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BillE



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 13, 2018 1:10 pm    Post subject: cutout v-berth Reply with quote

I like the open berth shown on the Marinaut photos and have seen other C-Dorys so modified.
The Tomcats come a bit more open but I think that I want more than that. I'm a touch claustrophobic and think that I would like most everything to port of helm to be wide open, almost all the way forward. Any thoughts as to the positives and negatives of this? Anyone done this to their C-25?

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smckean (Tosca)



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 13, 2018 1:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My CD25 has been modified that way. I love it. Way easier for me to get out in the middle of the night for a whiz without disturbing my wife who sleeps on the starboard side. Also, I find the v-berth the perfect place to storage duffle bags, coats, laptop, and many other things when not sleeping. The open berth makes that use far more practical.

Here are a couple of photos taken by the previous owner (David McKibben) who made the modification.

http://www.c-brats.com/modules.php?set_albumName=Anna-Leigh-25-Upgrades&id=011_G&op=modload&name=gallery&file=index&include=view_photo.php

http://www.c-brats.com/modules.php?set_albumName=Anna-Leigh-25-Upgrades&id=012_G&op=modload&name=gallery&file=index&include=view_photo.php
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BillE



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 13, 2018 3:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for the photos, I like that but want even more. I want the "roof" gone, too.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 13, 2018 4:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

BillE wrote:
Thanks for the photos, I like that but want even more. I want the "roof" gone, too.


Here is one with "the roof gone too". (I think you will lose a lot of the C-Dory functionality, appeal and charm:wink:



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 13, 2018 4:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My 25 was modified to the extent that there is no bulkhead on the port side--only the upper lip. It really opens it up. There is a piece of some hard wood, which was epoxied to the hull, just below the residual lip. This wood is stained close to teak color, and the fan is mounted on it. (Fans are essential, in both the tropics and the cold area to keep air circulating. There is a 24" grab bar, you can use to help get in and out. We have the standard cushions, plus 1/2" closed cell foam, and then a 3.5" memory foam topper--so the whole mattress is about 9" thick. Bill, I'll fire you an email with a photo. There does not seem to be any structural loss of integrity.

Also we put a fan on the fore deck hatch, to bring fresh air in at night, in most moderate climates. We have insect or no see em screens over the hatches. Also putting ports on the side of the cabin house both gives more light, and air.

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smckean (Tosca)



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 13, 2018 4:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

BillE wrote:
I want the "roof" gone, too.

I can "see" the advantage of that.....especially getting in and & out; but for me personally, I wouldn't do it. You would lose the shelf from starboard of mid-ship to the port hull wall. I love that shelf.....can't imagine doing without it for glasses, iPhone. flashlite, cords, pens......you get the idea Wink
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 13, 2018 5:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Daydream's mod http://www.c-brats.com/modules.php?set_albumName=album146&id=IMGP0755&op=modload&name=gallery&file=index&include=view_photo.php
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 13, 2018 7:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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... I love that shelf.....can't imagine doing without it for glasses, iPhone. flashlite, cords, pens......you get the idea Wink


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PostPosted: Wed Jun 13, 2018 8:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What you need is a CD 16 with it's spacious V berth. Here, I have removed the steering wheel and chart plotter for additional space.

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BillE



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 13, 2018 9:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Now that works, Marco! I could prop up in there. Otherwise I'll be sleeping on the dinette.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 13, 2018 10:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here is a photo of the "full cutout", retaining the shelf and crash bar. If you note there is a hardwood block epoxied to the hull which supports the furtherest port side of the shelf, as well as an attachment point for the fan on the port side.

Pardon the mess. I have glued together the bottom back packing pads, and am going to be cutting the blue back packing foam pads under the gear shelves on each side. Have not decided if I will put the blue pads on the hull above the shelf or not. Probably the pads will be held in place with velcro.

The item in the terry cloth carry bag in the center under the bunk is the air conditioner which fits in the opening windshield window. Looking out the window--you can see that the boat is finally in the water! Light boat, and we hit 33.5 mph at 5900 RPM going from the ramp to the house.

I put in a bungee cord and retainer to hold our duffle bags on the shelves. the aft end had a footman loop screwed to a piece of teak epoxied to the hull sides, and the forward end has the footman loop on the anchor locker bulkhead.

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 12:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You've been busy, Bob! That's a cleaver AC solution for someone who only needs one for an occasional overnighter now and then.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 12:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

My only real concern with this is I'd keep losing my pillow... Laughing
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