Cabin table

[S/V AMITY]

  Looking to replace the fold-down cabin table on AMITY with a fixed mount one.  See attached picture.  My hunch is that the one shown was an option from Pearson.  Mounting was probably by way of two verticle pipes fixed to the bilge... not unlike a Concordia table (picture attached).  Table would lift off the pipes if needed.

Has anyone here built one?  If so, do you have any shareable detail pictures, drawings or dimensions?  A fixed mounted table would free up that bulkhead for other uses such as a book case or whatever.  The existing fold-down on AMITY is a pretty rickety rig.

[Dale Tanski]

I owned a Sabre 32 that had a table like that.  It had a deck stepped rig and the compression post was the forward support.  It was a handy little item with a few drawbacks.  For the most part it was in the way, and we received many a bump and bruise to prove it. You have to have a tensioning device to keep the two leafs from banging while under way.
Dale
Maruska

[S/V AMITY]

  Two hooks would keep the leafs from swinging & banging.

This weekend took the existing table home to see what can be done with it.   Attached is a shot of a possibility.  Only change I see right now would be to add a sliding arrangement at the hinge point so the table could be re-positioned more toward the ctr. of the cabin.  Right now the way it is mounted the starboard side table top is way too close to the bench.  On the port side the table top with leaf up is too far away from the bench.  Being able to re-position the table would fix that.  For stowing, the table would be slid back to its original position for folding up.

  While I'm here, one other thing in contemplation is the awkwardness of removing and re-attaching the companionway ladder.  Aligning the two top catches while trying to get the feet of the ladder nested in the opposite facing chocks is an art, to say the least.  My thought is to hinge the head of the ladder so that the foot simply folds up and attaches to the cabin top.  Head of ladder stays attached to companionway sill.  Not high on the list right now but that modification inches up the list every time I have to remove the ladder.

[Jordan]

I don't actually have a table, and was concerned about the position of it to starboard. But we definitely need something else in there to set our plates on. I'm wondering if putting a rail on the hinge would allow the room and be strong enough. I don't have the table top, but looking at that picture, I think I have the leg.

[SVJourney]

Funny, from what I heard, you don't have a leg to stand on.  *snurk*

[S/V AMITY]

Go to your room Wayne.

[Jordan]

Actually, I like the way the table looks on this 363.

[S/V AMITY]

  Looks very nice.  Only thing I'd change would be to have removable fiddleboards.   When at anchor or in calm conditions fiddleboards are not comfortable on the arms.

[Jordan]

Is that how you're rickety one looks?

[SVJourney]

We had something like the table on the 363.  BUT:
If you look at the leg, getting into the starboard settee will be very difficult and liable to get dinner dumped when you kick the leg.  Also the table is too close to the settee to be comfortable.

Ours had a cabinet bolted to the wall there.  The face of which folded down and then opened up similar to the table on the 363.  It was sized and bolted so that it cantilevered out to occlude part of the mast so that the starboard settee had enough room to easily get in and out.
Instead of legs, there was a couple of nicely made up lines which clipped to the cabin overhead so no legs to kick out.
The cabinet was designed to hold wine or 750ml spirit bottles. (All my spare socks were commandeered to keep bottles from rattling) It was made out of maple by the PO and looked nice. 

[SVJourney]

More... Sorry for the low Rez   

[S/V AMITY]

Very, very, VERY nice Journey!  I like the utilisation of the area aft of the mast.  Do you recall how deep that is?

Yes, that stbd. side is awkward on AMITY as well.

[Jordan]

Man, I wasn't initially thinking about a cabinet there, but now I am. But I have found myself partial to the bell (that may change if it gets annoying).

[S/V AMITY]

Actually bells on ships & boats were found on deck and rung in fog conditions for collision avoidance.  Might be nice to have the bell up there (highly polished) to impress onlookers.  Children make good brass polishers.

[Jordan]

Actually bells on ships & boats were found on deck and rung in fog conditions for collision avoidance.  Might be nice to have the bell up there (highly polished) to impress onlookers.  Children make good brass polishers.

I actually have the one for on deck too. This one is labeled fire.