A few random thoughts: 1. A V berth can be great, so long as the boat is not moving. There is no need to crawl over each other, and it is out of the way from the rest of the boat.
2. Any berth occupied by more than one person at a time while underway is not the best for sleeping when the weather picks up. 3. I know a Valiant 40 that has a double quarter berth with a removable board down the middle for use while underway. It is definitely a chore to crawl in and out of, but it makes a comfortable berth in rough seas. Perhaps the same or similar idea could be applied to other "wide area" berths, to make into single sea berths when appropriate. Steve Thomas C&C27 MKIII Port Stanley, ON -----Original Message----- From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com]On Behalf Of Richard Walter Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2013 10:02 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Stus-List How to sleep on a boat? (Was: Moving from a C&C??) Greetings, As our quest for a more comfortable boat continues, we are finding that one issue continues to be a quandary: how do we sleep? Currently we fill in INDIGO's u-dinette every night and disassemble it every day; it is effective but annoying. Plus we have to climb over each other and the saloon table. We are looking at center cockpit boats, including the Landfall 43s. Many have a centerline berth, which seems optimal. We don't sail at night and don't plan to (so we are not afraid of falling out underway). The transverse and pullman style berths both have the "crawl-over" factor; do we want to keep climbing over each other to get into/out of bed forever? Not really. Pullman seem a little more sleeper-friendly. Anyone want to share their experiences with various styles of aft cabin berths? What do you like/dislike and why? Other boat search factors: we need a functional galley with abundant counter space. We don't race, so PHRF matters not at all. We want good/great sailing with ease of sail handling. This will (hopefully!) be our forever boat, so we want to be planful. Thank you all in advance for your consideration. Richard s/v INDIGO 1978 36-footer Watch Hill
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