Sleeping on the Marinaut

Rich and others.
I just got my sheets of Hypervent and am getting ready to cut them up and install them in the V-berth of my Marinaut 215. I am wondering if I need to somehow anchor or stick them to the fiberglass bed surfaces so they don't slide around. Is it necessary to do this? If so, what are your suggestions on how to do it?
Gary
 
Fit the Hypervent to the dimension of the berth cushions. It is not necessary to stick it in place. The temptation is to leave excess Hypervent to extend beyond the perimeter of the cushion, which we found to be a mistake. It made sleeping uncomfortable. This of course is my opinion. I suggest going to the general forum and get advice, too, from the c-brats community.

Rich
 
RoseDoctor":3lqc4m5t said:
Rich,
Should I cut out the rectangular center section (above the open space) or should I leave it in place?
Gary
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I'm sorry -- I spent all my time on the boat and not on this site. I think by now you realize what to do.

I've got to tell you that we nailed the sleeping situation by taking the following actions:
1) We only use hyper vent for the first few weeks on the season, and don't need it afterwards.
2) We use one layer of 2" egg crate foam first
3) We have another player of 1" memory foam on top of the first
4) And we cut an extra long sleeping bag into the shape of the berth to use as the sleep surface. Outside surface is up in the summer, and the inside, fleece surface is up when it is cold outside. It was so easy to do this. I cut it to shape with scissors, and stitched it with heavy duty thread and a needle. As often as needed, we wash the sleeping bag and put it in a dryer.

Rich
 
Hi Rich,
You're right - we have it pretty well figured out by now.

Marilyn and I spent 15 nights on board SEEKER in cold Puget Sound water this summer. We left the mat down all summer and slept in down sleeping bags right on the foam pads that are in the boat. Nothing else was needed except two really good quality pillows. It worked fine for us.

We tried sleeping with feet towards both the bow and the stern and much prefer having our feet forward. We had a bit of condensation on parts of the boat walls on cold mornings but it did not last long and was not a problem.

All in all - we had a ball on SEEKER and cannot wait until next summer.

Gary
 
This is an update on my Interstate battery situation. As I stated previously, my Interstate group 31 house battery failed after one season. I spoke with the service manager at my marina and he assured me that they set their battery chargers for AGM batteries, that they don't overcharge and that they utilize a rotational charging methodology which protects the batteries. Interestingly, my now eight-year-old Cabela's AGM battery lasted throughout the 2016 season. Next season, I'm going to give Interstate batteries one last chance. These batteries are expensive and should last a lot longer than one year, particularly that they are only lightly discharged, and are not subjected to extreme heat. Frankly, I don't have a clue as to why these interstate batteries are suffering a premature failure. The one thing that both Interstate battery failures have in common is that they failed over the winter: one case was at EQ Marine, and the other at Port Niantic. So I don't think the problem originates at the Marina. I'll Report back to the group in a couple years on how my of third interstate battery fared.

Rich
 
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