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12-19-2013, 01:58 PM
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Veteran Member
City: englewood fl
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V berth
Hey folks does anyone have an idea on how to make the v-berth more comfortable?
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12-19-2013, 02:03 PM
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Enigma
City: Slicker?
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Greetings,
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12-19-2013, 02:05 PM
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Veteran Member
City: englewood fl
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That might work...until she talked
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12-19-2013, 02:35 PM
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Guru
City: Powell River, BC
Vessel Name: Northern Spy
Vessel Model: Nordic Tug 26
Join Date: Feb 2012
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Spelling corrected
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12-19-2013, 03:08 PM
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Guru
City: Montgomery, TX
Vessel Name: Encore
Vessel Model: Whitby 42
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 844
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Move it to the back of the boat?
Bob
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12-19-2013, 03:26 PM
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TF Site Team
City: California Delta
Vessel Name: FlyWright
Vessel Model: 1977 Marshall Californian 34 LRC
Join Date: Apr 2008
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I've got little experience with V berths but find getting in and out awkward. My suggestion won't help this problem, but might make the cushion/mattress more tolerable.
We added a memory foam mattress topper (2 1/2 to 3 inch thick) which was a great improvement in firmness and temperature comfort. The some of the best $150 we spent on the boat.
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12-19-2013, 03:33 PM
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Master and Commander
City: Vallejo CA
Vessel Name: Carquinez Coot
Vessel Model: penultimate Seahorse Marine Coot hull #6
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My previous boat (Bluewater Blackwatch) had a V-berth. The backrests were made of cushion material mounted on various-sized boards and were held against the hull interior using wooden forms. The backrests could be removed to fill the open distance between the berths, resulting in one bed as wide as the boat.
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12-19-2013, 03:34 PM
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Guru
City: Tampa, FL
Join Date: Nov 2013
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Personally, my wife and I have always found v-berths to be quite comfortable. Some idea of why you think yours is not might help with getting more useful answers.
On the other hand, I like Rufus T's answer.
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12-19-2013, 05:21 PM
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Member
City: SE Florida
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Sleep with your feet pointed towards the bow.
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12-19-2013, 05:44 PM
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Guru
City: Ft Pierce
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cowdogs
Sleep with your feet pointed towards the bow.
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Why? On many boats that puts your head downhill which isn't healthy...
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12-19-2013, 06:34 PM
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Senior Member
City: Everett, Wa
Vessel Name: The 6-Pack
Vessel Model: 1974 Custom Aluminum Pilothouse
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We had a nice mattress custom made. I went into their store and got onto the nicest mattress in the place. We made a template and they made it for us. It is a local company in marysville, wa. Here is their website ( http://www.bedandmattresseverett.com/). It was not cheap but best money I spent on my wife's boat happiness!
They are bulky to ship so you might look local...
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12-19-2013, 06:50 PM
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TF Site Team
City: California Delta
Vessel Name: FlyWright
Vessel Model: 1977 Marshall Californian 34 LRC
Join Date: Apr 2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by psneeld
Why? On many boats that puts your head downhill which isn't healthy...
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My amidship stateroom sleeps feet forward/head aft. Most island queens in aft staterooms also sleep head aft. I never noticed any issue with my head being lower than my feet. Maybe this is fodder for a new 300 post thread!
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12-19-2013, 08:22 PM
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Guru
City: Ft Pierce
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FlyWright
My amidship stateroom sleeps feet forward/head aft. Most island queens in aft staterooms also sleep head aft. I never noticed any issue with my head being lower than my feet. Maybe this is fodder for a new 300 post thread!
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While that is the way vee berths are designed to be slept in...way too many boats are so poorly designed that the vee berths slope aft which makes sleeping that way not comfortable in my book nor in my doctors opinion...
my point is that just because that's the way the brochure suggests sleeping...it's not the "mandated" way as pointed out....two boat I've lived aboard previously I have slept head forward in the vee berth.
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12-19-2013, 08:30 PM
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Guru
City: Thibodaux, Louisiana
Vessel Name: Gumbo
Vessel Model: 2003 Monk 36
Join Date: Oct 2007
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I agree with Denver what do you find wrong? Mattress, noise, ventilation, etc.
When we owned our Camano the vee berth was comfortable but in certain conditions the waves slapped the hull and could be quite noisy, but one of those things you get used to.
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12-19-2013, 08:32 PM
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Guru
City: South FL
Vessel Name: Oliver
Vessel Model: Nordhavn 47 Hull# 12
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve
I agree with Denver what do you find wrong? Mattress, noise, ventilation, etc. When we owned our Camano the vee berth was comfortable but in certain conditions the waves slapped the hull and could be quite noisy, but one of those things you get used to.
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Yeah I know what you mean, after awhile though it goes away (mentally that is) and also find it kind of soothing.
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12-19-2013, 10:06 PM
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Veteran Member
City: englewood fl
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I suppose it's a size thing being 6'2 220 i need space........so thinkin' of filling the whole thing with plywood and getting a custom mattress to fit the whole area
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12-19-2013, 10:30 PM
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Guru
City: Port Townsend, WA
Vessel Name: Traveler
Vessel Model: Cheoy Lee 46 LRC
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Interesting that some vee-berths are sloped? Of my last 3 sailboats, only one had an aft cabin. The other two had perfectly flat and level vee-berths. Not bad to sleep in, other than the climbing in and out part. Adding the Froli Sleep System on our last boat drastically improved sleeping comfort.
I would think the powerboat builder would have made/designed the berths to be flat while the boat was at rest. You're not sleeping up there while underway are you? :-)
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12-20-2013, 05:04 AM
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Guru
Join Date: Oct 2007
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If you can locate plans for a Concordia Berth , these are probably the best.
As a backrest the flexible ash slats are great , as a bunk the swing arms can be cast to make the bunk as wide as required , and the mounting can be as long as the space permits.
The inner pipe when used as a bunk is away from the hull, so a deck leak or open port wont flood the bunk.
With a anything as a spacer under the bunk rest it becomes deeper and deeper , which may be a great help in a rolly anchorage , or underway with a beam sea.
A huge advantage is all the bedding is captured inside the bunk when its folded into the backrest position.
The bunk arms are usually cast aluminum or cast bronze.3 per side.
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12-20-2013, 07:07 AM
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Guru
City: Thibodaux, Louisiana
Vessel Name: Gumbo
Vessel Model: 2003 Monk 36
Join Date: Oct 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hitch
I suppose it's a size thing being 6'2 220 i need space........so thinkin' of filling the whole thing with plywood and getting a custom mattress to fit the whole area
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YES! then you will definitely need the accessory shown in post#2
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12-20-2013, 07:15 AM
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Guru
City: Annapolis
Vessel Name: Ranger
Vessel Model: 58' Sedan Bridge
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hitch
I suppose it's a size thing being 6'2 220 i need space........so thinkin' of filling the whole thing with plywood and getting a custom mattress to fit the whole area
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Do you not have a removable insert that converts the two sides to one big platform?
-Chris
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