( This is a "repackaged" version of a very old web site I did about
some projects to my old Santana 2023C sailboat)

Small Cabin Table  

The large table was fine for the cockpit, but was a bit too big to be used regularly in the cabin. I wanted something quicker and smaller to set up.

 

This is what I came up with. This table was made from 1/4 inch plywood so that it would be light.

 

If you're interested in this, you'll have to stay with me close on this one.....

 

 

The table "slides in and under the small (1/2 inch) overhang of the galley countertop.

 

There are "tracks" that I made that go on the support walls of the counter top.

 

There is also a swing-out support for the table so that it doesn't need a leg.

 

Again I put a little molding around the edge, except where it had to go under the countertop overhang.

In the next picture you can see the swing-out table support and the "track" attached to the side of one of the counter support walls.

 

A notch is cut out of the swinging support arm in order for it to close around a wood block mounted 1/4 (the thickness of the table) under the counter overhang.

On the side (above the big cooler opening) is another block which clears the counter top by 1/4 inch, but it is out from the side wall by 1/4 inch strip.

 

This forms a track which a mating wood strip (on the bottom of the table) can slide into.

In the next picture the underside of the table can be seen with the wood strip slid into the track and the swing-out support open.

The table is stowed, similar to the large table, along a bulkhead in the V-berth.