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reuben
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Initially Posted - 04/16/2005 :  18:00:03  Show Profile
We tend to slide aft when sleeping two in the V-berth; a way of coping with crowded headspace. However, by midnight our legs invariably fall off the settees and land with a bump on the floor; a night of fitful scooting ensues. My wife suggests a mod wherein we fit a piece of plywood into the notch below where the table usually goes. The ply could rest on a short pipe (like the table does) or on narrow hardwood supports fastened to the sides of the settees. Sew an appropriate cushion and you'd have a berth truly big enough for two. I searched the forum but with my slow connection the search timed out; has anyone done this, or something like this, and with what result?
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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 04/17/2005 :  09:34:12  Show Profile  Visit Arlyn Stewart's Homepage
Reuben

I don't recall this issue discussed so there may not be any archive.

If the table has been removed and just the coffee table is in use, your wife's proposal sounds very reasonable.

I also use the V berth and sleep with feet extending onto the settees and haven't suffered what you describe. The difference may be that most of my sailing is in the far north and sleeping bags are generally used, which may tend to restrain the legs.

Another idea might be a piece of thin plywood with a shoulder board... slide the plywood under the cushion and hold it there with some velcro strips. A 16" section might do it.
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cathluk
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Response Posted - 04/17/2005 :  15:29:38  Show Profile
Reuben,

I haven't heard of anyone doing that mod., but its entered my mind a few times. We haven't pursued it since we use the table (don't have the coffee table). Can you use the existing table mount to hold your insert in place?
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Ben - FL
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Response Posted - 04/18/2005 :  17:54:04  Show Profile  Visit Ben - FL's Homepage
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<br />We tend to slide aft when sleeping two in the V-berth; a way of coping with crowded headspace. However, by midnight our legs invariably fall off the settees and land with a bump on the floor; a night of fitful scooting ensues.
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That's why I keep the Captain's berth aft for myself and the crew is in the fo'c's'le



The V-berth makes a good dumpster when the seatee back is in place. But I agree a small piece of plywood into that space between the compression post and the V-berth with a cushion would be an improvement.


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JohnMD
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Response Posted - 04/19/2005 :  10:48:03  Show Profile
My solution to the problem was to take a 1/2 inch piece of plywood and cut it 2 inches larger on all sides than the area between the setees and the V berth. I cut a notch out for the pole and sawed it in half. I used a piano hinge to join the two halves. I put some 1x2 shaped like an 'L' on the back of both halves so that when it sits on the table, it's the same height as the setees. It also strengthens the halves. The half inch plywood slides under the cushions on the sides and the front and the piece is surprisingly strong and light. It also folds in half and stores inside the V berth. My boat came with some cushions that fit in the area just perfect!!!! Cheap, light, and storable. I have pictures if you want them.
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reuben
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Response Posted - 04/19/2005 :  13:22:50  Show Profile
John -- sounds practical & easy. Would you upload a few pictures? Or email them to me.

Thanks!
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Turk
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Response Posted - 04/21/2005 :  23:14:49  Show Profile  Visit Turk's Homepage
Sorry, but your links don't work
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willy
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Response Posted - 04/22/2005 :  07:15:30  Show Profile
We sleep with our heads aft and our feet towards the bow...I always thought that was how you were supposed to do it from looking at photos of "made up" V-berths and also from the "sitting up headroom" perspective. Anyway, I am 6'4" tall and so need the added length. Never experienced a bit of problem, We do use the tiny table only, I have actually never installed the big one. Turning around is a damn sight easier than modifying!!!
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willy
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Response Posted - 04/22/2005 :  07:16:52  Show Profile
Oh yeah, my wife says she doesn't have to deal with my morning breath this way!!!!
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reuben
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Response Posted - 04/23/2005 :  07:28:53  Show Profile
We've turned round, as Willy suggests, but then there's a little of the old heads-down feet-up vertigo even though the boat is fairly level on its waterline. You go to sleep easily enough but there comes that moment around 3 a.m. when you wake from dreams that your head has grown into one of those thousand-pound pumpkins old men haul to the fair. Seems like the mod's worth the trouble.
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takokichi
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Response Posted - 04/23/2005 :  20:32:49  Show Profile
Wouldn't a pillow under your head solve that problem?
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