Cool features on a yacht

Good thread idea. I looked at the vid and wow...! The table is so seamless it almost looks computer generated. Makes you wonder how well the mechanism would hold up to a salt air environment?

Good find.

Advertised as designed to last for generations.

Fletcher Burwell-Taylor : Details

Not sure if this is the same vid that you saw.

Fletcher Capstan - World's Coolest Expandable Table | DudeIWantThat.com

I think you mean Madame Gu.

Hi,

I have seen one and been shown how it works on a yacht around 10 yrs ago so I can confirm they do exist.

The guy I worked for at the time liked the idea but not the price.

I think we have seen the table here before, but it has been awhile.

Here is sort of a "making of" video:
Making the Fletcher Capstan Table - YouTube

I was surprised the top is not even solid wood.

I've heard of pricing anywhere from 25k to over 100k. Considering the engineering and parts that go in, Not all that unreasonable. They are, after all, a bespoke table.

Idea is old.

Jupe Walnut Expansion Table Collection - NapaStyle

P.S.- Note their price schedule.

And not even automatic.

We had a dining table for years at home that we really enjoyed, a butterfly table. Expands like most any table with leaves but the leaf stores beneath the table and pops up when you pull the top. Was definitely not $5000 though. I think more like $400 when we bought it.

cool ideas - elec windows on vintage Feadship

how about this for cool…just fitted to my 62ft motoryacht TIKY - originally built in 1961 and just completing a total rebuild. the window mechanism consists of a very low-tech electric motor and pulley system.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPmQj7TyiA0