Parallel to what? Which level to use?

[GoneDiving]

My salon/cabin/wheel house floor slopes down to the bow at 5° and all of the cabinetry, seating etc sits on leveling decks. This gives steps everywhere and a lot of wasted volume (the steps can be up to 6" in places).

Has any one rebuilt furniture to be parallel to a sloping floor rather than water level? I can understand that galley and table tops need to be level but seating, lounging areas and other miscellaneous boxes? Is this uncomfortable to sit in for extended periods?

Thanks

 

[Brisyboy]

Horizontal is a must for extended sitting - our body is very sensitive to picking up anything that isn`t - horizontal,vertical, flat etc so even sitting on something that was only 5 degrees off would feel "odd"

 

[tiltrider1]

I always build things to be level when the boat is at rest. Of course this means nothing is level when the boat is in motion. My reasoning for this, I use by boat 90% of the time at the dock or anchor and only 10% under power.

 

[rslifkin]

I always build things to be level when the boat is at rest. Of course this means nothing is level when the boat is in motion. My reasoning for this, I use by boat 90% of the time at the dock or anchor and only 10% under power.

I agree, that's how it should be. And if there's a trim change from full tanks to empty, shoot for somewhere around 60 percent, as you'll usually be closer than if you go for full or empty trim.

 

[FF]

Level is really hard to achieve in boats.


I use a roofing square against an upright like a door frame to build to "level".