[C320-list] Cabin table

[Bill Culbertson]

When I was a new owner, this really stumped me.  This list helped and folks are once again offering up the same sage advice.
   
  I'll chime in that what is a 'never fail' for us is to loosen the nut and then I carefully sit on the table facing port with one leg on each side of the mast compression post.  I skooch as close to the compression post as possible and gently start bouncing.  Be sure you are centered and that ideally your weight is primarily directly over the table pedestal.  Gently wiggle a bit forwards/backward for you (athwartships for the boat) to get the descent started if needed.
   
  Like others have said, we leave ours in the down position with cushion installed "all the time" unless we are having dinner down below.  After dinner, we push the table back down and put the cushion back into place.  It's much more usable below with the table down.  We learned this from Joe and Diane Revak at the Baltimore C320 IA Regatta in 2003.

   -bill culbertson
    #859 Harmony (Lake Erie)
  
crashley at gte.net wrote:
  Joe is correct. It took me a while to figure out that the table pedestal has 
a gas shock in it and actually compresses when to push down on the table. I 
think I disassembled the whole thing once trying to figure out how to use 
it. I don't think the owner's manual even covered it.

CRA
Hull# 882

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Barrett" 
To: "'C320-List'" 
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 12:19 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Cabin table


> Hi Bob, just unscrew the nut on the leg under the table and push down on 
> the
> table. Be sure to push down over the leg/support not the middle of the
> table. Flip the cushions over the table top then when it is in place 
> tighten
> the screw again. Place the cushion into the space and you have a wonderful
> berth while underway. We always leave ours in that position unless we are
> having Dinner aboard then we'll put the table back up but 90% of the time
> for us it is in the down position. We have a TV/DVD player mounted on the
> wall in front of that berth and the kids often watch TV while underway.
> Joe Barrett
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: C320-List-bounces at catalina320.com
> [mailto:C320-List-bounces at catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Robert Seastream
> Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 3:07 PM
> To: C320-List
> Subject: [C320-list] Cabin table
>
> Greetings:
>
> How does the cabin table drop, raise, or otherwise remove in order to
> either make bunk space or allow easier access to the batteries?
>
> Bob Seastream
> 2002 Hull # 906
>
>
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