Nope not structural. The tube in the sink is mounted under the sink and is pretty much exclusively for the support of the shelves. As I recall mine isn't even mounted at the top and the open end only extends about an inch into the ceiling. I used mine as a conduit for the solar panel wires coming from my dodger.
On boats with a swing keel there is a second tube in the salon table just aft of the mast which looks quite similar to the one that is in the kitchen sink. I don't have this tube since I don't have a swing keel which leads me to believe that it also is not structural. It simply acts as a conduit for the keel pennant. Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Dec 28, 2017 9:55 AM, "Persuasion37 via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I always thought the tubes were structural. You know hold the cabin roof > up? > > Mike > S/V Persuasion > C&C 37 Keel/CB > Long Sault > > *From:* Josh Muckley via CnC-List > *Sent:* Thursday, December 28, 2017 9:30 AM > *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com > *Cc:* Josh Muckley > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List C&C 34/36 kitchen shelf > > You'll have the usual finish work to consider when you get the shelf > removed. What will yo do with the metal tube? If you remove the tube you > will be left with a hole in the ceiling and a hole in the counter. If you > leave the tube you will have exposed holes in the tube where screws were > used to anchor the shelf. These holes in the tube will need dressed or > decorated. What about the wood on the remaining cabinets? It is likely > that a silhouette of the removed shelf will remain. You'll also have screw > holes in the wood which will need attention. None of these asthetic > details are show stoppers just things you may not have considered. Good > luck. > > Josh Muckley > S/V Sea Hawk > 1989 C&C 37+ > Solomons, MD > > > > On Wed, Dec 27, 2017, 3:55 PM Ben Sutton 1 via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > >> I am considering removing the kitchen shelf next to the sink in my C&C >> 34+. It is the one with the metal post running through one end and attached >> to the cabinetry at the other. My thinking is as follows: >> 1. It completely obscures the counter underneath and makes it more or >> less impossible to use the plate tray behind that counter under the shelf. >> 2. It is sometimes useful to put things on with the ability to slide a >> chopping board (and only a chopping board) underneath it. >> 3. I notice that later models of this design eg. 1991, do not have the >> shelf. I suspect there is a good reason for this. >> >> Has anyone removed this shelf on their boat? >> If so how do you do it? >> Did you regret it afterwards or did it turn out to be a good thing? >> >> Any input much appreciated. >> >> Ben Sutton >> Evangeline C&C 34+ 1990 >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each >> and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - >> use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >> >> ------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > >
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