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Ben
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Initially Posted - 03/28/2004 : 10:30:09

Hi All,

These came with the boat when I bought her. Any idea what they are used for? I don't think they are meant to be used as a bed in the settee area, (I have a traditional layout), because they are only 3/8" thick. I can't seem to fit them anyplace, and the notch cut out of the one piece makes me think that it should "fit" somewhere.

Any ideas?

Ben
Beneteau 361
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Columbus, Ohio

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Dave Bristle
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 03/28/2004 : 16:31:29

Ben: When you got the boat, where were they? It looks like the two left sides in the picture are the same dimension, and the top and bottom angles, if you put those two sides together, would line up... Otherwise, I give up.

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 03/28/2004 : 16:56:59

The angle at the bottom is the approximate angle of the back of the quarterberth bulkhead, maybe the person was in mid project, either piece is long enough to be trimmed to fit that bulkhead. Is yours black and rotted in the bottom back corner? Mine was and is one of the reasons I built two new ones, one for the AC and one for no AC.

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Sea Trac
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Vanuatu
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Response Posted - 03/28/2004 : 17:10:49

Forward bulkhead replacements, perhaps?

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JimB517
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Response Posted - 03/28/2004 : 23:28:23

Frank, we have something else in common! I have that exact same tractor!

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Ben
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Response Posted - 03/29/2004 : 07:17:17

Dave, when I got the boat, I think they were stacked on one another in the quarter berth. They are exactly the same dimensin, except for the one with the notch cut out.

I suppose they might be a project stopped prematurely, except that it looks as though they are varnished. I don't think they are bulkhead replacements because my bulkheads seem fine.

Oh well, maybe this is one of those mysteries we'll never know the answer to, like how the Andrea Gail went down, or what happened to the Mayan civilization.

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Scotd
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Response Posted - 03/29/2004 : 15:31:08

I think we should start out with an easier Item. Maybe a picture of a Keel Ball or something what most of have replaced, then work up to these hard questions.

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cclark
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Response Posted - 03/30/2004 : 02:11:53

I would test fit the notched board in different configurations around the boat. The boards are pretty big. There can't be too many places they would match up with. From there, we might be able to infer use.
Chris

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osmepneo
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Response Posted - 03/30/2004 : 05:36:59

What about contact PO? Even tho" I bought osmepneo through a dealer I was told that I could contact George if I had any questions.

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Ben
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Response Posted - 03/30/2004 : 07:43:41

I have tried to test fit the boards, and while I never had the patience for puzzles, I'm pretty sure I could have figured this one out

, but no luck.

Regarding contacting the PO...not much of an option. I bought the boat from a dealer, and after asking many times about asking the then owner questions, got the distinct feeling he was dodging me. Probably because he was selling the boat with a known (to him) flaw, i.e., the swing keel crash that led to my earlier than anticipated swing to wing conversion. I still might try contacting him though.

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Leon Sisson
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Response Posted - 03/30/2004 : 08:48:16

Ben,

Maybe the mystery boards are part of some other project, not the C-25. Or similarly, maybe they were inherited from some other project, and haden't yet been modified for the C-25. Often my neighbors will offer me hand-me-down lumber, etc. from projects they are tearing out. This can lead to some mighty purposeful looking pieces of scrap wood laying around waiting their turn to be useful again.

-- Leon Sisson

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Ben
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Response Posted - 03/30/2004 : 15:48:39

You might be right, Leon. Problem is now I have these two large, perfectly good, pieces of wood. I already have "perfectly good" pieces of wood tucked away in about every conceivable nook in my garage. I just always find myself saying, "Gee, someday I might need this two foot long 2x4 (or whatever). I'd better hang on to it."

I know, I'll take all this wood I have and make a cute little sailboat! What a great winter projec...wait. Winter's over. Oh well, it can wait a while.

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John V.
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Response Posted - 04/04/2004 : 09:10:53

perhaps you could build a dinghy.
though with the wood you have pictured it would be kinda small.

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Champipple
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Response Posted - 04/05/2004 : 15:34:16

any chance they make a queen or full size bed by configuring them in the main salon?

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Scotd
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Response Posted - 04/05/2004 : 16:35:38

It still looks like a cutout for the keel trunk!

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lcharlot
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Response Posted - 04/06/2004 : 00:20:15

My hunch is that the PO was going to use those pieces of wood to make a "queen size bed" conversion in the main salon and never got around to actually completeing the project.

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Champipple
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Response Posted - 04/06/2004 : 10:03:56

any chance the dpo was a member here and someone might have an email to contact them directly?

(keep in mind, eventually we will all be DPO's to someone - barring disaster)

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Ben
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Response Posted - 04/06/2004 : 21:38:18

While I don't know if he was ever a member of this board, I do know that the boat won second place (I think) in the Nationals in 1999 (again, I think) when they were held on Lake Michigan. I saw the race results on this website. Made me proud of my little baby. Too bad she has a DCO (dumb current owner) who knows nothing about racing. :-(

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Champipple
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Response Posted - 04/07/2004 : 08:14:20

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Ben
 While I don't know if he was ever a member of this board, I do know that the boat won second place (I think) in the Nationals in 1999 (again, I think) when they were held on Lake Michigan. I saw the race results on this website. Made me proud of my little baby. Too bad she has a DCO (dumb current owner) who knows nothing about racing. :-(

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By Definition, DCO's Don't exist

DPO -n. 1. Dumb Previous Owner - (see also APO, MFPO, CSPO, DAPO) a prior owner, usually of an expensive peice of equipment, whose modifications to said equipment, albeit done with good intent and purpose and with the supplies, money and knowledge available to them, causes the CO (current owner) either difficulty, extra monetary investment, or inability to make modifications to, or the need to make modifications to said aforementioned investment. 2. The guy who broke crap on your boat prior to giving you the opportunity to break crap on your boat after an exchange of currency between you and said guy.

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