Interior: General Information

This is a hidden access panel in a 4600 SCB, did you know it was here?

This is the bottom of our 4600 SCB salon seats, we had them covered with 1/4" polypropylene.
The seat was just too soft.

We got the mattress made!
Now we sleep better in the boat (4100SCB) than at home!

The foam pad that comes standard is a poor excuse for a bed, we slept better in the floor of the salon, both Patty & I suffer lower back pain, and the bad nights where limiting our use of the boat. We considered other options, we tried adding a memory foam top but nothing compared to the one at home.

We had it custom made by Dan at Angels Mattress angelsmattress@verizon.net (310) 793-1799 (he will keep the pattern)

He came to the boat to make the perfect pattern, and we decided to go with the wrapped coil and the latex top. This mattress is 12” thick so there is room to bounce, we can climb out of the hatch, and I can stretch my arms over the side tables instead of the claustrophobic situation we had with the 4 inch std. pad. We also made it reversible. Getting it into the cabin was easy.

We are so happy with the results, we handed him the salon seats to see if he can make them softer.

Ivan ivanhb@charter.net

Carpets From Bill Bauer
Hey James,

Just something I did that others may care about. I've had a problem with my deck carpets that have the rubberized backing. I've found that as the get older, the rubber drys out. Then when they get wet again, they have a tendency to stick to the cockpit anti skid flooring and peel off in parts. Yes, it's easy to get off the deck, but it's been killing my carpets. I have the 4100 SCR and the thicker carpet is desirable to help cut back on my engine noise. Unfortunately they aren't that cheap either.

So, to fix the problem, I sprayed some Vinyl Protectant on it. I used that Zymol product, but I sure Armor All would work just as well. Anyway, it seemed to do the trick. No more sticking. The downside is that the deck does become more slippery when the carpet is removed. And being that it's over my engine hatches, I do exercise a bit more caution climbing in and out. But its tolerable. If you know of anything better, would love to hear it. All the best, Bill billb@e-freeman.com

Windows Frames. My window frames, along with many other owners have corroding under the powder coating which is blistering up. The window frame manufacturer "Taylor Made" has had a problem in the powder coating process on "some" of their products. My source says they are making good on them by replacing them, contact your Dealer

Refrigerator: Not having an air vent on the top of the refrigerator bothered me. But, I put it out of my mind, we'll maybe just tucked it away. Before starting out this season I removed the refrigerator and cleaned the coils heat transfer coils behind it. A refrigeration guy recommended that I do this yearly, well it took me three years to do it and I can report to you that mine was so clean I just put it back. But it still bothered me. So, I drilled (4) 1" holes in the top of the cabinet so I could have some air transferring by convection. What spurred me on was that my Ice Cream Sandwiches were mushy. I am here to report the results, no perceptible difference, except I feel better that I did it. PS: Norcold the refrigerator manufacturer recommends ventilation on the top of the cabinet.

IceMaker: A whole different story, the coil in front must be cleaned yearly, it's only one screw to get to it, use the vacuum's horsehair brush gently, piece of cake.

Broken Inside Door Latch on a 4100 SCA, "Terre, my wife was shutting the cabin door and the latch/lock broke off in her hand. The door is 1/2" Plexiglas (brittle) that has only one bolt holding it that is located about 1/2" from the cut out for the latch. Our idea for a fix thus far is to use thin Stainless Steel to face both sides of the door in the latch area then add two bolts through the Stainless and Plexiglas about 1 1/2" from the edge of the cut out for the latch. I used 5200 to attach the broken piece back to the door. We're thinking that one bolt was used to hold the latch originally, now that it's also through two pieces of Stainless Steel it should hold fine. We'll let you know how it works and how the season proceeds." biff@13-inc.com

Parts, our interior door latch mechanisms and handles are made by Mobella, the same folks who make the sliding door in the 4100 and 4600's. Vendor part # 85611 for the left hand entry, offshore flush line, vendor phone (727) 533-8290. List price $126.90 If you need just the insert (broken guts) the part# for the left hand latch is RA119, the right hand latch is RA118 cost $25 - $30. If you want the round knob, sorry. Discontinued. You can see their catalogue @ http://www.mobella.com/swingoffshore.htm if you have trouble ordering through them let me know, I have an account with them. James 9/01

The best thing we did on our 4600 SCB, since we live in Florida, and it can get real hot in the summer here, is have all the windows tinted. Just like on your car. You can see out all the time, cuts 80% of the UV rays and helps make the cabin cool. At night you can hardly see in. We hate to have to put up canvas, and this sure helps. In the mid cabin, we cut a hole onto a shelve in the closet and put in a TV/VCR for guests. Ran the cable back to the connection in the transom. Works great. Also we had to upgrade the bilge pumps, as the original equipment was too small. LJoseph181@aol.com 3/00

4100 SCA, 4100 SCB, 4600 SCB
Sliding door removal and roller service.

(C, the channel across the top) Pull the push on black plastic U channel off.
In this picture, either the channel is off already, or missing, or is a very neat shade of silver.

This channel holds the door tight and prevents metal to door contact.

(A) unscrew the top plastic guide channel, 4 to 6 screws.

push the door to the open position.

pull the guide (A) channel down and out.

lift the door off.

The bottom rollers come off after you remove the side channels (B) and (D).

Remove the side channel from the bottom to the top.

I suggest doing one at a time, and then reinstalling each of the side panels.

Slowly, and carefully, this is a two person job.

Remove the roller, replace or clean and re-install.

Did I mention not to disturb (E)

Door photos by Ivan, of his 4100 SCB

Rollers are the same in all the doors. The doors are made by Taylor.

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I pulled these out on our 4600 SCB, they are the same ones used on the 4100's.

We were cruising in Montreal when it made too much noise, they got cleaned up, re-greased with white lithium grease and re-installed. They worked so well. I thought I might have broken the door when I gave it the usual shove and it "flew" across the track.

Jim Clausen, MV Summer School.

No need to pull the door…

If you want to work on the latch. Just remove the bottom screw and pull the frame away from the glass, you may not have to take out the top screw. You can pry the frame away from the glass with a screw driver against the bottom frame. If you want to replace the rollers….

Replacing the bearings of the sliding door on our SCB'S turned out to be an easy task... Remove the bottom screw on the door sides, pull the frame out a bit (the frame is not structural, the door is just glass surrounded by a rubber molding) the frame will pull out showing the bearing (slider) assembly, which is held in place by a single screw at the top of the assembly (the screw may be hidden underneath some caulking on the bottom near the corner of the glass) You can then hold the door in place with a shim (piece of wood) and slide the slider assembly out, I found a replacement bearing wheel in the hardware section of the local Home Depot for four bucks.
The result is amazing, the door slides like new, no noise or dragg, and no need to remove the door.

Ivan

Need to store your forward boat hook more securely? I found "pole holders" that hold boat hooks @ Boaters World they hold boat hooks from 7/8 to 1 3/8' and have a full circle positive locking action. I put one in the forward rope/chain locker and mounted the pole tip down handle up. I attached only one holder to the rear bulkhead up high and so far it works well. It doesn't interfere with the anchor rhode and hasn't been jarred loose. 12/99

Mirrors found open? Have you gone for a cruise in some high seas or hit some substantial bow waves form other boaters? If so you might have found your medicine cabinets open at the end of the voyage. I have more than once. The thought of shattered glass scares from the mass of the glass doors scares me. I have thought about latches,locking clips, and the like.

I decided on a "Five Dollar Cure". I bought (starbrite, sta-put sail lashes with plastic hooks) you find them in the sailing section of Boat US and I used a plastic pad eye. I pass the sail lash through the pad eye then around the bottom handle of the mirror and back onto itself. Simple effective and ship shape. One additional note, the weight of the mirrors is a bit much for only two hinges. Consider if you will, having a third hinge installed in the center of the existing two. And when in the bathroom just visually check the mirrors alignment, the hinges adjust easily if needed. 1/00 4/00

Misc. 4100 SCA info, "Fire extinguisher mounting, I placed one under the bottom step of the "lift up stairs" going down to the galley, one in the rear stateroom as you go down the stairs, in the bottom right corner on the bed frame then one on the aft deck behind the Plexiglas door on the angle piece at the bottom, as far back as you can get it. The door will clear it after you install a 1/2 inch spacer behind the door stop which you need to do anyway to keep the door handles from banging the fiberglass when opened. We mounted telescoping boat hooks, port and starboard, just outside the same doors. We also installed an automatic extinguisher in the engine compartment. Oh yes, since Maxum doesn't give us a lift for our carpeted engine hatches, my wife had the bright idea of a piece of webbing about the color of the carpet, lopped over to make a finger pull and screwed with a washer to the under side of the main hatch cover, the one in the aft cabin to the shower bilge plus the one in front of the forward head door where she keeps the wine stored. Styrofoam box inserts used for shipping wine make excellent holders for safely storing wine in that potion of the bilge. The motion of the boat also aids in "racking" of red wines, increasing the speed and quality of the aging process, so a vintner in California told me.biff@13-inc.com - 10/99

Curved Glass Sliding Door, ours has eaten the locking jaws in the sliding door twice. When the lock failed the first time on our 4600 SCB, it gave no warning. It locked me inside and would not release until I took out the inside door handle and "struck" the drive pin with a blow from a ball peen hammer. The second time the jaws again fell apart, they ended up falling into the bottom of the door channel, the locksmith could not remove them. The door is supplied to Maxum from "Taylor Made out of New York" the whole door is part # 745901700, the lock is part # 510.121 and the lock carries a price tag of $225.75. If you need one call and order it from Robin Gordon @ 518-773-9352. Robin says, If you remove the sliding door and put it on a table. You should be able to remove the side panel and get to the dropped hardware. Robin also says the wait for a new glass panel is 3 weeks, I was afraid to ask the price. If your stuck like we were and want your boat locked up, you can drill a hole in the lower part of the sliding door track, there are already a few there to drain water in the channel, just not in the right place to lock the door. We just drilled another hole and used a brass shank padlock through the hole to lock the door. This is a great second lock if you winterize your boat.

More Information on Curved Glass Sliding Door: I received a note from a source that, you can remove the channel holding the lock without removing the door from the track. "Unscrew the large Phillips head screw on the bottom, and strike the frame firmly. Leave the top screw in you don't need to remove it. The metal will pull away from the gasket. Remove the dropped pieces and Gently re-insert the gasket then the metal frame". I tried fishing for the pieces with a magnet, no luck they are all non ferrous. Note: you should check your fixed catch on the door frame, this catch worked loose and dropped down on our boat causing the door when closed to "smash" into the lock on the door frame. This also caused the holes which hold the lock to enlarge. We removed the screws holding the catch onto the door frame and applied "locktight" medium strength to the screws to hold them tight, you should do the same. And we used thin SS washers on the door frame to hold the lock. When removing the locking jaws use a screw driver as shown to prevent the jaws from falling down into the door channel. To make a perfect alignment of the jaws and the catch use two strips of tape, place one on the door frame and one on the slider. Mark the center of the jaws and the center of the catch, when that slide them together they should match. So far so good. 12/99

Keys for the boats sliding glass door are made by Mobella of Eskilstuna, Sweden. Their USA Ph # is 813-531-7779 if you need it. Blanks are number (OKB6) and are available from American Lock in Winter Park, FL 407-629-1080 at a cost of $6.00 each, plus S&H. Once you have the blank any key shop can cut it. PS: Sea Rays use the same key. JC

Keys2: I'll leave you with one bit of helpful info; as for the Mobella keys...go to any ACE Hardware and tell them to use the blanks for Harley Davidson motorcycle, ILCO blank # HYD13...cost for a double cut should be in the $2.30 range. Regards, Bob Godek godekr@aol.com

JVC CD Changer Models XL-152&154 are supplied with the boat. Failures of the changer have occurred causing the tray not to come out, holding your CD’s hostage. The immediate cure is to, unplug it, set the changer on a counter, remove all the screws around the case and faceplate. There is a sickle shaped slot on the bottom, put a screwdriver in it and move it to release the tray, pull the tray out. On the bottom in the middle of the tray you will find a gear out of place. Reset it, and reassemble.

Couch Board, where on a 4600SCB do you put the board that makes the couch into a bed? It doesn’t fit well in the stern holder. We’ve put it up top, along the SS rail as you go up stairs, where the bridge hatch would lie. We used a SS U Bolt with SS thumb screws available from West Marine, and to retain it down at the bottom we used the ends of door stoppers pushed onto #14 pan head screws. We also use 2 pieces of 1" plastic quick clips on the topside rail, and when the topside rug is removed we take up the missing space with 1" plastic hold away clips for plastic windows. It looks and works great.

Boat Hook, & Window Shade Cords Cleats, Shade Cleats are held in place by single screw. These plastic cord cleats may look ok, but they twist and do not allow the cord to be held up securely. I've looked in the Marine Stores, Lowes and Home Depot for a replacement to no avail. I did find acceptable cord cleats in K Mart, "our savings place" they match the décor and are functional. Anyone needing a replacement plastic cleat can have my old ones. As for the boat hook, this is the flattest place I could find. For our forward boat hook we found a large full circle boat hook holder with a positive latching clasp in Boaters World, we mounted a pair of them in the forward chain locker and keep our forward boat hook there. Photo to follow. 1/00

Window Blinds: Your Window Blinds can be matched by specifying:
LOUVERDRAPE CAROUSEL 3427 Antique White 7/16" all with 2 ea. cord cleats per blind, pulls as specified.

4600 SCB
Part #
72765-01 Stb Salon 1 each 78 X 23.5 IS R W/HOLD DOWNS W/10" pull
72765-02 Port Salon 1 each 78 X 23.5 IS L W/HOLD DOWNS W/6" pull
72765-03 Aft Stb Salon 1 each 44 X 75 IS L W/HOLD DOWNS W/6" pull
72765-04 Aft Port Salon 1 each 44 X 75 IS R W/HOLD DOWNS W/6" pull

LOUVERDRAPE CAROUSEL 3427 Antique White 7/16"
all with 2 ea. cord cleats per blind, pulls as specified.

4100 SCB
Part #
74244-01 - 56/26 1 each 58 X 26 I.S. L W/HOLD DOWNS W/6" pull
74244-02 -56/26 1 each 58 X 26 I.S. R W/HOLD DOWNS W/6" pull
74244-03 (not found)
74244-04 (not found)

4200 SCA
Parts #
(not found)

Shade style, type and manufacturer information is common for all boats, unless green.

Hello Mr. Clausen --

According to our documentation, the blinds on the three Maxum Sport Yachts
(4100 SCA, 4100 SCB, & 4600 SCB) we produced between 1997 and 2001 did not
change from year to year (by model).
As you indicate in your correspondence, Fashion Tech (no resale only wholesale) was the manufacturer and supplier. (Try these sources)
Blind & Shutter Factory Ft. Meyers Fl 800-256-7293
Custom Boat Blinds Ft. Lauderdale FL 954-763-6665
You can reference part numbers on our www.maxumboatparts.com web-site, or
your dealer should be able to assist you with that information.

Bilge Pump Float Switches, I have had reports that in some cases the wiring and tie wraps are causing problems, the wiring out of the float switch should be quite free as to allow it to travel up and down while not putting additional pressure on the actual float. 8/99 I have, during the past 10 years, had (3) three "Sure Bail" float switched fail. I found the last on when I heard a new noise in the main bilge. I used my finger nail to locate the vibration. It was the mid bilge pump, it must have been getting 2 or 3 volts and was just barely spinning. The manual override on the float switch did not work and was warm to the touch. Another one bites the dust. 2/0

RJ Brandt the owner of a 3700 SCR has had his share of problems, the most major was the shower draining, The boat at rest sits bow down & the drain is in the back of the shower. This would cause the head floor to flood . The Dealer/Maxum did solve the problem. If others have this problem he can tell them the steps the dealer took to solve the problem. RJ can be found at mtp@ncweb.com

R Wothe has a 4100 SCA and has a similar shower problem, he needed an additional drain outboard inside the shower.

D Zboray the owner of a 4600 SCB says, "We have owned our 4600 SCB for 1 1/2 years. No major problems @ 100 Hours. We have added an exhaust vent in the galley and taken out the nosey vent in the master head and replaced it with a quieter more powerful bilge blower." Dick removed one of the recessed spot lights and enlarged the hole to 4", then another 4" hole under the seat upstairs and mounted a bilge blower up there and vented everything to the open deck behind the bridge using 4" duct and finishing with a clamshell cover. He uses existing switch to control the remaining light and the blower. He has also taken out the exhaust vent in the bathroom and replaced it with a more powerful bilge blower.

To receive information from the Maxum Sports Yacht Owners Group
send your name, hull #, and tip, if you have one to James, @BilleGates@aol.com

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