Need ideas for sourcing cabinets for my 36' Tri Cabin

Oxblood · Post by **Oxblood** » Wed Nov 21, 2012 3:40 pm

Hello all,

As you can see from the pic in this link the cabinets in the galley are, well a little lacking:

http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listing/ ... e=Photo+21

I was wondering if anyone had any good ideas for finding suitable cabinets. I do not want anything that is a melamine or veneer over fibre board, as that will not last well in the humid environs of a boat. I would prefer a Canadian supplier, ideally one that will either ship to Vancouver, or is close by.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance and Cheers.

trojanmanXS · Post by **trojanmanXS** » Thu Nov 22, 2012 5:32 am

There is a guy in my town that I utilized. I removed all the doors ,framework ect and dropped them all at this fellas house and he reproduced them all in cherry hardwood and finished them as well. If interested let me know and I'll get you his contact info. He's retired and does this as a hobby so the price was more then reasonable as he doesnt make a living from this work.

prowlersfish · Post by **prowlersfish** » Thu Nov 22, 2012 9:52 am

Have you looked at the big box home stores or a RV / camper store ?

Vitaliy · Post by **Vitaliy** » Thu Nov 22, 2012 1:21 pm

i have a plan to redo mine as wel however my layout is a tad bit different.... i priced it out and have some plans laid out to make it myself however honestly if rather just pay someone to do this if the price ir decent....

if you want i can email you a few pics with the layout idea.

Oxblood · Post by **Oxblood** » Thu Nov 22, 2012 1:26 pm

trojanmanXS wrote:There is a guy in my town that I utilized. I removed all the doors ,framework ect and dropped them all at this fellas house and he reproduced them all in cherry hardwood and finished them as well. If interested let me know and I'll get you his contact info. He's retired and does this as a hobby so the price was more then reasonable as he doesnt make a living from this work.

Trojanmannx,

Thanks for the tip. I will keep it in mind.

I have looked at the boxstores. Not all of them seem to have a complete line of full wood wall and undercounter cabionets, but instead a mix. Undercounter all wood, wall the main boxd fibre and melamine with wood doors.

There are a couple of local shops that look promising and I will check them out.

Good tip on checking the RV stores, I had not thought of that.

Thanks for the ideas everyone.

aaronbocknek · Post by **aaronbocknek** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 8:38 am

RV stores are an excellent source to get things from. especially, at least in my case, if your 12v lights are the small square ones. i found plenty of lens/shade replacements at my local rv supply store and they were really inexpensive too. roughly a buck a cover.

Oxblood · Post by **Oxblood** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 12:58 pm

Thanks Aaron. I will definitely make a trip to one of the larger RV dealers around here soon.

297Elegante · Post by **297Elegante** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 10:28 pm

If your willing to spend a little money, a solid teak stile and rail with a teak plywood in the center would look sharp.

Oxblood · Post by **Oxblood** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 11:28 am

297Elegante wrote:If your willing to spend a little money, a solid teak stile and rail with a teak plywood in the center would look sharp.

Do you have any pics of your idea? WOuld that likely need to be custom built? I have a friend who is a cabinet maker and I could probably get some help from him.

gettaway · Post by **gettaway** » Sun Nov 25, 2012 12:28 pm

if the existing cabinet layout suites your needs, have you thought of refacing the exisiting cabinets? a 1/2"X 4' X 8' sheet of teak plywood is about 170.00 +-, you could make a lot of cabinet doors and drawer fronts with one sheet of ply. Rockler sells the edge banding, or you could up the style and do a teak frame with a 1/4" teak ply center.
Take a real close look at the wood frames you currently have, you might be surpised of the quality or at least that the frames are teak, I have been critical of the joinery on my particular year and model of Trojan, but they did a pretty good job with the space utilization and tie-in of the cabinets to the boat stringer / ribs, the cabinets are kind of intrgal to the design,

plus, do you plan to redo the lockers and cabinets in the staterooms and heads to match, it's a boat not a condo, and traditionally the joinery should flow & match throughout the boat

just a thought, spend some time on yachtworld looking at other boats, and try get a feel for what you want yours to look like, I know you'll come across other boats that have tried to use home cabinets and IMO they look out of place, some have done a great job and look fine, but fitting nice square standard cabinets in a mutli directional curved boat hull is difficult at best and you'll most likely lose a lot of space

bottom line, inspect the base structure of your exisitng cabinets very closely before you pull out the sawzall and sledgehammer, you might regret it once you see the lumber in the dumpster

Oxblood · Post by **Oxblood** » Sun Nov 25, 2012 1:45 pm

gettaway wrote:if the existing cabinet layout suites your needs, have you thought of refacing the exisiting cabinets? a 1/2"X 4' X 8' sheet of teak plywood is about 170.00 +-, you could make a lot of cabinet doors and drawer fronts with one sheet of ply. Rockler sells the edge banding, or you could up the style and do a teak frame with a 1/4" teak ply center.
Take a real close look at the wood frames you currently have, you might be surpised of the quality or at least that the frames are teak, I have been critical of the joinery on my particular year and model of Trojan, but they did a pretty good job with the space utilization and tie-in of the cabinets to the boat stringer / ribs, the cabinets are kind of intrgal to the design,

plus, do you plan to redo the lockers and cabinets in the staterooms and heads to match, it's a boat not a condo, and traditionally the joinery should flow & match throughout the boat

just a thought, spend some time on yachtworld looking at other boats, and try get a feel for what you want yours to look like, I know you'll come across other boats that have tried to use home cabinets and IMO they look out of place, some have done a great job and look fine, but fitting nice square standard cabinets in a mutli directional curved boat hull is difficult at best and you'll most likely lose a lot of space

bottom line, inspect the base structure of your exisitng cabinets very closely before you pull out the sawzall and sledgehammer, you might regret it once you see the lumber in the dumpster

gettaway,

Thanks for the ideas. I will look more closely at the existing wall cabinets to see if they can be refaced. That would save a lot. Unfortunately, where the under counter cabinet used to be is now a vacant hole. The last owner had a small upright freezer there. Unfortunately the freezer packed it in.

I would like to find something suitable to place there (three drawers). Then reface the cabinet under the sink. As to the Aft stateroom, I would leave it as is. I want to either finish the wood myself or find something that is a close colour match to the existing teak in the boat.

Cheers.