I too cut off the legs at the base with a dremmel. I looked at having some wooden legs made for the table, either as replacement legs or inserts for the existing legs. I did not want to use metal legs due to the corrosion issue as I experienced with the original design. I finally went with PCV pipes as inserts in the existing legs and that fit in the holes above the keel. The PCV pipe didn't seem strong enough, so I got a smaller diameter PCV pipe that was a tight fight inside the original PCV pipe. This worked fine.
I have probably used the table about 5-10 times in the 30 years I have owned the boat. The most use the table gets is me taking it off the boat every time I go sailing. But if I ever want to use it, I can get the legs in and out with no problem.
