Made My Main Salon "Bigger"

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Jun 21, 2007
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Hunter Cherubini 36_80-82 Sausalito / San Francisco Bay
A while back, I took my original equipment salon table home to try to repair/refinish its surface. With the table out of the boat, my wife and I noticed that the whole interior seemed much more open and larger without it. Giving it some thought, we realized that for our day sailing or simple overnights at the berth, we didn't really need the large table most of the time. A smaller table might do just fine.

Rummaging under the house, I found an old wall decoration that had been stuffed away. With some modification, it became transformed into the quirky-looking table pictured below. The colors don't clash too badly with the interior fabric, anyway!

The original table is back on the boat ... but now tucked under the v-berth cushions for take out when we might want it. Also the OEM table serves dual duty as a "bed-frame" element when we convert the settee into a sleeping berth.

I'm not sure if any of the other Cherubini models use the chrome steel post method to support the table. With some modification, attaching a "2" PVC fitting to the underside of the table worked great for dropping it on the post.

Just thought to post in case anybody is looking for a winter project idea of a more "creative" nature.

Another side benefit for us is that accessing the lockers above the settee and also the storage area behind the settee upright cushions is much easier without the large table in the way.
 

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hunter 36 1982 cowichan bay
That new table looks great! We were thinking of making a new ,larger square top ,but after seeing the room you got to move around and the access to that side of the settee thats opened up ,Im sold. Im going to build two. One to replace the old angled top to make the double bunk and seat 5 and one for day sailing and all that access. Ill have to bring down some cardboard and size them up. Sure a good find in storage rardi and thanks for the great idea! p.s must of be nice to be able to sail year round down there,I only get out on real nice days up here,50 degres and im out there.
 
Jun 21, 2007
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Hunter Cherubini 36_80-82 Sausalito / San Francisco Bay
Mike:

A "2-fer" project sounds like fun. For your smaller table template phase, I found that maintaining the same trapezoid shape was necessary to keep "the lines" right for the irregular shape of the settee area. I started first by bringing to the boat a large rectangular serving tray. The four X 90 degree corners looked all wrong. An oval shape might work, but then certainly more difficult to fit raised fids around the perimeter.

Yes, we are having beautiful sun and temps ... But wind has been scarce so not getting as much time on the water as I crave.

Rardi
 
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hunter 36 1982 cowichan bay
rardi. Hello once again and thanks again. I didnt notice the small taper you have incorperated into your top. yes I agree the taper is a must to keep things looking right The oval thought also came to mind. Going to check out the used furniture places to see if I can find something suitable,hardwood hopefully. Otherwise I will pick up sometype of veneer ply and have some fun! Of coarse after figuring out my cardboard templates.Also will be building new ply settee boards to replace the original table. Your top looks just right. Mind sharing the measurements? Thanks again .
 
Jun 21, 2007
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Hunter Cherubini 36_80-82 Sausalito / San Francisco Bay
Mike:

Measurements will have to wait until my next boat visit. I really can't remember and don't want to guess at something too badly off from what turned out OK for me.
 
Dec 15, 2011
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hunter 36 1982 cowichan bay
Thanks , I can wait,I wont be heading down to my 36 till the 14th for a 4 day cruise in the gulf Islands.Our pre summer warm up!(We spend most of the time warmin up).And we have no lack of wind out here in the winter(Okanogan lake or Van Island).Just a lack of warmth. Its a no exscuse time for projects on our boats! Thanks again Weather..sunny 47 degres.wind steady east 6kts.BRRR.
 
Jun 21, 2007
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Hunter Cherubini 36_80-82 Sausalito / San Francisco Bay
Changing Topics

Mike:

Pardon me for changing topics from the Cherubini H36 table mod. But I just Google'd for a map of your area. I didn't recognize the name of your location.

Wow! You are in a prime Inside Passage location that most sailors can only dream of sailing/navigating. I've been to Vancouver Island and Vitoria on vacation a couple of times. But that was before my interest in sailing was re-kindled about 5-6 years ago. I would love to sail my boat to the sound and the Inside Passage for a long spring/summer/fall duration. But from San Francisco, against the currents and the prevailing winds, everything I've read indicates that it is an arduous and potentially dangerous direction to take. And also most of the US northwest coast offers little shelter in the case of a sudden change in Pacific Ocean weather conditions for the worse. For instance, I've vacationed a few nights in Fort Bragg. The channel into the protected harbor is narrow between two rock breakwaters jutting into the ocean. Swells and wind I expect would be huge during a typical weather event coming in from the Gulf of Alaska. Would be OK for a locally experienced commercial fisherman with two several hundred HP engines and two screws to rely on. But probably not OK for me trying the same entrance on a 32 year old 36' sailboat (albeit a well built Cherubini) with only an underpowered 22 HP single prop 2QM20 Yanmar to keep me off the rocks! In my younger years, I sailed on Chevron Oil tankers that plied along the Pacific Northwest. California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska. Storm conditions, even on a 20,000 ton 550ft long vessel often were invigorating. I remember that during one transit across the Columbia River bar the entire deck of our ship was awash from a large following swell.

Also re Vancouver Island, for most of my career before opting out I was at two mining companies: First with a Utah International which then later morphed into BHP. BHP is currently one of the world's mining powerhouses. These companies managed the Island Copper mine on the remote northwest side of the island at Port Hardy. I spent some time in the copper marketing division, but the mine became depleted and closed in the mid/late 1990's before I could talk my bosses into letting me do a trip to the site. BHP's geologists/engineers/chemists I know worked very hard to close the site to achieve virtually no environmental impact/footprint after the 30+ years of mining. Essentially the idea was to breach the narrow berm between the 1300 ft below sea level mining pit and the sea and let it flood with salt water. Then stem the the the salt water flood and finish with a fresh water cap on top. The difference in water densities would create a physical and anaerobic barrier to prevent mining residuals from migrating into the environment. The pit was only several hundred meters of the Quatsino Sound sea water.

I wonder how it turned out...

Actually, I just Googled it. Here's a link to a YouTube video in case you are interested to see the size of the pit and how close it was to the sea. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjrazTuHsO4.

Also here is a Google result page with various info ton the area:
http://www.google.com/search?q=quat...s=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

Other Google searches indicates that the solution has been working. However so far its been just a blip in geological time!

I've enjoyed thinking about Vancouver Island after so long.
 
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hunter 36 1982 cowichan bay
Hello again rardi. My home location is in kelowna B.C. My marina is right next to the big floating bridge on lake okanagan. Its aprox 75 miles or 125 kms long. Thats where we keep our Hughes 31, Vanadas. We actauly live about 25 kms from town on a small acreage. I got back into sailing aboat 15 years ago with a sabot sail boat, 21 day sailer then a clippermarine 26, the hughes and now my flagship of the fleet the 36 hunter. Which is parked in a slip in Cowichan Bay Marina. And your right about the prime cruising area ! On my Hughes 31 I spent alot of time cruising ,from Nanimo to Desolation Sound and back down to Gulf Islands and almost everwhere in between. On bringing your 36 up its a long slog up and your right about the rough weather. I think it would be wiser to fly(my better half is right behind me) up and rent something and spend the time exsploring the area. Washington state also is just as beautiful and at one time was an easy jump over but with 911 and the war on drugs it seems to be just to much trouble for a few days cruise. I bet those tankers must have been a wild ride in rough weather! Ive been on 70 foot fishboat in rough seas and although I was safe inside it was a little scary. Never heard about the mine you mention but nice to know it hasent been a problem! So many leech out crap that screws up streams,lakes and the sea.But thats really off topic so...I just googled the mine. Holy crap thats a big hole! Glad to hear that you know of the area though. I like to think of the area as the Bahammas North. Good ancorages a half days sail from each other and not just the Gulf Islands either. Its like that the whole way around(give or take a few spots on the west coast of vancouver Island).I personly havent gone around being mostly a solo sailer, but have made it to Stuart Island and upper Desolation Sound. Now with a better equipted boat , more storage and a little lady(most Important part of a full functioning ship)that enjoys adventure aboard, we will see where Sosueme will take us this year. Great chatting once again. Really good site! Wish my hughes had such a good following,would have been nice. Once we start cruising Ill let you know and post a few pics and stuff on where we go.
 
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