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Nautiduck
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Initially Posted - 04/01/2007 :  22:37:30  Show Profile
OK, how do you aft-berth sleepers orient yourselves? Am I correct in guessing head is aft, feet are foreward and the sleepers are in the middle of the berth? I am about to mount some electrical stuff and don't want it to be in the way.


We cannot direct the winds but we can adjust our sails.
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johnsonp
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Response Posted - 04/02/2007 :  00:33:47  Show Profile
<font color="blue"><font size="4"><font face="Comic Sans MS">Head starboard feet port.
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coldducks
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Response Posted - 04/02/2007 :  05:19:47  Show Profile
same here!
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Turk
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Response Posted - 04/02/2007 :  05:38:36  Show Profile  Visit Turk's Homepage
That's what that space is above the starboard side of the berth - so you can sit up without conking your head!
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bear
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Response Posted - 04/02/2007 :  06:36:27  Show Profile
Well down in "HoBo Heaven" I sleep head forward feet aft, starboard side. Easier for an old man getting in and out.
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welshoff
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Response Posted - 04/02/2007 :  12:46:01  Show Profile
Head forward, Feet aft. Easier for two people to crawl in and out.
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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 04/02/2007 :  12:50:30  Show Profile
Just one minute there sleepers! For you starboard-to-port sleepers, why don't you roll towards the cabin? Doesn't the aft berth slope that way?

And you head-to-bow sleepers, doesn't the blood go to your head for the same reason?
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johnsonp
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Response Posted - 04/02/2007 :  13:19:12  Show Profile
<font color="navy"><font size="4"><font face="Comic Sans MS">Well now you can see why the vee birth becomes the master bedroom for a lot of us older........years ago we used to sleep on top of each other didn't matter.
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Tom Potter
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Response Posted - 04/02/2007 :  14:09:58  Show Profile
I'm a head to the Starboard feet Port kinda guy.
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Turk
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Response Posted - 04/02/2007 :  18:51:06  Show Profile  Visit Turk'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 tompotter</i>
<br />I'm a head to the Starboard feet Port kinda guy.
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I'm a sleep on top of each other kind a guy!
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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 04/02/2007 :  19:12:34  Show Profile
Turk, could you post a picture?
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lcogge01
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Response Posted - 04/02/2007 :  22:59:08  Show Profile
We had a persistent small puddle of water always accumulating in the rear berth. Eventually, it caused the foam to rot in the original mattress. I have since replaced it with an inflatable, queen size mattress. The one we purchased also came with a battery powered inflator/deflator. When the beds not in use, we deflate, fold and store in the V berth and reclaim the bed area for other storage use. The queen air mattress is much more comfortable than the original, thin foam one. Total replacement cost ~$29.00
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Turk
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Response Posted - 04/03/2007 :  05:00:06  Show Profile  Visit Turk'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 lcogge01</i>
<br />We had a persistent small puddle of water always accumulating in the rear berth.
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There is a simple fix for this. I'll let you do the search for this!
Can you say coaming?
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bear
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Response Posted - 04/03/2007 :  06:47:08  Show Profile
Port to starboard or vice versa may work on a WK boat but I believe most WB ballast boats have an immovable ladder. Starboard side, head forward, feet aft, works the nuts getting in and out of sleeping bag.
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AADIVER
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Response Posted - 04/06/2007 :  22:41:42  Show Profile  Visit AADIVER's Homepage
For us "senior sleepers, we found that removing the back setee cushions and the V berth back rest we can sleep port and starboard, heads forward, feets aft along the setees. I'll post a pic of the sleeping bags and how they're arranged.
We do "use" the aft berth...occasionally
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