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oldgrowth
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 Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 12:48 pm Post subject: |
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I think this photo from Rich & Betty’s photo album shows their berth arrangement very well.
Dave 
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C-Nile
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City/Region: Connecticut
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C-Dory Year: 2012
Vessel Name: Betty Ann
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Thanks Dave. We neglected to add earlier that those are queen-size pillows. This was your vision for a berth after spending so many hours on your CD 18, and we really benefitted from that added space in the berth. I'm a pretty big person at 250 lbs., but never felt cramped. More importantly, my wife has never gone camping or has slept on a boat. We actually had a contingency to take our rental car to a motel en lieu of sleeping on the boat if things got uncomfortable. We enjoyed sleeping on the boat so much, that we slept 19 straight comfortable nights doing so. It was great awakening to the sounds of sea gulls in the morning, and to the slight clanking of rigging of the sailboats in the marina, which sounded like wind chimes.
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Captains Cat
Joined: 03 Nov 2003
Posts: 7313
City/Region: Cod Creek>Potomac River>Chesapeake Bay
State or Province: VA
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Captain's Choice II
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Thanks Rich and Betty! Didn't realize it was that open, and with your description of where you put the head overnight, makes a lot of room for you both! Great arrangement!
Charlie
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Les Lampman
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| Dene wrote: | Les,
You described it as a family boat. Can mom and pop sleep comfortably in the V-berth? My understanding is that it's 48 inches wide. If so, kinda narrow isn't for two, normal sized people.
-Greg |
Hi Greg,
Good question, it's not actually really apparent by looking at the drawings without a bit of explanation.
The v-berth on the M215 is about 6' 4" wide just forward of the helm bulkhead. It's almost 6' long if you're measuring along the top of the berth cushion (without the berth extensions).
At the top of the cushion it's 51" across from the inboard edge of the helm console to the hull side. However, the hull has a lot of flare and at the level of, say, one's shoulders or hips it's about 58" wide.
Unlike a bed at home you can't fall out of the v-berth so that makes more of the bed useful; while 58" might be a little tight on a bed at home the v-berth is actually about the same as sleeping on a queen bed (it's wider than a standard 56" double).
To complicate matters further...when the berth extensions are added they're wider than the opening between the inboard edge of the helm console and the hull, and that changes things too depending on how you're sleeping.
All totaled it's a pretty large space and it gives you a fair amount of flexibility in whether you want to sleep with your head toward the bow, your head toward the stern, or even crosswise (if you're alone in particular).
So far in real life couples that have tried the berth feel like they have plenty of room.
Les
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