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The cockpit table that screws in keeps spinning. The support screws into the floor peferectly and stops spinning, but where it mounts to the table it screws in but then keeps spinning, not too user friendly when someone bumps into it. Any suggestions for a cheap fix? We dont use the table too much but it is very nice to have. Maybe the mount that is connected to the table can just be replaced?

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1999 298 Vista [color=#FF0000]Sold!!!
twin Volvo 5.7GXI

Woody: Pour you a beer, Mr. Peterson?
Norm: Alright, but stop me at one...make that one-thirty

Just pull the table out and screw a stripper pole in, problem solved

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2000 268 Vista "Reely Nauti"
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I don't know how the table it set up on your boat (a picture would help). But I can offer some generic advice.

How about a set-screw tapped into the collar under the tabletop? Which assumes there's a collar of some sort under there. Our table has two legs but the socket for them on the underside of the table is about 2" tall. You could drill and tap a hole through the collar and then thread a thumb-screw style of set screw into it. Put the table on and then tighten the thumbscrew. Or if there's enough room then use a bolt with a knob on it. Sorta like this one:


There might not be enough metal through the collar to accommodate the threads for this. If that's the case then you'd have to see about having a nut welded onto the collar. I'd think it would be a relatively cheap job at a local welding shop.

Most of these tables fit on by friction alone. The leg is usually tapered slightly. There's usually enough for friction to make a reasonably tight fit. But if either the leg or the socket have gotten worn then there might not be enough friction. I don't know if you could 'correct' this. If there's still enough taper below where it leg seats in the socket then... maybe. You could cut off a small bit of the leg and that might let the top come down on it further. But without knowing which specific style of table you've got I'd hesitate to encourage that idea.

Me, I'd go with the set screw knob and a nut welded onto the collar. That way you'd be able to torque down the knob without worrying about it stripping out the threads in the collar. But it wouldn't hurt anything to start with a drilled and tapped hole first. With careful use it'd probably last quite a while. If you go this route be sure to buy an extra knob or two. No doubt they'd get lost way too easily...

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-Bill Kearney, 2005 348 Vista

I have a 298 Vista 2000 and the cockpit table that I have screws into the floor tight but the top is not a screw in (you just place in on top of the pole) and it does spin as well. I would assume that they want it to spin (or rotate) so that people can get in and out of the U-shaped seating easily. It does not rotate easily though. IMO, I would not the table top fixed.

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Current Boat: 2000 Four Winns 298 Vista
Previous Boat: 2000 Carver 406MY

298vista2000, you are exactly right, thats the set up I have, but mine spins way too freely. It is real nice for it to spin so people can get in/out easily. I like wkearny99's idea of having a set screw or maybe some type of spring screw so you can lock it and unlock it. Sounds like a spring project for me to figure out, as if I dont have enough already. Thanks for the ideas.

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1999 298 Vista [color=#FF0000]Sold!!!
twin Volvo 5.7GXI

Woody: Pour you a beer, Mr. Peterson?
Norm: Alright, but stop me at one...make that one-thirty