- Scott
Charleston
http://www.angelfire.com/sc/fosheefamilyhome/index.html
--- Eric Zilbert <eezilbert@ucdavis.edu> wrote:
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> David - My Potter also lacked a table. I have
> subsequently built two. The
> first was easy enough. I bought a table leg (oak)
> from my local Ace
> Hardware. On the head I attached a wing nut, to the
> foot a rubber stop. I
> open the hatch, pass the 1/4 inch stud in the top of
> the table leg through
> the hasp and screw on the wingnut. It works great.
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> I could not live without a chart/dining table inside
> Riptide. I took a
> teak plank just larger than the console containing
> the stove and attendant
> side-board. To the bottom of the teak I attached
> some velcro, which I also
> attached to the inboard and outboard edges of the
> side-board. By turning
> over the pot support on the stove, the teak covers
> both the stove and the
> area next to it (sideboard). This is the chart
> table under sail. When it
> is time to cook, the table is set on the edge of the
> console, overlapping
> about one inch, attached with velcro, the far edge
> is hung by a chain from
> a strap attached to one of the bolts for the CB
> pulley. It looks great and
> is super for playing cards, dominoes etc. Just
> don't put your weight on
> it. When in the chart table position I just tuck
> the chain and hook under
> the stove.
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> The need for a cutting board has also frustrated me.
> I have commissioned a
> circular cutting board routed to fit in the sink
> openning from a local wood
> shop student. To go on a little, I have also made
> use of several
> rubbermaid baskets to hold pots/dry goods/ in the
> starboard cubby. Three
> of the 9x14 jobs fill in around the battery nicely.
> I also found an ice
> chest (Igloo 24). That will go in the hatch under
> the port V-birth hatch
> (are these standard?) and then slide back to the
> cubbie door. In combo
> with a soft-sided (48 can) chest, I have a two
> compartment ice-box all out
> of sight below decks. (I am a nut for cooking and
> the galley is as
> important to me as the sails or engine).
>
> Happy sailing, eating, and drinking - Eric Z.
>
> p-19 #621 "Riptide"
> Davis, not by the sea, California
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