CD 28 dinette

[Russ CAmpbell]

I have been thinking recently of changing the interior of my CD 28. I have been thinking of making a dinette table on the port side. Has anyone done this? Am I crazy? What's your opinion
Russ



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[Mike Everett]

I have been thinking recently of changing the interior of my CD 28. I have been thinking of making a dinette table on the port side. Has anyone done this? Am I crazy? What's your opinion
Russ

I haven't done this (yet) but I've been thinking it's a good idea. I've even purchased a supply of cherry for the woodwork. My CD28's table is supported by two metal cylinders supported from the cabin sole. This is a 1978 CD, by the way, and I assume your interior is the same. It's inconvenient to assemble and take down the whole arrangement for meals, and it's inconvenient to leave it up and in the way all the time too. Is this why you're thinking of making a new table?

I've seen a brochure for a CD28 from around 1982; a different arrangement -- it's a slide-out and drop-down table permanently attached to the port bulkhead. Is this the kind of table you had in mind? I imagine someone out there could provide dimensions and maybe plans for this later version of the CD28 table. I'd like to see one. It obviously would require some specialized hinges. I've seen other boats (Ericson 26, for example) with this arrangement and it looks pretty good.

As a compromise solution, the previous owner of my 28 made a smaller table (about half-size) supported by just one of the stands, and he left the larger, original table home when the crew consisted of only two. Still inconvenient, I think, but not as awkward as the original table.





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[Tom Young]

I have about 10 years and much cruising with a starboard side built in dinette in our 75 CD 28. We also have customized the port side, taking the priority away from the pilot berth. It is a large lower berth with seat backs that functions as a "couch". The pilot slides out for use.
Most of these modifications I have made myself. The arrangement works well for us. The dinette is permenant and functions as our nav. station as well as dining, reading etc. Storage under helps. We have a large locker forward of the dinette with two doors and shelf over. The dinette functions well for two adults and two kids in a pinch.
Would be happy to elaborate.
Tom



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[Ed Haley]

I have been thinking of making a dinette table on the port side. Has anyone done this? Am I crazy? What's your opinion?


Russ, the table you'd like to build is the table design on my 1980 CD28. Like Mike Everett indicates, the table is mounted on a circular bar attached to the port sidewall aft of the head. The table lifts vertically and is attached to the wall when not in use. When you need it, it lowers like an ironing board and then slides out into the middle of the cabin. There are three legs that come out from the bottom like a card table (two in front and one in the rear) that fit into holes in the sole. The table is made of teak and is about 3 feet long and 2 feet wide. The table top has two leafs (leaves, I guess) so you can leave one leaf up while underway although I always put it back in the vertical position. If you need pictures, I'd gladly take a few for you when I visit Jasmine to recharge my batteries for the winter. The table is really neat.



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[Tom Nolan]

We used to have a 1975 28 Cape Dory that had the table remounted about 4 to 6 inches towards the port side. This table was the double drop leaf type and was mounted on two vertical cylinder posts with rectangular bases. Mounting the table a few inches to port allowed easy passage to the bow and v-berth area. We thought about removing the table and mounting a port bulkhead type as in the newer 28s. We decided not to do that because the table provided support for walking forward when in a seaway and was also good for reading charts. It's an easy modification to remount the drop leaf table to port a few inches and it's very functional.
Tom Nolan

I have been thinking recently of changing the interior of my CD 28. I have been thinking of making a dinette table on the port side. Has anyone done this? Am I crazy? What's your opinion
Russ

I haven't done this (yet) but I've been thinking it's a good idea. I've even purchased a supply of cherry for the woodwork. My CD28's table is supported by two metal cylinders supported from the cabin sole. This is a 1978 CD, by the way, and I assume your interior is the same. It's inconvenient to assemble and take down the whole arrangement for meals, and it's inconvenient to leave it up and in the way all the time too. Is this why you're thinking of making a new table?

I've seen a brochure for a CD28 from around 1982; a different arrangement -- it's a slide-out and drop-down table permanently attached to the port bulkhead. Is this the kind of table you had in mind? I imagine someone out there could provide dimensions and maybe plans for this later version of the CD28 table. I'd like to see one. It obviously would require some specialized hinges. I've seen other boats (Ericson 26, for example) with this arrangement and it looks pretty good.

As a compromise solution, the previous owner of my 28 made a smaller table (about half-size) supported by just one of the stands, and he left the larger, original table home when the crew consisted of only two. Still inconvenient, I think, but not as awkward as the original table.

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[Neil Gordon]

Russ,

What sort of arrangement do you have now? I have a heavy teak table, supported by two stainless posts. I generally leave the table in place, the top folded in half... that leaves an easy passage on the stbd side. The table is then available for charts, etc.

I agree with others that the table's hard to set up and take down, since it's heavy and stores in the hanging locker. But we've never had to do that underway, so it's no big deal.

Neil



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