood ones on the boat fell apart and the plasic replacements were cheap. Also, I can not feel them in the small of my back when I lean back. Cheers.

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Chris Z
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Response Posted - 11/19/2006 : 00:03:28

Just to clarify, I mean the boards on either side of the companionway that run horizontal. I call them coaming since they look a lot like the ones on my Force 5. By the way, I got mine covered today with a new tarp. I will have to put off the refinishing of the hull till spring as snow is arriving tomorrow. Going to concentrate on the wood trim and interior work.

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PZell
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Response Posted - 11/19/2006 : 14:10:05

I think they call those the 'eyebrows.' Had mine off before but don't remember off hand if they had screws. Think it has screws and some adhesive.

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 11/19/2006 : 14:52:49

Those horizontal trim pieces are screwed on and the holes have teak plugs covering them. You can drill them out to get to the screws, but I just refinished them in place. These were the only teak trim pieces that I did not remove.

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Dave Bristle
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 11/19/2006 : 16:34:27

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by dlucier
 ...These were the only teak trim pieces that I did not remove.
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Me too. I sanded and Cetoled them in place.

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OLarryR
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Response Posted - 11/19/2006 : 17:03:31

I also left them in place, put masking tape on the fiberglass and reapplied Cetol Light.

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