Table

[Brian Hofler]

hello everyone

I've just bought my first Vega, old, slightly
neglected, but nothing some TLC won't fix.
It's missing a cabin table and I'm wondering
if anyone has a plan or other helpful info to help me make up a new
one.

Any other advice on refurbishment would also be
appreciated.

Pat O'Donovan
Cork
Ireland

 

[reefmagnet]

Hi Pat,

Congratulations with your first Vega! What is her name and her
sailnumber??? And what means 'TLC'?
We can offer you our table because we never use it. It is too
big and dangerous when you are under sail and for example have to use the
toilet. But how to get it in Cork?
We have another solution for you: you can make a little table
of a strong piece of wood, that fits between the port and starboard berths in
the cabin. Because the breadth between the berths is everywhere the same, you
can push the table from the front to behind. We made it in a size so that
it can be put away through one of the sliding doors under the
berths. Ours is so strong that you can sit, stay, even dance on it (so I
did).
The holes in de cabin- and the cockpitfloor, where one have to
put in the legs of the original table, we closed with champagne-corks, because
they are collecting a lot of dirt.

Do you know Tim Severin, writer of some sailingbooks (Brandon
Expeditioen, The Jason Voyage etc.)?
He was in the early seventies owner of the Vega 'Prester John'
(V 481) and sailed with her from England to the Mediterrean. In our opinion he
is still living in Cork or Corkhaven; maybe you can contact him for good tips or
help.
We hope our tip can help you.

Ciao,
Yvonne Barnasconi and Hartmut Hinkel
Nieuwersluis
Holland.

 

[reefmagnet]

hi Yvonne and Harmut

Thanks for the offer. I'll check out at this end if
anyone is going to The Netherlands in the near future who might bring the
table back for me. Could you give me a more detailed description of where
it is please?

Thanks also for your suggestion about an
alternative table.

I've actually met Tim Severin on a number of
occasions, and I might have his phone number somewhere. The last I heard he was
living in Courtmacsherry about 40Km from where I live. I'll try and contact
him.

By the way TLC means Tender Loving
Care!!

My Vega is called Lyrae, sail no. IRL 189 and as
far as I can make it out build no. 859

Thanks again for your interest.

Pat

 

[reefmagnet]

Hi Patrick,

Too bad Ireland is so far away. You could have my table. As has been
pointed out, the removeable table is worse than useless at sea and
gets in the way if you leave it set up in the cabin(Though it does
come in handy for entertaining in the cockpit). I removed the
port side settee and am in the process of installing a dinette with a
permanently mounted table in it's place. The seats face fore and aft
and the table is athwartships and out of the aisle so you can easily
move forward through the cabin in any conditions without disturbing
people seated at the table. An additional benefit to this arrangement
is increased locker space with easier access, under and behind the
dinette seats which are deeper than the settee was.

I'll be publishing plans and photos in a future issue of the AVA
Newsletter.

Aloha,

Chuck Rose

 

[reefmagnet]

Hi, Chuck,

Interestingly, some former owner already installed a permanent table on
my Vega just as you describe here -- when we saw it for sale this way,
it looked so good and is so functional we thought it was standard on the
Vega until we found the Vega American Association web site and learned
there originally had been a portside berth there! I have some photos of
how it looks with the permanent table there if you're interested (can
send them privately or via the email list if other are interested...).
I must say it's wonderful having a permanent table out of the way, and
ideal for us since we are a cruising family of three. I do eventually
want to work out a pipe berth arrangement to have a fourth berth again
over the table -- if you get that far in your own work, let me know.
Tom

Chuck Rose wrote:

 

[reefmagnet]

Hi Chuck,
Thanks for the offer anyway.
I'd like to see your plans, photos of the conversion to dinette, if
possible.
By the way what's the procedure for becoming a paid-up overseas member of
the association?
Thanks again

Pat

 

[reefmagnet]

Aloha Patrick,

Once I get it finished, I'll publish the plans and photos in the AVA
News and add them to "The Book".

As for becoming an International Member of the AVA; the cost is
US$15. What I haven't figured out yet is the best way for someone
overseas to get the US funds to me. So far I have yet to process a
membership from anywhere outside the US and Canada. Short of putting
three Abe Lincolns in an envelope and sending it to me, I really
don't know of a reasonable way to accomplish it. I suppose that the
cost of obtaining a bank draft in US funds would be prohibitively
expensive in most countries. At least based on my limited experience
in purchasing items in Europe and the UK this would appear to be the
case. Perhaps someone on this list has an answer. If so, please
share! Meanwhile, I'll be talking with my banker about this and as
soon as I have the definitive word I'll let everyone know.

Chuck Rose
Editor and Publisher
AVA News
SV Lealea
PO Box 88784
Honolulu, HI 96830-8784
USA

 

[reefmagnet]

Hi, Just thought I would put my two cents in again. Have you considered using
Pay Pal to send money internationaly. It cost's nothing to have an account
with them. Although there are limits of how much you can send. Unless you
would like to have all the features available at that site. It could save
alot of time and trouble. Walt (Vega#161 "Remedy")