Cockpit Table

Pete

May I suggest something like a folding picnic table and it’s used when at anchor, un shackle the the main sheet and clip to the toe rail, and then erect the table putting the the leg against each side of the  ockpit, you may initially have to adjust the table top to fit with the legs in that position as the may not have splayed far enough out if it were used normally… I have seen this sort of thing done in a similar boat when I visited Islay 

A 301 has just arrived as a long term visitor at our marina next to myself & another 315.  I have looked in the cockpit & it has a traveller. The owner had unclipped the mainsheet & fastened it to one side out of the way. This leaves a traveller with a car. Seems to me that a piece of ply , say 18 inches wide. The full width of the cockpit would go over the traveller (in the same line) & with 4 short( about 6 inches) folding or fixed legs to sit on the cockpit seats to make it stable. Being placed across the cockpit rather than along it would allow 4 people to sit to it . 2 aft & 2 in front. Just lift the tiller up out of the way. They would have to sit sideways but no big deal considering the size of the cockpit. The legs could be detachable to make it easy to stow. The ply could go under the bunk & the legs in a locker.

In my 31 I have a piece of ply that sits across the seats in front of the traveller over the liferaft. We do not eat main meals at it, tending to have buffet meals if in the cockpit. It fits in the aft cabin against the cabin side, held there by the bunk cushions. It does not need to be on legs & we do not need to sit with our legs under it.

Sometimes I lay on it across the cockpit to sleep under way as there is little space in a 31 cockpit to sleep unless one has a hatch chair.