A25 OEM Rubber Bungee on Dinette table purpose?

[OldDemps]

What's the purpose of the OEM Rubber Bungee on the A25 Dinette table shown in my photos?

I'm stumped.....

Thanks!

[WillieC]

Anti-rattle? Maybe only the WillieC has the shakes. That is a nice custom bungee. Throw it away and then you'll find out what it was for.

[dkirsop]

The bungee is used to hold the table against the bulkhead when it is stowed in the head. My bungee perished and installed a toggle latch to replace it.

[WillieC]

What does the bungee bunge to? Ours has a nasty habit of jumping out of its holder in the head (I'm a very good driver) so I contrived a long bungee to hold everything in place. Most of the time the bed is made up so no issue. Mr. K, if you could post a picture, that would be much appreciated.

[NickScheuer]

Haven't used our dinette table in years; too cumbersome. We've no need for a table in the fore-cabin, and in the cockpit it blocks entry to the aft cabin where we stow lots of stuff.
a 5-day ice chest positioned immediately aft of the motor box serves nicely as our dinning table.

[dkirsop]

Below are pictures of original setup and minor modification to improve the stowage.

When I took ownership of the boat a shock cord extended from the bungee to a hook on the bulkhead above. A cleat on the floor held the lower portion of the table against the bulkhead.

Original Installation.jpg

Original Installation

lower block.jpg

Existing Lower Cleat left in place

I fabricated a cleat and toggle for the upper portion of the table and this holds everything securely in place. A small clearance gap is left between the cleat and the table edge so the table can be tilted out without jambing.

upper toggle.jpg

New Upper Cleat and Toggle

New Installation.jpg

New Installation

A friction catch on the table leg keeps it folded in place. It all took less than an hour to do.

[DesertAlbin736]

I removed that whole table leg & only use the board to make the settees into a V berth. Tried using it as a dining table in the front cabin as intended from the factory, with a dowel inserted into a socket in front, but was too wobbly & hard to get past for my taste. It used to have a friction catch that got bent & quit working. Still keep it stowed on the front wall of the head compartment. It never had a bungee like what's being discussed here. We have another piece of varnished plywood that covers the opening where a fridge would go on the port side cockpit wall next to the cabin door & that doubles as a dining table attached the aft cabin door with a single pipe leg in front.

[kerrye]

Isn't that particular bungee used to hold the leg up when the table functions as the insert in the V berth?

[ppaalo]

Thanks for the pictures, that explains why our table would not work when I tried it, it does not have this folding leg at all, only the socket on the other end for some kind of stick for support which of course is way too wobbly even if secured somehow.