[C320-list] Starboard Settee /// Here is proven method recommended by the dealer

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 I was messing with mine and discovered that the table top lifts off the support post and the support post lifts out of the deck.? Makes getting to the batteries much easier. I also discovered that there apparently is a very stiff spring in the post that makes it hard to push down, but it will go.


 


 

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From: Rick Sulewski <rsulewski at earthlink.net>
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Sent: Sun, Sep 13, 2009 10:19 pm
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Starboard Settee /// Here is proven method recommended by the dealer










Bob, Here is the method we received the day we ran the commissioning
checklist with the dealer and it works so well that my wife can easily
perform the same task so it is not brute force, but rather technique.

First, unscrew the lock at the base of the table post. 

Stand over the table directly in front of the table post and place the heals
of both palms together on the table top directly over the post with your
arms extended and locked. 

Next, with your arms locked and the heals of your palms next to one another,
lift the heals of your palms about 6 to 8 inches above the table surface by
lifting your locked and extended arms to raise your palms 8 inches by
standing up at the waist.

Last step, strike the table top with the heals of your palms by executing a
swift striking motion with your palm heals as you bend down at the waist so
that force is generated by both your upper body weight and the rapid motion.
If you are not directly over the post when both of heals of your palms
strike the table top post, you can simply lift up at the waist and strike
the table top again with the force of your upper  body. 

Apparently the table post is filled with gas and by striking the table top
breaks the seal on a valve and permits the table to be lowered.

I never tried sitting on the table top or jumping up and down, but the same
principle is at work: striking the post to allow the seal or valve to allow
the gas to escape from one valve to another and then the post can be
lowered.

I would love to see a U-Tube video of someone jumping up and down on the
table top while straddling the mast compression post......then again such a
video may need to be placed on the restricted side of U-Tube........

My-Ria 277

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[mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of
bairdrjb at aol.com
Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 8:15 PM
To: C320-list at catalina320.com
Subject: [C320-list] Starboard Settee

We just purchased a 2001 320.  What a fantastic boat!

Can someone please tell us how to convert the starboard settee into a 
berth?  Even after removing the knob the thing won't budge.  I'm sure 
it is a rather simple process, but I don't want to bust anything.

Thanks.

Bob and Ingrid Baird
Star Dust
2001, Hull 784