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jeffmneary
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City/Region: Bass River
State or Province: NJ
C-Dory Year: 2001
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
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 Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2016 3:30 pm Post subject: Dinette to bed conversion |
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First and foremost I want to say thank you to Wayne (Little Mac) for the inspiration for this project. I posted some photos in my gallery. I have a large family, myself, my wife and 4 small kids and this conversion will make camping much more comfortable. If anyone is interested in the details let me know and I will gladly walk you through the process...it was very easy.
Jeff
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BrentB
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| Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2016 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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Nice job and sharp looking
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journey on
Joined: 03 Mar 2005
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City/Region: Valley Centre
State or Province: CA
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: journey on
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| Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2016 4:10 pm Post subject: |
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I understand the 4 kids on small boat thing, as I lived through it. You have a good solution, well done.
Just as a matter of curiosity, where do you put the port-a-potty at night? And how do the v-berth occupants get to it? a problem that occurred on any small boat I had.
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jeffmneary
Joined: 24 Nov 2016
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City/Region: Bass River
State or Province: NJ
C-Dory Year: 2001
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
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| Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2016 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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| journey on wrote: | I understand the 4 kids on small boat thing, as I lived through it. You have a good solution, well done.
Just as a matter of curiosity, where do you put the port-a-potty at night? And how do the v-berth occupants get to it? a problem that occurred on any small boat I had.
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Hi Boris,
It's a work in progress, but here's the game plan. For know I have a pop-up privacy shower enclosure (see: Leapair on Amazon) which gets set up in the cockpit to house the porta-potty and shower when needed. I left an aisle btw the bed and the counter so movement through the cabin is possible with the bed in place. I'm about to start constructing a fiberglass cockpit cover with the eventual plan on having custom canvas side walls fabricated (basically a custom camperback with a hardtop). Once that is complete I'm going to re-design things to allow for a more comfortable and somewhat climate controlled head for year round boating (except perhaps for January and February). I love the idea of a permanent and enclosed head as you have in the 25, but it was never in the cards for me financially, so time to get creative!  I'll post pics as I go.
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South of Heaven
Joined: 15 Aug 2015
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City/Region: Sharon
State or Province: MA
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| Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2016 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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Jeff: Looks good! I love the solar panel too.
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Sea Wolf
Joined: 01 Nov 2003
Posts: 8650
City/Region: Redding
State or Province: CA
C-Dory Year: 1987
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
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| Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2016 12:32 pm Post subject: |
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Don't know if it would be a helpful idea at this point, but IIRC, one of our members constructed a convertible stacked Bunk Bed over the dining table several years ago. This would be most useful with small kids, but is an idea.
One could also construct a flat bed over the helm seat and dinette as well.
OK, so now where do we put the Missile Tubes? (Put the head/shower in one of them.) 
Joe.  
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Wayne McCown
Joined: 11 Jul 2006
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City/Region: Rochester
State or Province: NY
C-Dory Year: 1999
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Little Mac
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| Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2016 4:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks, Jeff, for the "credit" and the photos! Looks good: I like the colors! Wayne (Little Mac) |
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