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cat1951
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Response Posted - 10/27/2006 :  08:15:22  Show Profile
Dave,
I am not so sure about that fun in the v berth. It seems to be the most inviting part of the boat when you look at it, but that changes once you are in. The most fun the Admiral has is laughing at me when I try to get out of it. Of course, my time for laughing comes when she tries to get out as well. Without the hatch open I have a devil of the time getting out. And that doesn't even mention that my head is downhill when I am laying there. In fact it is so uncomfortable, we are going to add an aerobed in the main cabin. Then we will quietly offer the v berth to guests
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 10/27/2006 :  18:04:38  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by cat1951</i>
<br />Dave,
I am not so sure about that fun in the v berth...
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Well, I guess that was a metaphor--I guess I'm still more agile than some... Of course the best place is a main cabin athwartship queen-sized bed. Go for it!
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Brooke Willson
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Response Posted - 10/27/2006 :  21:02:46  Show Profile
At 6'3", I'm with Mike (figuratively) about V berths. I wish Catalina had copied the Cape Dory 25D in this regard, which puts the head . . . in the head, allowing for a shower and a larger saloon. It's sad that what sells boats to novices is the hallucination of a boat like the C25 sleeping 5. Yes, yes, I know it's theoretically possible, especially if three are small children. If I had the time and ability, I'd rip the head compartment out of my boat and tuck it into the forepeak, put in a shower, and extend the saloon with a port settee convertable to a double.

Brooke
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 10/27/2006 :  21:28:46  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Brooke Willson</i>
<br />At 6'3", I'm with Mike (figuratively) about V berths. I wish Catalina had copied the Cape Dory 25D in this regard, ... If I had the time and ability, I'd rip the head compartment out of my boat and tuck it into the forepeak, put in a shower, and extend the saloon with a port settee convertable to a double.

Brooke
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yep.
If only the toilet was on the starboard side of the head, then the long bulkhead would be on the long settee side and a person could make a slider out of the starboard settee. I am spending this hard doing something about a double in the salon. I will probably still make the starboard settee pull out even though it will require some compromises.
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EveningSun
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Response Posted - 11/13/2006 :  20:59:34  Show Profile
Hello, We own a 1980 swing that we bought in 1989 from a Catalina employee. Many, many miles on the great lakes, all with the original stove, which we enjoy. The stove was designed to be used with pre-heating gel, which we used to buy at our catalina dealer, until they closed. We now buy it from a camping store. We used the same gel on our old backpacking stoves.
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Chris Z
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Response Posted - 11/14/2006 :  07:47:59  Show Profile  Visit Chris Z's Homepage
Dennis,
I really like the conversion you did on your boat. This is what I would call quality work. You really made it look like it belonged including the woodwork.
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 11/14/2006 :  10:20:43  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
Dennis was providing a link to John Vining's site. John is the Catalina 25 Technical Editor for the Catalina Mainsheet Magazine. Yes his does amazing work.
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