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jackfuller
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Initially Posted - 06/08/2004 : 17:08:50

We just bought a 1977 C25. Is there a way to convert the table and port seats to a double bed?
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Jack

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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 06/08/2004 : 20:42:16

What style interior do you have ?

Catalina made (3) different ones..

1) an "L" shaped dinette (freestanding table, the seats form an 'L'shape)
2) a 'U' shaped dinette (freestanding table, the seats form a 'U' shape)
3) "Traditional"... the table folds up against the main cabin bulkhead.

If the answer is (1), The answer is yes, it makes a double bed.

The table should set down onto wooden strips that are screwed onto the edge of the seats, forming an area for a double bed. There's an 'auxillary' support leg on the table to support the far corner of the tabletop when used in such a fashion.

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Leon Sisson
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Response Posted - 06/08/2004 : 20:57:31

If you have the "dinette" interior (like a restaurant booth, two facing forward, two facing aft), then the table drops down to cover the footwell. There should be a spare cushion in the boat somewhere that then covers the table to complete the matress.

-- Leon Sisson

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 06/08/2004 : 21:18:44

... and if its door number three you get a queen.

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Gary B.
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Response Posted - 06/09/2004 : 11:36:36

I have converted the L shaped (early) dinette into a queen sized bed as well. Lower the table, added two plywood "inserts" into the area between the "double...ha-ha" and the starboard "single..ha-ha", to make the athwartships queen sized bed. Takes one more piece of foam that I store in the quarterberth with the plywood inserts when not in use. I am quite sure the tech tips shows the specifics...Makes TONS of sense to me. Instead of poor berths, I now get 5 decent berths, counting the Vee and the quarterberth....now, where to store all the gear????

Gary B.
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 06/09/2004 : 13:06:58

My dinette interior will accommodate a queen size inflatable mattress by simply using the access boards beneath the seats to span the walkway between the starboard settee and the dinette seats.

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Catman
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Response Posted - 06/10/2004 : 18:20:02

Does anybody have a photo of the L-shaped dinette? My wife is asking me to convert from the "traditional" interior to an L-shaped configuration.

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Gary B.
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Response Posted - 06/10/2004 : 20:39:38

Catman: Are you SURE???? The L shape that I have has a table that is permanently mounted on a pedestal that merely goes up and down for sleeping. No photo, sorry. I would LOVE to have the traditional interior with the table that folds up against the bulkhead.....not to be confused with the dinette (booth), which is not my personal favorite...... If you have the fold up table, be glad for all the room you have when she's up. The table gets in my way too much with the L shape.....

Gary B.
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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 06/10/2004 : 20:45:11

"The table gets in my way too much with the L shape....."

When I'm not expecting guests, I lower the table to just above the seatcushions and rotate it 90 degrees... so the long end sticks over the starboard dinette seat. It's easy to sit down to eat or work (sitting on the forward cushion) without scootching through the opening between the stove and the table. Gives more floor room.

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jackfuller
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Response Posted - 06/10/2004 : 22:23:57

Thanks for all the info! Boat is a '78 not '77. Have L shaped arrangement with a round table on pedestal that lowers and rotates. Have wooden brackets for bed supports on the lower vertical portion of the aft facing seat (over the holding tank) and the starboard facing seat. Are there boards designed to use this space or should I just get the appropriate size plywood? Table can provide some of the base. Thanks,
Jack

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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 06/11/2004 : 10:18:58

If your table is round, I think a PO (previous owner) probably modified/replaced it. AFAIK the stock table was rectangular and fit perfectly into the "L" of the seats to form the extra bed space.

Also, 'stock' there were wooden supports (ledger strips) on both of the "L" settees that the table rested on in the full lowered position... and the original table had a little fold-down leg for support on the starboard/aft corner when in the 'bed mode'.

I think the wooden ledger strip on the starboard settee was also added by a PO.. for a bed support. Don't think that it was a stock item. Some 3/4" plywood will do the trick for the extra bed space.

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