Thanks, Carl and Rob. You've given me some great ideas. The approach I am now thinking of taking is making the two cuts Rob suggested but then putting the hinges on the vertical, hull-side cut and installing a locking mechanism on the other end. This way I wouldn't have to take the seatback out and put it somewhere at night, it would just swing back against the hull/bulkhead in the aft berth. I think I will cut the seatback above the height of the cushions so I won't need to pull the cushions out to covert the berth.
The port aft berth in your galley forward model is huge and easy to get into. I was looking for a galley forward boat but found a great deal on this one and decided to make the sacrifice. --- In [email protected], "carluhlman" <carluhl...@...> wrote: > > Wow, saw this idea from Rob Adkins in a recent post (copied below) and wanted > to start a new topic to discuss & hear from anyone who has this modification > done to their Cat27. > > My spin would be to maybe make the aft seatback removable so that the > starboard quarterberth is more accessible. Now it's like a coffin to sleep > in and difficult to crawl into, but if the aft dinette seatback lifted out, > or tilted FORWARD then problem solved. > > Note, my overnight trips are typically with one other dude and sleeping in > the 2 huge quarter-berths leaves the dinette table intact and the vberth for > gear... less moving gear around. My port side has, (starting from bow) > hanging locker, bulkhead, sink, icebox, stove, then super-long 1/4-berth(not > "aft-galley" like some of you). SB side is head, bulkhead, dinette, and 1/4 > coffin-berth. > > first post! > > Carl > Seattle,WA > Gata Luna '73 Cat-27 #1050, dinette, OB > > > > Copied From: RobAdkins > welcome to the group matt and congrats on catavinos. i vaguely remember the > dinette layout and had a thought regarding your question. consider creating > the aft settee of the dinette as a fold down seat back. two cuts made, one > along the bottom of the back and one along the starboard wall and attaching > brass hinges folding away from the berth. add a barrel latch for the upright > fixed position when in use. i don't think the dinette structure is load > bearing but make sure of this before cutting. good luck. -rob Darlen'B '84 C27 > > --- In ic...@yahoogroups. com, "matt.warning" <mwarning@ .> wrote: > > >
