How to Remove Couch in 2005 41AC

[Bill Marrero]

Looking for any help on how to remove couch in 2005 41AC in order to access hoses behind it. I am adding a waste vent filter.

Thanks

Bill M
SV Optimistic

 

[MFD]

I removed mine on a 2009 41DS. I am thinking the layout and actual couch is the same. A bonafide couch with its own arms on the end and all that. There are a few screws you can see around the bottom after pulling out the drawer there. I ended up putting in a full tabletop cabinet (am a live aboard so extra storage and surface space was well worth it).

Found this 41AC listing with a picture of the interior and couch - looks substantially similar.

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If you have the lower drawer thing, slide that out and it can be tilted up and removed. From there maybe a half dozen screws or so.

The important thing being that it is all screws, so easy to remove and easy to put back in.

 

[Nodak7]

The next question is how do you get it out of the boat? Jesh it just does not seem like it would fit easily through the hatchway!

 

[MFD]

I was able to take mine out single handed. Oddly enough absolutely no recollection how. I might have needed to unscrew the back from the seat portion, not sure. Overall it definitely went a lot easier than I expected, which is the opposite of most things on boats

 

[MFD]

I was also able to track down this old thread, which encouraged me that couch removal would be easy.

Starboard couch replacement

I have been thinking of this for a while and even saw one on yacht world once. The starboard couch is a huge waste of space. With the radius curves in each corner talking up 16" alone no adult can sleep there, the drawer underneath is ungainly and the large storage behind the backrest is totally...

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