1st April 2018
Mini Refit of Sailing Yacht Amitié a Gunfleet 58

MINI REFIT OF A SAILING YACHT

Berthon Spain were delighted to undertake a mini-refit of a sailing yacht, this time a Gunfleet 58. Our brief was to bring the boat back to showroom condition.

THE PERFECT MATCH

The owner of this boat by his own admission is a perfectionist so he had found his perfect match with Berthon Spain.

Interior

FROM DRAWINGS TO REALISATION

The owner had a lot of interesting ideas on how to improve the boat so we made up a lot of CAD drawings for him and were then able to realise his dreams by making and fitting all of the things he asked of us.

SERVICING OF THE WINCHES, WINDLASS, ENGINE & GENERATOR

The Harken winches and Lewmar windlass had all seen a lot of sea time and so were given a thoroughly detailed service and in some cases rebuilt. We also serviced the Volvo engine and Onan generator, two regular brands that we work on.

Removal of existing fittings

Interior Panelling

Test Fitting

Electronic Testing

New Interior Panels

Fit out complete

The finished saloon

REMAKING OF THE INTERIOR PANELS

The interior panels on this yacht had become tired and were letting down the look of the boat. After talking it through with the owner we went about removing all the panels and remaking them like new.

CARPENTRY WORK DONE IN-HOUSE

Berthon Spain did all the carpentry work in house and Revival Yachts re-covered the panels before we refitted them.
What makes a good refit…? An owner with a dream, a good contractor and a man obsessed with details running the show!

Exterior

A FIVE-PAGE JOB LIST

We had a five-page complex job list from the owner which required coordination between our team and various subcontractors.

REMOVING THE HYDRAULIC CENTRE BOARD

One of the more interesting jobs was removing the hydraulic centre board to service all the associated equipment, at 1.8m this is no small feat!

New waterline stripe

Hull polished, anti-fouled and gel repairs made

New Gunfleet 58 sign installed.

Custom made handle made and fitted on the bathing platform to allow guests to get out of the water with ease

Custom made rack for the boat hooks

Stern thruster fixed and serviced

Bow thruster serviced

Centre board all serviced and anti-fouled

Propeller serviced and painted

Cutlass bearings replaced

Amitie back in the water after refit

SMILING FACES

The owner hadn’t seen his yacht for a few months. When we handed it back, it had been completely transformed. Seeing his surprised and happy reaction, put a smile on our faces!

GUARDIENNAGE

The owner and his family have been regularly using the boat since early March and are now in the safe hands of Berthon Spains guardiennage team.