795 Stowing the table

[edwardbill]

I have a 2017 795 which is excellent, very well designed, and everything has its place.

Except I can't find a place to stow the outside table!

I can't seem to fit it in the outside hatch, and it ends up in the front cabin. 

Does anyone have a better suggestion?

[ted415]

I personally leave mine in place but I would imagine a rooftop cargo solution would be most optimal.

[Rob]

I have a 2019 NC 795 and had the same problem, the table is heavy and will not fit in the cockpit cargo hatch.  So I bought a new smaller lighter table that would fit down in the hatch.  However I could not find a table with flange, or a flange that would fit the mounting boat stand pipe. 

So I removed the flange from the factory table and bought a piece of 3/16 - 1/4 inch aluminum plate to make an adapter.   Measure the bottom of the new table where the aluminum plate will lay flat on the bottom of the table and big enough for the round table flange.  I had the machine shop where I bought the aluminum plate cut it on their metal Break. My new table is fiberglass, or some kind of plastic materal, and light weight so I made the aluminum plate a little larger than it needed to be, which also allowed me to offset the table off center where I wanted it to be when sitting on the cockpit seats.

Then take the flange off the new table and use it as a template to drill holes in the aluminum plate and mount the aluminum plate to the bottom of the new table with the screws removed from the new table. Now lay the factory round flange on the aluminum plate, move/turn the flange so it will sit flat (not sit on top of the screws connected to the table) on the aluminum plate. Mark the aluminum plate through the screw holes where the screws will go to mount the factory flange. I used stainless steel self-tapping screws and you will have to pre-drill the holes. 

Caution: If the SS screws go in to hard they will scheer off if you're using a drill or impact drill, so make the holes big enough for the screws but not too big to not tighten up.  I drilled a couple test holes to get the hole size for the screws correct before drilling the flange holes.

[edwardbill]

That is really helpful, thank you.

Do you have any photos please?