Drying Out

[Hamin' X]

I had to double check to make certain we were still in " MacGregor Powersailor Discussion" For a moment there, I thought we were in the pub. Due to the rather forward photo material, and the location of the very forward "V berth, maybe the front room is more apropos By the way Rich, are you under that pile somewhere

Ray

I can't take full blame, or credit for the v-berth photo, Ray. You must have been on other duty when the original posting by "restless" came in this thread:

http://www.macgregorsailors.com/forum/v ... er#p193359

The Mods decided to leave it on the forum, as a work of art.

~Rich

[kmclemore]

The Mods decided to leave it on the forum, as a work of art.

~Rich

!	kmclemore:
	Goes to show we're gentlemen of good taste. We may not know art, but we know what we like.

[C Striker]

As to that work of art, all I can think of is nice aft!!

And on reflection, I do sleep in the V with my #2 girl, Pepper. (yeap she's a salty dog) We like the breeze and how easy it is to pop our head out to glare at the 2 AM giggers.

Erik

[ALX357]

I do not consider the rear berth on a X as habitable for humans. That's a place for storage, and the V berth the place to sleep. The rear berth doesn't even have enough room for "doggie". How're you supposed to get in and out ? Like a worm, I guess.

[K9Kampers]

I do not consider the rear berth on a X as habitable for humans. That's a place for storage, and the V berth the place to sleep. The rear berth doesn't even have enough room for "doggie". How're you supposed to get in and out ? Like a worm, I guess.

What??!!

[ALX357]

What What ??!! ?

[Retcoastie]

You're sleeping the wrong direction.

Sleep crossways and its easy in, easy out.

[ALX357]

I can't do that, sleep crosswise .... that'd fly in the face of hundreds of years of tradition. Hammocks in the Royal Navy, .... submarines .... have you ever seen anyone bunking crosswise on a ship ?
Anyway, on my X, one would have to snake around the companionway ladder to get in, making access nearly as difficult. Also, that would mean the storage stuff has be pushed or carried over the bedding, to get it aft.
The only good place to store the cockput cushions in wet weather is under the cockpit, lengthwise along the hull. That precludes the crosswise sleeping in the afterbirth. Uh, o well.

[Retcoastie]

After I posted, I was wondering if you had the ladder or the step. We have the ladder and pivot it up at night. With it out of the way, there is plenty of room. We have an oil cloth bedspread that keeps all the dirt and water off the bed during the day. We quit carrying the cockpit cushions. They get wet too easy and hold water too long for our tastes. We use individual cushions.

As far as tradition goes, I believe that is for sleeping underway. We have never slept underway, always at anchor, a dock, or on the trailer. At anchor, with the bow into the seas, crossways gives a gentle rocking mo0tion.

[Catigale]

I do not consider the rear berth on a X as habitable for humans

Maybe not, but I there are some fruits I wouldnt mind sharing it with....

[ALX357]

I really don't think there was any disctinction made, whether underway or at anchor, in port, etc. as to the traditional orientation of shipboard hammocks or bunks. They wouldn't change the hanging of the hammocks around, and the bunks were fixed, usually to allow the center aisle access forward etc. I don't know about the Captain's quarters berths orientation .... does anyone else here have info.?

Not that it makes any difference on an

I just like the V-berth. The headroom, the hatch, the vent in the hatch for air circulation, the access, the visibility to the cockpit ( I made a set of clear plexi companionway cover boards ), etc. The distance from the head. Wouldn't want to sleep so close to the restroom - auditory privacy.

[ALX357]

Cat, I guess it's telling my age, but "fruits" has some possibly odd connotations ....

I recollect the phrase " California, the land of fruits and nuts ... "

'Prob. not your intended meaning.

[kmclemore]

I recollect the phrase " California, the land of fruits and nuts ... "

Ha... indeed.. I remember it as "Living in California is like living in a bowl of granola... what isn't fruits or nuts is flakes!"

[Catigale]

I am weak to resist a passing entendre etendre....

[c130king]

I am surprised at your restraint. There are many comments in this thread that are ripe for the picking...(my weak fruits reference).