[C320-list] Table berth

[Allan S Field]

Just to be a contrarian...  We have had Sea Shadow for about 12 seasons, put the table in the down position after the first year and it's never been up since.  We call the starboard settee our family room, taking our meals topside at a cockpit table mounted to the binnacle!  We also mounted teak blocks around the table to better bear the weight on the corners as one of our grandsons threw himself into the corner of the settee table one evening and ripped all the screws out of the underside of the table.

Allan S. Field
Sea Shadow - 808
Columbia, MD

Allan S. Field
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On Jul 5, 2013, at 7:39 AM, "Bruce" <swampcreek42 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Ours was the same way, probably from not being used in a long time but it wouldn't budge. I sprayed some silicone on the shaft for good measure and then as stated here push hard OVER THE POST, when you do get it down just wiggle the table back and forth to raise it back up, at first it will go real slow but after doing this many times it will pop right up. 
> 
> Bruce
> Nauti Time #719
> 
> Stephen Kaplan <stepkap at pacbell.net> wrote:
> 
>> I also found this technique to work. I assumed that it aligned the tube in
>> the cylinder.  Getting in and out of the settee one leans on table which
>> could cock thus jam the post in the cylinder.
>> 
>> Saline 
>> #980
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of William Ott
>> Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2013 10:14 AM
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>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Table berth
>> 
>> Make sure the lock nut knob is loose, then slam the top of top table above
>> the post, with your hand.  Sounds weird but it has something to do releasing
>> the pressure inside the center tube.
>> Mike Ott
>> 'Amanda Lu'
>> #508 
>> 
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>> 
>> On Jul 4, 2013, at 1:04 PM, Bill Hutt <bhutt at windstream.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> Happy Independence Day!
>>> Quick question; I can't get the table to drop down. Any ideas?
>>> Thanks,
>>> Bill Hutt
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>