Re: Berth size enlarged
Posted by:
dwkayaks (IP Logged)
Date: July 20, 2011 05:47AM
Category: Cabin Comforts
Gee , Bass , my settee bunks in a Sam Morse built boat would not be comfortable for an over 6' person ,,,, I am trying to enlarge my port side settee bunk to accomodate a comfortable two person bunk,,,, not an easy task !
We found that extending the pilot port side berth was not joy for us . especially since we could not sit up and read comfortably while in the extended dbl bunk position .
I did copy the port side bunk arrangement that Doug Schmuck of BCC Puffin , N Z , did to his boat , but that fell short as he advised it would ,,, for a comfortable two some , over night .
Currently I am still designing and working with a plan to widen that berth , but how to make it longer would require a rearangement of fixed furniture in the cabin.
That can be done but there would be compromises all around .
I had a nice settee arangement for taller persons on my Pacific Seacraft Orion 27' , and had my best friend at 6'8" be very comfortable sleeping on that bunk , during an overnight passage from San Francisco to Monterey . That arrangement could be adapted to a BCC if needed , as it was quite comfortable for all who slepped there .
Good Luck ,,,, everything depends on how you want to use your boat ????