Dining Table

[golftrek]

Hello, we just took delivery of Banjo a 2008 R-25. We are getting use to the boat and making her our own, we think we are going to love it.

One issue we have is the dining table. It is too large! We cannot sit comfortably in the back seat. There is just not enough room between the seat and the table for either of us. We are both large people (tall) but we are not overweight.

What have others done to make the table more useable? We will probably never use it as a bed but we realize the table needs to be the size it is to make the bed so we would not cut it down. The table could be moved forward an inch or 2 by moving the screws but a couple of inches probably would not be enough to make it comfortable for use.

We are considering storing the table top and buying another smaller table or table top to use there. A teak drop leaf might be ideal, especially if we could use the existing supports. Has anyone done this?

We would appreciate any suggestions and we are pleased to be a part of TugNuts.

Jim and Jo Ann
2008 R 25
Banjo
Southport, NC

 

[Favunclerich]

My tug came with both a smaller and a larger table. I am using the larger table. Please send me a private message or email to richodendahl@yahoo.com and perhaps we can work something out.

 

[SUWANNEE]

We ordered a slide for our table - I'm BIG and TALL.

The slide works great and you use your installed table.

Check with the factory and see if that could be the solution you need

 

[doke01]

I moved the bottom supports on the underside of the table over some by unscrewing and drilling new holes/rescrewing the supports back on in a position that gave more room. It's not perfect but it helped and the price is right. It is such a nice piece of wood I didn't want to cut it down.

 

[RICH002]

Good morning from South Mississippi,
On RT Tug R25 #69 we first moved the table as you did. That did not quite do it for us so we built another one a little smaller(4inches in length and 1 inch in width) we built it without the fiddle as we find it more comfortable to play cards or just watch a movie. Now the dinette berth cannot be used but we stored the old table and the matress in my attic and it could be put back to original configuration quickly. Our construction was of Sepilla planks glued together with ribs across the bottom to keep it from cracking. We are very pleased with this configuration as we only sleep 2 on the boat anyway.

Rich

 

[commander bill]

This has been a common complaint on the tug. Having a more musclar build & one too many beers I am also unable to use the rear seat. I have yet to meet a tug owner that has used the dining area for sleeping so I wonder why a better "more permanent table". However I do like the convertable forward seat.

 

[ngleadow]

Hi
We have a 2010 "classic" R25 and had difficulty getting the table off its pedestals as well as muscling it around the cabin to make it into a bed. So I made a new table minus the fiddles, removed the pedestals and replaced them with a single pedestal that can be lowered. You have to drill a hole in the floor so that it can extend down when lowered. It has made a world of difference. The table isn't quite as wide so there is more room in the cabin aisle, and, since I made it out of 1/2 inch birch ply, it is light. When down it fits exactly on the little steps on the seats so makes a secure berth. Another thing I did at the same time was to remove the stern settee seat and turn it around so that the bump at the front of the seat is at the rear now. I used velcro to attach it to the seat support. You have to do this in order to lower the table. Pop the seat off, lower the table and secure the pedestal, pop the seat back on and you have a comfortable bed.

If you send me your email address I'll send pictures. I haven't figured out how to send pictures with this website.

Cheers

Norm on Blue Socks

 

[Bruce Moore]

Hi Norm,

Getting a User Photo Album for your Ranger Tug is easy but it requires submitting a request from within the site structure.

1. Sign on to the site, if you aren't already.

2. Select the User Control Panel link from the upper left corner of any page. Note: On the home page, this link is in your user menu.

3. Click the Usergroups tab, then select the radio button next to the User Albums group.
Scroll down, choose "Join selected" in the drop-down menu, and click the Submit button.

Once you do this, an email is automatically sent to the administrator (me). That message will trigger my ability to approve your request, and you'll receive an email indicating your membership in the User Albums group has been activated.

I'll watch for the message, and look forward to seeing your pictures.

Once you've got an album, you can include pictures in your posts from there or elsewhere on the internet, using either the Img tag or g2Img tag buttons. You'll find instructions here.

cheers,

Bruce

 

[golftrek]

Thanks for all the great ideas about the dining table. I have received pictures of very nice tables some owners have made themselves. What great carpentry skills!

Unfortunately, we do not have the needed carpentry skills. So we will probably live with what we have. Moving it over does not help much, but we may give that a try. The ultimate solution for us may be a custom made table. Since we also want a canvas cockpit enclosure we will have to wait on the table until our budget allows!

Thanks again for the suggestions. Jim and Jo Ann 2008 R 25 Banjo

 

[Levitation]

I am in the 'I made a smaller top' camp... I chose Cherry plywood (furniture grade) and milled fiddle stock out of cherry board to dress the edges... But then, I have a modestly equipped work shop...
Now back to your issue (done braggin :mrgreen: ) Bear with me as I think aloud..
The top is not working for you so it is not worth anything to you - it actually has a negative value...
You are not a wood worker and don't wish to take on a construction project..
If you did make a new top, then this top would have to be stashed in the garage until you sell the boat (or till the end of time)
So, the bottom line is this top is making your life miserable, is costing you time, money, and equanimity and therefore it is expendable...
Contact any competent carpenter, have him stop by with his work truck (specifically his table saw) and ask him to slice 4" off the stern side of the table and glue the fiddle back on and VOILA (or violin, or viola, or something in french) the sun will be shining, the birds will be singing, and all will be well...

 

[golftrek]

If we take Levitation's (great name, by the way) suggestion and simply cut the table to a smaller size it will not longer work to make the table into a berth. I don't see us using it as a berth, but we are concerned about resell value. Boats are hard to sell anyway in this economy and it seems to me anything missing would be a negative. What do others think? Jim and Jo Ann

 

[Ainokea]

We made a smaller table and store the original at the house where it is wrapped to protect it. If we need it down the road it would be a quick exchange. If we sell the boat in the future, the new owners will have two tables ...