Ladies and germs:
Some of you may have recalled my earlier post about leaks in our nav. chart cabinet. As fate would have it, we have a similar leak in the galley cabinet exactly opposite the leaky nav. chart area. Despite rebedding the port lights (which showed no signs of causing rot, thankfully), I'm still getting unpredictable leakage in just these areas. I've tested to see if the life line stanchions are to blame by putting paper towels underneath the ones near the leaks, but they continue to come up dry, suggesting to me that the leak may be coming from the outside sail tracks (for the spinnaker). Regardless, I would like to remove the headliner to rebed the lifeline stanchions, the spinnaker track, and the jib track (inside of the outer track/adjacent to the port lights where the cabin wall flares upward).
Our headliner is in pretty good shape, and I'm afraid of damaging it. It looks like it's stapled onto wood trim. Is it as easy as removing the staples? Anything I need to be wary of? As usual, your insight is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Some of you may have recalled my earlier post about leaks in our nav. chart cabinet. As fate would have it, we have a similar leak in the galley cabinet exactly opposite the leaky nav. chart area. Despite rebedding the port lights (which showed no signs of causing rot, thankfully), I'm still getting unpredictable leakage in just these areas. I've tested to see if the life line stanchions are to blame by putting paper towels underneath the ones near the leaks, but they continue to come up dry, suggesting to me that the leak may be coming from the outside sail tracks (for the spinnaker). Regardless, I would like to remove the headliner to rebed the lifeline stanchions, the spinnaker track, and the jib track (inside of the outer track/adjacent to the port lights where the cabin wall flares upward).
Our headliner is in pretty good shape, and I'm afraid of damaging it. It looks like it's stapled onto wood trim. Is it as easy as removing the staples? Anything I need to be wary of? As usual, your insight is greatly appreciated. Thanks!