Thanks Ernie,
I suppose this sort of idea would scale to the 22 and the 30C as well.
In the end, it’s just about inspiring the next innovation. These hull shapes have such potential.
Cheers,
Mike and Ashley Read
NS 26C #120 Nauti Girl
Bath, Ont.
“Just this side of Purrfection”
Nice work Mike.
I was going to send a picture of my cabin table but realized that since I don’t have one, the picture would not provide much info.
Mark Powers
Mike,
Pics look beautiful.
I’m curious about two elements of your solution I couldn’t figure out from them. Where do you stow the head and foot boards as you go down from full bed mode to dining table? And what do you do with the filler cushions when not in use?
Thanks,
– Bob
Me Gusta
Nonsuch 26U #233
If this has already been discussed then I apologize but if you want to have a full sized berth on the N26C plus a dining table take a look at the arrangement on the N22 as the fwd layout of the N26C is similar to the N22. I owned ‘Cheers’ N22 #16 from 1985 - 1989. It was arranged so that the both settees (port and starboard) could be pulled out and meet in the middle. Each settee had a plywood base on which the cushions would sit and were held in place by a finished teak lip which kept the cushions in place while sailing. Each plywood settee base had a slotted hole (located about midway lengthwise) running athwart ship through which it was loosely bolted to the horizontal fiberglass support on which it rested. At the aft end it had a small 1/8" hole through it by which you would pin the plywood in place so that it wouldn’t slide out when sailing. These ‘L’ shaped pins were hidden under the seat cushions. There were also a set of finished teak 'U" shaped brackets mounted to the vertical fiberglass structural surface comprising the settees. These teak brackets were located at the aft end of each settee and placed as mirror images of one another. They were mounted a few inches below the plywood settee base at a height which the teak lip on the end of the settee base would slide once the support beam was in place.
If you wanted to convert the settees into a berth you would take the teak support beam (1" x 3" quarter-rounded on both top and bottom) and place each end in the teak support ‘U’ brackets so that it would span the space between the settees. You would then remove the pins which locked the plywood settee bottoms in place and pull out the starboard and port settees until the opposing surfaces of the teak lips touched one another. You would slide the seat cushions together and fill in the outer space on each side of the seat cushions with wedged shaped cushions which were made to fit that shaped space. The wedged shaped cushions were stowed between the top of the seat cushions and the underside of the outboard shelf located behind each settee and onto which the settee back rest cushions were mounted. The berth made a king size bed on the N22. I can report that my wife and I would spend 2 weeks in the San Juan Islands every year and slept comfortably. In the morning we would break down the berth and return it to the settee layout.
The dining table approximately 18" x 48" (I’m doing this from memory) had a set of chromed (male) brackets attached to the underside of the table on one end and a teak leg hinged to the underside of the table at the other end. It was stowed vertically against the inside bulkhead in the head next to the toilet. There was a piece of teak lagged to the floor which you would position between the brackets on the table and there was another teak support on the bulkhead by which you’d secure the other end of the table in place against the bulkhead. In the saloon there is an access door to the mast on which two chromed (female) brackets were mounted. These brackets mated to the two chromed (male) brackets mounted to the underside of the table. To set the table up you would position the two (male) brackets on the table over the corresponding female brackets on the door and gently push them in place. Then you would then lower the hinged teak leg at the other end of the table and secure it to the floor via a chromed thumb screw like the one used to secure the companion way steps in place on our boats. Since the N22 had a tiller there were also a corresponding set of the female brackets in the aft end of the cockpit coming located one to each side of the builders plate to which you could secure the table and use it as a dining table in the cockpit once you moved the tiller out of the way.
I am including some photos but I don’t have any photos of the table set up inside the cabin or photos of the settees converted into a berth. I am sure that current owners of N22’s could provide you those and more detailed photos overall. If you did this on a N26C the berth would be large enough so that Mom, Dad and 2 small kids could sleep together comfortably. Or you could use that support spanning the settees and just pull out one side and a couple could sleep comfortably snuggled up together.
My photos are old but on the one showing the head if you look just inside the open door to the head you will see a white vertical piece running parallel to the teak door frame which is actually the edge of the table stowed against that bulkhead. I’m providing this as to an alternative to what’s been discussed and if it’s already been discussed then please forgive me and ignore my input.
Cheers!
Jim K
formerly 'Cheers" N22 #16 Seattle WA
Currently ‘Toyger’ N30U #422 Port Ludlow WA
Hi Bob,
The headboard and footboard sections stow in the long cubby hole that’s revealed behind the port vertical bench cushion.(in the 26C)
The trapezoidal mattress cushion will get layered on top of the starboard quarter sleeper cushions (until we get a better idea…which maybe rolling it up and shoving it in a compression sack…
Cheers,
Mike and Ashley Read
NS 26C #120 Nauti Girl
Bath, Ont.
"Waiting for our swim platform"
Promised spring update:
Nauti Girl got Game Y’all.
Table installed and we’ve already discovered “coffee table” mode is the new default.
In order:
Coffee table mode
Lunch for 2 Mode:
Dinner for 4 mode:
King+ bed mode:
Just need to sew a trapezoidal cover for the memory foam topper.
Cheers,
Mike and Ashley Read
NS 26C #120 Nauti Girl
Bath, Ont.
Ever nice !!
Beautiful job, guys. Enjoy it.
Ernie A. in Toronto
Thank you Ernie,
It’s not lost on us that you are truly an internationally accomplished guru of executing on an “experience” and logistics.
The world is a better place for your “doing what you do”.
Thank you!
For those not familiar…there is a performance genius amongst us…who in stealth mode…loves his Nonsuch too.
Cheers,
Mike and Ashley Read
NS 26C #120 Nauti Girl
Bath, Ont.
Huh ??? What ?? Who … ME ???
Shucks, you two. OK - like many (maybe most) “mature” Nonsuchers, I, too, was lucky enough to fall into a lifelong career that never, ever gave me the feeling that I was going “to work”. Like a lot of you, I experienced a pretty interesting (and crazy) job. My greatest joy came with working beside the most amazing people, from all over the planet (and, sometimes, beyond … ).
But, that’s no big deal because our INA ranks include folks who have been responsible for the creation, development and nurturing of absolutely remarkable ideas, things, philosophies, etc. Boatbuilders, mechanical geniuses, brilliant healers, lawyers and lawmakers, mothers, fathers, craftspeople, political leaders and faith leaders, whatever. As you draw on the individual and combined strengths of our members, you come up with gorgeous and zany table/bed frame combos and heaven knows what else.
Then again, this shouldn’t surprise any of us. I guess that we are all as “special” as the boats that we sail.
Thank you, Mike and Ashley, for those very kind words. Stay healthy and have a fine summer.
Cheers,
Ernie A. in Toronto
