[Rhodes22-list] Keeping the table top stowed?

[Olivier Hecht]

Thanks Patrick...that's close to what I was thinking and having a part number definitely helps!

Where do you sail in Colorado?  My wife wants us to move back there eventually and worried a sailboat was incompatable with that geography, so I'm interested in any good sailing stories or spots from the area!

Olivier

> On Jul 13, 2016, at 7:44 AM, PBR <pbryanriley at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Here is a pic and web link to the part I use to hold table in place.
> 
> http://www.mcmaster.com/#8471A17
> 
> Had to remove the rail to drill.  Place the hole down at the center line
> of where the table top will rest, otherwise the knob would be too close to
> ceiling.  There may be better suited parts but this one works ok.
> 
> Patrick
> 
> Patrick Riley
> Lakewood, CO
> s/v Cleone
> 
>> On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 5:14 AM, Rod Ellner <rodellner at mac.com> wrote:
>> 
>> In the words of a former list member Alex……..a Lot of Extra Bungees!!!!
>>> On Jul 9, 2016, at 10:22 AM, Rick <sloopblueheron at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Olivier,
>>> 
>>> I hook a bungee cord to the forward ends of the track and pull the middle
>>> of the cord over the post receptacle on the table bottom.
>>> 
>>> Rick
>>> 
>>>> On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 8:41 AM, Olivier Hecht <ohecht at earthlink.net>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I searched and didn’t find anything on this one…has anyone come up with
>> a
>>>> simple solution to keep the table top from sliding out of it’s stowage
>>>> location?  It hasn’t happened to me underway yet, but it has slid out of
>>>> it’s mounts twice while towing, and I’m worried it will slide out at a
>> bad
>>>> time under sail and either hurt someone or damage something.
>>>> 
>>>> I’m thinking about a thumbscrew or two in strategic locations, but I’m
>> not
>>>> near the boat now and it’s hard to remember where the possible places
>> for
>>>> something like that are.  If someone has close-up pictures of the aft
>>>> portion of the stowage rails, then I could probably think up a few
>> options
>>>> and take some hardware with me to the boat tomorrow…thanks!
>>>> 
>>>> Olivier
>>>> s/v/ Fretless
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