Steve wrote:

Thanks Jere,

That arrangement might come close to meeting my needs.

The distance between the settees may be greater and thus the need for wider
table section. I'm not on the boat now, but will do some measureing..


For reference, our settees are 42" apart.

It seems that the leaf could be folded over the top like Len discribed..


That requires both sides be finished, the piano hinge will stick up in
the open position, and the leaf's support system would have to come from
some place else. Not insurmountable, but considerations.

I have been having second thoughts on the support, since with the table
folded up, I don't have a good hand hold in the center of the cabin.. I may
compromise my desire for a clear cabin and put a fixed stantion in the
middle for the table to fold down to.

Might work, though I have really come to love the overhead grab rails
and open floor plan.

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