Am I the only one that never uses the cockpit table?

Mine stays up most of the time. Too much of a PIA to put it up, take it down, stow it, then set it up again.
Plus it’s heavy.
It’s not really well suited for more than two people and it gets in my way, but we leave it up because we eat or have drinks on the boat all the time. If there is any more than two of us we use it as a buffet table.
 
If I still had my factory piece of crap table... I'd have it in storage too.
 
Our table is always in place. I think it's possible due to a few issues. One is the width of the boat, plus the Amberjack's more open layout, the table is not too large, it is an oval shape so there are no corners, plus the base is not fixed to a floor mount but is a weighted base on rubber legs. It's never shifted around even in rough weather. Perfect!


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Our cockpit table is alway up. It folds so it’s not really in the way. Never had the galley table up. It weighs a ton and setting it up is a PIA.
 
We always have it up, but not as a table, just a filler cushion...

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I am with Todd320. Once we put in the filler cushion the table has not been backup. Our friends visited and have done the same on a Larson 370 and Rinker 350. Guess its really up to each owners preference.
 
Our table is always in place. I think it's possible due to a few issues. One is the width of the boat, plus the Amberjack's more open layout, the table is not too large, it is an oval shape so there are no corners, plus the base is not fixed to a floor mount but is a weighted base on rubber legs. It's never shifted around even in rough weather. Perfect!


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Can you post a picture of the base?
 
Can you post a picture of the base?
Can't find a photo of the base right now, but will do next time I go to the boat (probably in late April). I originally bought the table from Sears of all places. It had a square plastic top attached to the metal extendable pole going to the weighted metal base/rubber feet. The base is actually a two piece design with a smaller thicker/heavier metal weight under a lighter shroud of finished metal. I learned NOT to cook breakfast with a butane stove on the table when it got hot enough to melt into the table top... OOPS. Instead of scrapping the whole thing, I found a teak table top at Flounder Pounder FL and secured it to the post with wood screws. Worked out great and have used it for 7-8 seasons now.
 
We had the sea ray table refinished, and it looks amazing, but we don’t use it that often except as a filler cushion base. The guy that refinished it noted it took forever to get that thick coating off of the wood, but once he did, it really turned out nice.
 
Can't find a photo of the base right now, but will do next time I go to the boat (probably in late April). I originally bought the table from Sears of all places. It had a square plastic top attached to the metal extendable pole going to the weighted metal base/rubber feet. The base is actually a two piece design with a smaller thicker/heavier metal weight under a lighter shroud of finished metal. I learned NOT to cook breakfast with a butane stove on the table when it got hot enough to melt into the table top... OOPS. Instead of scrapping the whole thing, I found a teak table top at Flounder Pounder FL and secured it to the post with wood screws. Worked out great and have used it for 7-8 seasons now.
Thanks!
 

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