Redoing salon table on a Beneteau 37

May 27, 2021
57
Beneteau 37 Chesapeake Bay
Has anyone found a better setup for the salon table in a newish Beneteau? I have a 37, but I think the table set up is common on various sizes of that model. It just seems entirely too big and the "trunk" takes up way more space than necessary, as best as I can tell. Would also be nice if the table dropped down and converted into a birth. Just looking for some ideas if anyone has undertaken such a project.
 
Feb 21, 2013
4,638
Hunter 46 Point Richmond, CA
Suggest doing an internet serach on "newer beneteau 37 salon table images" to see examples like the one below.

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Jan 10, 2018
264
Beneteau 331 Halifax
I found that table way too big. I have a B331. See the picture attached. I made it from American Cherry, and banded the edge.

Please excuse my messy boat.

I note the European version of my boat has a folding table, which would be better. With the original one, you had to move sideways to get to the v-berth.
 

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May 27, 2021
57
Beneteau 37 Chesapeake Bay
I found that table way too big. I have a B331. See the picture attached. I made it from American Cherry, and banded the edge.

Please excuse my messy boat.

I note the European version of my boat has a folding table, which would be better. With the original one, you had to move sideways to get to the v-berth.
Very nice. How is it attached?
 
Jan 10, 2018
264
Beneteau 331 Halifax
Same way the other is attached. There are flat steel bars under the table that it (and the original one) screws to from underneath. You have to cut the wood so that it at least covers the bars.
 
May 27, 2021
57
Beneteau 37 Chesapeake Bay
Same way the other is attached. There are flat steel bars under the table that it (and the original one) screws to from underneath. You have to cut the wood so that it at least covers the bars.
Got it. Thanks. Mine is built up from the floor and is a lot bigger (like the one pictured above). I would like to convert it to something less obtrusive.
 
May 17, 2004
5,685
Beneteau Oceanis 37 Havre de Grace
OMG! It's enormous!! You could land a helicopter on it!
Yeah you could. But worse than the size of the top itself is the size of the wooden box supporting it, and the fact that the corners of that box are in the perfect places to clip your knees.
 
Jan 10, 2018
264
Beneteau 331 Halifax
Good ol' Beneteau designers. I'll bet you boat designers have never used their boats nor have they discussed them with the rest of us!
 
May 27, 2021
57
Beneteau 37 Chesapeake Bay
Yeah you could. But worse than the size of the top itself is the size of the wooden box supporting it, and the fact that the corners of that box are in the perfect places to clip your knees.
I think that's the most annoying thing about the set up is how big the trunk is. That will be one of my winter time projects... trying to design something a little less robust!