We are new to the c-dory, checked the owners manual on lowering the cabin table and found nothing! Okay, I give up, I don't won't to force anything, however applying modest force on the table in the up direction did not result in detaching the table from the cabin wall in order to lower it to form a berth. Thanks.
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lowering the cabin table on a c-dory 25
- Thread starter triton1
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Take your hand and whack the underside of the table upward at the center point where the table attaches to the cabin wall. The table has two tabs that slide downward into brackets on the cabin wall. You need to get these tabs to slide up out of the brackets. I assume you have already unscrewed the support leg from its attachment point at the lower end of the leg. If you haven't done that yet, then you need more help than I can provide remotely. Good luck.
journey on
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There must be a lot of different tables installed in CD-25's. Here's Journey On's.
As Jay said above, there are 2 ea clips that hold the outboard edge of the table to the inboard side of the hull. I assume you've seen that. Journey On's table leg has a catch which allows the leg to fold, just a little. Drop the table slightly after you unlatch the table leg and (somehow) work the clips out of the fittings on the hull. It isn't easy and sometimes I've got one of the clips out and then managed to re-hook it whilst struggling to loosen the other. Keep working and you'll have success. Once the table is loose, fold the leg all the way back and have a beer.
Installing it is the inverse. Have a beer, unclip the leg slightly, struggle to install the clips into the respective holders, have another beer, finish the leg, have another beer and swear never to do that again.
In 5 years, I've managed to hold that chore to no more than 5 times.
Boris
As Jay said above, there are 2 ea clips that hold the outboard edge of the table to the inboard side of the hull. I assume you've seen that. Journey On's table leg has a catch which allows the leg to fold, just a little. Drop the table slightly after you unlatch the table leg and (somehow) work the clips out of the fittings on the hull. It isn't easy and sometimes I've got one of the clips out and then managed to re-hook it whilst struggling to loosen the other. Keep working and you'll have success. Once the table is loose, fold the leg all the way back and have a beer.
Installing it is the inverse. Have a beer, unclip the leg slightly, struggle to install the clips into the respective holders, have another beer, finish the leg, have another beer and swear never to do that again.
In 5 years, I've managed to hold that chore to no more than 5 times.
Boris
Hello Robert !
For everyone's info, Robert is the new owner of Fan-C-Dory. Welcome ROBERT !
Fna-C-Dory had the 2 clips on the cabin side, and as we never put the table down, I'm not sure how it works. I would guess that it is just a tight fit in the clips.
Note - I did put additional spacers on the teak rails that the fwd back rest slips into. SHE couldn't flip the back rest - and I felt I had to wrestle it to much, expending energy I didn't have.
For everyone's info, Robert is the new owner of Fan-C-Dory. Welcome ROBERT !
Fna-C-Dory had the 2 clips on the cabin side, and as we never put the table down, I'm not sure how it works. I would guess that it is just a tight fit in the clips.
Note - I did put additional spacers on the teak rails that the fwd back rest slips into. SHE couldn't flip the back rest - and I felt I had to wrestle it to much, expending energy I didn't have.