Do you hate your Main Salon Table? - Page 5

tdw · #41 (**permalink**) 10-31-2007

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Originally Posted by Hartley18

I find it curious that one of the main whinges against centreboard boats (like Hartleys!

) is that the centreboard clutters up the cabin and limits the interior design - but then keel boat designers put a drop-leaf table right where the centreboard would be and somehow that's okay all of a sudden!

TDW, why can't you just trim the legs down to lower it? I know you don't have a centreboard under there...

No legs H. The damn thing is cantilevered off the mast support. It's height was also set so that the bilge hatch covers could be opened without difficulty. Everything was really well thought out except for the height of the table in relation to the seat height. Made the same bloody mistake with the cockpit table and for much the same reasons I think, ie locker access. Have to fix them both somehow.

Then again, maybe I'll just leave it as is, rip off the keel and install a centreboard.

Hartley18 · #42 (**permalink**) 10-31-2007

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Originally Posted by tdw

No legs H. The damn thing is cantilevered off the mast support. It's height was also set so that the bilge hatch covers could be opened without difficulty. Everything was really well thought out except for the height of the table in relation to the seat height. Made the same bloody mistake with the cockpit table and for much the same reasons I think, ie locker access. Have to fix them both somehow.

Maybe the PO was really tall!

One thing I've learnt over a few boats now is that nothing is impossible to change - it just depends how badly you want to do it. Smaller hatches maybe?? Then again, maybe not...

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Originally Posted by tdw

Then again, maybe I'll just leave it as is, rip off the keel and install a centreboard.

Hey, now that's a great idea - it'd get you further up the Hawkesbury and closer to the beach!

halekai36 · #43 (**permalink**) 10-31-2007

It's a center line on a CS-36. I guess on the CS-34 it's a little tight...

chucklesR · #44 (**permalink**) 10-31-2007

Love mine on the Gemini - of course it's apples and oranges with ya'll - folds down to an actual honest to god queen sized bed (and another queen in the master cabin). Not bad considering the boat is in a normal sized slip:

TrueBlue · #45 (**permalink**) 10-31-2007

Do you consider a 14 ft beam to be "normal size" chuckles? I'd hate to be your slipmate.

tdw · #46 (**permalink**) 11-01-2007

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Originally Posted by Hartley18

Maybe the PO was really tall!

One thing I've learnt over a few boats now is that nothing is impossible to change - it just depends how badly you want to do it. Smaller hatches maybe?? Then again, maybe not...

Hey, now that's a great idea - it'd get you further up the Hawkesbury and closer to the beach!

You might be correct mate . After all the Hawesbury River Rail bridge will have reduced my mast to an acceptable height so all will be sweet.

Shite, no keel , no mast, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I'm turning into a stinker.