Association Forum - Cockpit table

Assn Members Area · Join

Home.

Association Forum

Ships Store

Cruising

Racing

Technical Tips

Photo Gallery - New

Boat Search - Updated

Manuals & Brochures

Swap Meet

Links

Officer Flag Line & Staff

Bylaws & Constitution

Members Area

Join the Association

Notice:
The advice given on this site is based upon individual or quoted experience, yours may differ.
The Officers, Staff and members of this site only provide information based upon the concept that anyone utilizing this information does so at their own risk and holds harmless all contributors to this site.

Association Forum

Username:	Password:
Save Password
Forgot your Password?

All Forums

Catalina/Capri 25/250 Sailor's Forums

Catalina 25 Specific Forum

Cockpit table

New Topic

Topic Locked

Printer Friendly

Author

Topic

LeighMarie
Navigator

Member Avatar

USA
188 Posts

Initially Posted - 02/03/2003 : 11:03:54

We're looking at how to deal with the table in the cabin. I have a 1985 C25 SW, traditional interior, and that table is heavy, cumbersome and it tips easily. I know there are brackets I can install under the table to keep it from tipping, but I'm wondering if there's another way to deal with the whole table. We were at the Chicago Stricly Sail Boat Show this past weekend and saw a number of pedestal tables. In looking at catalogs I see there are pedestal mounts that will allow the table and legs to be removed for space, but yet are quite stable with the table in. Has anyone bolted such a pedestal table base into the cabin floor of your boat, and has it worked? (Is there "enough" floor to bolt into?) We don't need that large of a table as the current one and a smaller one would be nice - not to mention having the wall clear of a table hanging on it.

Dave & Sharon on "Leigh-Marie"
Hull #5128

Edited by - LeighMarie on 02/03/2003 16:35:48

Edited by - on

dlucier
Master Marine Consultant

Members Avatar

Virgin Islands (United Kingdom)
7583 Posts

Response Posted - 02/03/2003 : 14:16:45

"We're looking at how to deal with the table in the cockpit. I have a 1985 C25 SW, traditional interior, and that table is heavy, cumbersome and it tips easily."

Are you looking for something to stabilize the interior table or are you looking for a way to mount a cockpit table?

Don Lucier, 'North Star'
C25 SR/FK
<img src="http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b2cc32b3127cce92e981259d130000001010" border=0>
Cradled on the hard, 200ft from Lake Erie

Edited by - on

LeighMarie
Navigator

Members Avatar

USA
188 Posts

Response Posted - 02/03/2003 : 16:37:33

Don, that was just a test. And you're the only one to pass! You get to go to the head of the class! I did mean the cabin floor, not the cockpit floor, and I have now changed the entry. I can see how that question could be confusing. Sorry about that.

Dave & Sharon on "Leigh-Marie"
Hull #5128

Edited by - on

Gary B.
Admiral

Members Avatar

USA
969 Posts

Response Posted - 02/04/2003 : 12:50:44

If you do go to a pedestal table, I would strongly suggest going with one that allows you to remove the table when you want to, for space. I have the earlier traditional L shaped dining arrangement with a permanently installed table that merely goes up and down to make up the bed. I am thinking seriously of replacing it with a pedestal that I can completely remove. I saw pictures of one that a member of my fleet has done on an interior like mine. I like it for the space created when the table is not in place.

Gary B.
Encore! #685 SK/SR

Edited by - on

Champipple
Master Marine Consultant

Members Avatar

USA
6855 Posts

Response Posted - 02/04/2003 : 13:31:46

There is a tech tip regarding table stabilization that uses a turnbuckle...take a look

http://c25c250.best.vwh.net/restricted/undertbl.jpg

D. Wolff - "The Flying Wasp" #401 sr/sk
Chief Measurer C-25/250 National Assn.
<img src="http://www.flags.com/dreamimages/Flags/measurer.jpg" border=0>

Edited by - on

Bill Holcomb
Admiral

Members Avatar

USA
769 Posts

Response Posted - 02/05/2003 : 10:50:45

Hi Dave and Sharon,

The early C25s had a pedistal style table and an "L" settee. Due to feedback from owners and dealers, Catalina redesigned the interior in the early 80's with a straignt settee on the portside of the cabin and brackets on the main bulkhead to secure the forward edge of the table.

There are several ways to deal with the instability of the bulkhead attached main cabin table. One neat way was by cutting roughly 1/3 of the table off and securing the table to the bulkhead with a "piano hinge". The owner gave up some dining space, but fully stabalized the table.

Another, and very simple, way to stabalize the table is to use a piece of 1" X 1.5" wood that is the same width as the table half. Drill and glue a 1/4" piece of dowel roughly 1" from each end of the wood along the 1" side of the wood. Set the table in place and fully opened up. Put the wood on the portside of the table and carefully mark where the two dowels touch the main bulkhead just to port of the mast compression post. Drill a 1/4" hole in the bulkhead where the two marks are. By pushing the wood against the bulkhead and having the dowels in the bulkhead, the wood will now keep the table in the mounting brackets.

Finally, several years ago, I saw a neat setup were the owner made a combination liquer/stereo/microwave-oven cabinet between the mast compression post and the portside settee. He gave up a little sitting room on the settee with this but felt it was worth it. He attached a cut down table (as described above) as a "door" on the cabinet. When the table was folded up, it closed the microwave and stereo part of the cabinet and secured them while sailing. The liquer bottles were housed in the lower part of the cabinet and had their own door.

Bill Holcomb - C25 Snickerdoodle #4839

Edited by - on

LeighMarie
Navigator

Members Avatar

USA
188 Posts

Response Posted - 02/05/2003 : 14:05:44

Great ideas! It's good to be able to go over a number of them to figure out what's best. I had seen the turnbuckle before, and it is a very viable solution, but we almost would like to go to a bit smaller table. Cutting the original down is also viable, and worthy of consideration. But in looking at a bunch of boats at the boat show, the smaller pedestal ones seemed to look real good, and then the post and table can be removed and stowed easily. I'm just not too sure about screwing into the cabin floor - although I'm sure it's doable. But thanks for the ideas and thoughts. When I get the boat out of storage I'll look at it even more closely.

Dave & Sharon on "Leigh-Marie"
Hull #5128

Edited by - on

dlucier
Master Marine Consultant

Members Avatar

Virgin Islands (United Kingdom)
7583 Posts

Response Posted - 02/05/2003 : 14:53:01

The C 25 L-shaped interior's table was bolted to the floor.

<img src="http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b3df26b3127cce93d6d55e501e0000001410" border=0>

Don Lucier, 'North Star'
C25 SR/FK
<img src="http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b2cc32b3127cce92e981259d130000001010" border=0>
Cradled on the hard, 200ft from Lake Erie

Edited by - on

Champipple
Master Marine Consultant

Members Avatar

USA
6855 Posts

Response Posted - 02/05/2003 : 15:46:36

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>
The C 25 L-shaped interior's table was bolted to the floor.
<img src="http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b3df26b3127cce93d6d55e501e0000001410" border=0>

<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>

Take a look at that original fabric....That might have been the most aesthetically pleasing renovation we did...I sure do not miss it!!

D. Wolff - "The Flying Wasp" #401 sr/sk
Chief Measurer C-25/250 National Assn.
<img src="http://www.flags.com/dreamimages/Flags/measurer.jpg" border=0>

Edited by - on

Topic

New Topic

Topic Locked

Printer Friendly

Jump To:

Association Forum

Notice: The advice given on this site is based upon individual or quoted experience, yours may differ.
The Officers, Staff and members of this site only provide information based upon the concept that anyone utilizing this information does so at their own risk and holds harmless all contributors to this site.