Replacing Refrigerator in 60 Hatteras Motor Yacht

[happyours]

Can anyone shed light on the process and level of difficulty of replacing the refrigerator on a 60 Hatteras Motor Yacht or similar galley down situation?
Bill
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[oscarvan]

Getting it in and out. (Although in my case cutting up the old one made the getting out easy). Find the smallest dimension you have to get it through (stairs, doors) and work from there. Many manufacturers will list sizes with doors off.

Some people will do various degrees of demolition to get what they want in.

 

[Photolomy]

There are definitely sizes that will fit, but they will probably be too small for your taste, which means as Oscar said, various levels of demolition. It is a pain. Next weekend, washer and dryer. I will lower those through the forward hatch, but that is still nothing like replacing the refrigerator.

 

[happyours]

Getting it in and out. (Although in my case cutting up the old one made the getting out easy). Find the smallest dimension you have to get it through (stairs, doors) and work from there. Many manufacturers will list sizes with doors off.

Some people will do various degrees of demolition to get what they want in.

Thank you

 

[happyours]

There are definitely sizes that will fit, but they will probably be too small for your taste, which means as Oscar said, various levels of demolition. It is a pain. Next weekend, washer and dryer. I will lower those through the forward hatch, but that is still nothing like replacing the refrigerator.

Thank you, good luck with the washer and dryer.

 

[Westfield 11]

Remove the dinette table and lay 2x4’s from the fwd seat up to the salon deck. Remove the doors from the fridge and slide it up to the salon and then out the back door to the aft deck.

 

[happyours]

Remove the dinette table and lay 2x4’s from the fwd seat up to the salon deck. Remove the doors from the fridge and slide it up to the salon and then out the back door to the aft deck.

Sounds like the voice of experience and a very workable plan.
Thank you.
Bill
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[Sadey]

We own a 1989 60’ MY. Fortunately for us the previous owner replaced the refrigerator. I did have the opportunity to talk to the person that did the disassembly of the cabinetry to get the refrigerator in. He had to remove all of the cabinetry on the starboard side that hides the DC panel and wiring. Obviously they unscrewed the panel with the rounded end on the aft portion. On the forward portion they actually had to cut a section out. Again fortunately for us he did a great job of covering up the cuts in the cabinetry. As you to descend the stairs from the pilot house they also cut a section of the paneling on the port side out. Basically they widened the whole opening into the galley. The refrigerator is a full size, side-by-side whirlpool refrigerator with ice maker. The boat is in storage up north and I will not be there until mid January so I can’t get the model number or pictures of what was done until then. PM me if the timeframe works for you. If not hope this helps.

 

[Scarlett]

On our 53 the PO cut back the area to the right of the helm(left side of photo) it used to come out to the edge of the carpeting. This also required the overhead area in the galley to be widened, but it allowed us to get the refer shown down easily. John

 

[oscarvan]

Other options are to get (multiple) drawer fridges/freezers. This also allows one to keep it all down low and the sight lines in the galley as open as possible.

I went another route. I'm not going through the Northwest passage and I don't need two months of food. There's only two of us, we don't stock massive amounts of beer, and so the 10 cuft fridge I put in is turning out to be more than adequate.

It is small enough that it really makes the galley seem larger, and it fit through the door and down the steps quite easily. You could also put two of these next to each other.......

https://ladykay.blog/the-fridge/

 

[wallison]

Can anyone shed light on the process and level of difficulty of replacing the refrigerator on a 60 Hatteras Motor Yacht or similar galley down situation?BillHappy Ours

We went the drawer route and are happy with the outcome. Although ultimately we will need to do some cabinetry work (which was in the grand plan anyway) we were done in 2 hours with no disassembly or rigging required. Cut the old one into 3 pieces with a sawzall. Plopped a butcher block countertop on the new drawer fridge as an interim prior to cabinet work which starts in January.

 

[happyours]

On our 53 the PO cut back the area to the right of the helm(left side of photo) it used to come out to the edge of the carpeting. This also required the overhead area in the galley to be widened, but it allowed us to get the refer shown down easily. JohnView attachment 45863

Thanks for sharing your experience. Hope we can find a less intrusive method.

Bill Hathaway
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[happyours]

Other options are to get (multiple) drawer fridges/freezers. This also allows one to keep it all down low and the sight lines in the galley as open as possible.

I went another route. I'm not going through the Northwest passage and I don't need two months of food. There's only two of us, we don't stock massive amounts of beer, and so the 10 cuft fridge I put in is turning out to be more than adequate.

It is small enough that it really makes the galley seem larger, and it fit through the door and down the steps quite easily. You could also put two of these next to each other.......

https://ladykay.blog/the-fridge/

Sounds like a very workable plan. Thanks for the suggestion.

Bill Hathaway
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[happyours]

We went the drawer route and are happy with the outcome. Although ultimately we will need to do some cabinetry work (which was in the grand plan anyway) we were done in 2 hours with no disassembly or rigging required. Cut the old one into 3 pieces with a sawzall. Plopped a butcher block countertop on the new drawer fridge as an interim prior to cabinet work which starts in January.

How many draws? Do you have a photo by chance?

Bill Hathaway
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[wallison]

How many draws? Do you have a photo by chance?

Bill Hathaway
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we have 2 drawers now and will end up with 4 when we tweak the cabinets next month. We initially worried about not having enough fridge space but it seems like we are actually gaining (maybe drawers can be loaded more efficiently than shelves?). Drawers can be fridge or freezer with a simple push of a button. No pix now (away from boat) but will get you some ASAP. Btw we went with Thermador brand. Admiral and I still debating stainless drawer fronts vs matching cabinet finish

 

[happyours]

we have 2 drawers now and will end up with 4 when we tweak the cabinets next month. We initially worried about not having enough fridge space but it seems like we are actually gaining (maybe drawers can be loaded more efficiently than shelves?). Drawers can be fridge or freezer with a simple push of a button. No pix now (away from boat) but will get you some ASAP. Btw we went with Thermador brand. Admiral and I still debating stainless drawer fronts vs matching cabinet finish

Thank you so much.

Bill and Ruth
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