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Kper
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Initially Posted - 03/20/2013 : 18:09:35

I feel goofy asking this but, can somebody explain this floor plan?
I know what the dinette and the L-booth but I'm not familiar with this.

http://www.sailboatlistings.com/view/27081

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pastmember
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Response Posted - 03/20/2013 : 18:17:14

It is called traditional or settee interior. It is very common, it opens up the interior but has the worst sleeping arrangements.

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Kper
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Response Posted - 03/20/2013 : 18:19:59

So, does that small table store somewhere or just it just stay there? Does it fold out any bigger? Can the 2 sofas be slept on?

Edited by - Kper on 03/20/2013 18:20:32

Ape-X
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Response Posted - 03/20/2013 : 19:05:57

smalltable in the pictures (box on floor) is the sing keel trunk. The table I didn't see in the pictures hinges up to and stores on the bulkhead. The sstarboard settee on my boat isnot very comfortable to sleep on (narrow) so I would imagine this arrangement would be twice the narrow berths.

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Response Posted - 03/20/2013 : 19:51:32

The lighter section on the wall is the bottom of my table (in the stored position.

Edited by - binky on 03/20/2013 20:01:38

Kper
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Response Posted - 03/21/2013 : 03:02:55

Ok, now I understand the box on the floor. Evidently, all the examples we looked at were not a SK. Is that a cover to something on the floor to the right?

I was initially confused because I didn't see a table folded up in my link. I'm still not sure there is one there.

Thank you.

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islander
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Response Posted - 03/21/2013 : 05:20:46

The cover to the right of the box is the bilge cover. Standard traditional interior is what this is.

C-25TableLayouts. Dinette, Traditional, L-shape

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pastmember
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Response Posted - 03/21/2013 : 07:32:03

This boat has been for sale for several years at my club.
This is the boat at my club that I helped drag through the mud to our crane as it was sinking. The keel fell and took out the trunk. The keel fell because it had a galvanized shackle holding the keel cable to the keel and the shackle had dissolved from electrolysis. The boat belonged to a single woman who let it sit on the hard for quite a while when I first knew of it, the current owner bought it because his was Irwin too unreliable.

If you look carefully you can see the floor cuts around the bilge area where the local glass guy cut away the floor to work on the area. I am certain he would disclose everything if someone called him with an offer.

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Kper
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Response Posted - 03/21/2013 : 09:21:25

So much for that.

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Joe Diver
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Response Posted - 03/21/2013 : 10:07:53

I like those little blue back cushions in the cockpit......me want.....

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 03/21/2013 : 10:56:30

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Joe Diver
 I like those little blue back cushions in the cockpit......me want.....
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If comfort is what you want, get a couple of these...

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islander
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Response Posted - 03/21/2013 : 11:44:46

Those seats are great, I have 2 of them in the West Marine variety. Ratcheting backs for any angle. $49 on sale.
WEST MARINE
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Response Posted - 03/21/2013 : 17:41:02

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by pastmember
 It is called traditional or settee interior. It is very common, it opens up the interior but has the worst sleeping arrangements.
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I have a traditional interior and love the sleeping arrangements.

I lay 5 - 2 x 4's across the seats, inflate a double high single or queen (depending if wife comes for the night) size air mattress and sleep like a baby.

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Response Posted - 03/21/2013 : 20:26:14

The lowered dinette table does not make an adult-sized berth on the port side, but it does make a smaller aisle that you can bridge to make an athwartship queen-sized bed by adding a small "bridge".

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Kper
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Response Posted - 03/22/2013 : 03:01:08

Thanks for the tips. SWMBO and I discussed that possibility but wasn't sure where to store the lumber.

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 03/22/2013 : 05:45:29

With the dinette configuration, you don't need anything other than the queen size air mattress to set it up. You just need to lower the table then use the seat access panels to bridge the aisle.

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Response Posted - 03/23/2013 : 06:04:51

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Kper
 Thanks for the tips. SWMBO and I discussed that possibility but wasn't sure where to store the lumber.
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I store the lumber on the settee seats and sit on them when needed. Since I always single hand I keep the cushions at home so they will be like new when I sell the boat (they were only a few months old when I bought the boat 5 years ago and have been in the house since then).

You could put them under the settee cushions or in the quarter-berth or take them home if you're not going to sleep on the boat for a while.

If I use the single air mattress I only need 3 of the boards and I have plenty of room to move around the boat. With the queen you have just enough room to stand up at the companionway ladder (see dlucier's photo above).

Either one are very comfortable to sleep on.

Edited by - GaryB on 03/23/2013 08:48:11

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Response Posted - 03/25/2013 : 19:35:10

I don't use the seat boards to bridge the gap in the dinette plan. I built a reinforced plywood bridge that fits neatly under the quarterberth cushion when not in use. My wife and I love setting up the queen size air mattress. When I single-hand, I simply put the bridge in place, put a cushion across and sleep on the starboard settee. Very comfortable.

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Response Posted - 03/25/2013 : 20:21:52

Bruce--I don't know if you noticed, but your quarterberth cushion that goes under the cockpit sole is shortened so it fits in the aisle space to help make the queen-sized bed. You're welcome.

Edited by - Stinkpotter on 03/25/2013 20:23:14

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Response Posted - 04/06/2013 : 15:42:10

I dropped (and broke) the factory dinette table that came with Quiet Time, and decided to build a fold-out table. The design is copied from similar fold down tables installed on two other C-25's that used to sail on Folsom Lake (Toy Box and Akuna Matada), so I can't claim credit for the design. As you can see in the second photo, the cabinet (which is 4" deep front to back) offers three shelves for storage. I use mine for dinnerware, cups, books, and what ever small odds and ends I want to be able to access quickly and easily. The whole thing is built of 5/8" Arauco plywood from Lowe's, with aluminum piano hinges. The front plates across the shelves are 14 gauge type 304 stainless sheetmetal from a surplus metals place (cost $2.50 cents a pound). The finish is 4 coats of polyurethane. The color came out darker than I anticipated, if I were to re-build it from scratch, I would use clear instead of the polyurethane-with-stain. As for the thickness, you could use 3/4" plywood instead of 5/8 if you like the traditional "heavy" look, but it would weigh a lot more. The 5/8" is plenty strong enough. I love this table, it is so much lighter and easier to deal with than that particleboard monstrosity that the factory provided, which must have weighed at least 40 pounds.

Cabinet/table closed up:

Cabinet/table deployed:

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Kper
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Response Posted - 04/06/2013 : 16:39:33

That's beautiful work, Larry.

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