Hello
I just discovered in our 380 S2 (hull 519) that one of the engine room wooden ¡°covers¡± lost its foam layer. These are originally just glued on to the wooden plates. Our boat is 12 years old and the glue seems to be at the end of its life span. So one of the foam layers ended up on top of the port engine. Luckily, I discovered this before running the engine - which could have caused real trouble.
I am critical to those covering plates and we had them removed for about a year, but they take a lot of space if you store them elsewhere, so we put them back. To use the space created above them as storage space is crazy IMHO - because I want to be able to quickly get into the engine rooms at all times. The good thing about those covers are the noise reduction and the fact that they keep moist / small amounts of leaking water / dirt away from the engines.
I fixed all of the 6 covers with 2 screws with large rings/washers on each, drilling the screws right through the foam into the wood. The rings/washers hold the foam layer in place.
Because of the corona pandemic and the lockdown in Panama I did not have the chance to get bigger amounts of glue from a department store, and I like the safety the screws and washers provide more anyway.?
However, if anyone has dealt with this problem in another way - please reply to this post.?
Best regards?
Martin
PACHAMAMA
