Ive done both, love em both. Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 3, 2020, at 11:31 AM, brad kurlancheek <bkurlancheek@gmail.com> wrote:
Randy, With all due respect I think you're going to have change the name of your boat, from "No Worries" to "No Fun". ! Ha. Cheers PS - You just haven't lived till you've had to get up at 2 am, raise anchor, and go drop it somewhere else, because for whatever of 50 reasons, the present spot ain't workin out.
On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 2:07 PM Randy Sommerfeld <sommerfeldrandy@gmail.com> wrote:
I am kind of with Richard on this, pulling into a motel, flush toilets, air conditioning and bed that you can easily get in and out off.
Randy Sommerfeld
M17, No Worries
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*From: *Richard Guy <guyricardo@gmail.com> *Sent: *Friday, April 3, 2020 12:21 PM *To: *For and about Montgomery Sailboats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> *Cc: *bkurlancheek <bkurlancheek@gmail.com> *Subject: *Re: M_Boats: Sleeping Arrangements on the M15
This is great advice. We usually just pull into the slip and get a hotel room. I guess we’ve been doing it wrong. Ha.
Sent from my iPhone - please excuse any typos and the brevity of my response.
On Apr 3, 2020, at 11:05 AM, casioqv@usermail.com wrote:
Great idea discarding the cushions! My 40 year old cushions are pretty soft, I'd imagine a closed cell foam camping mat could be more comfortable, and much much thinner.
I added some 'guide bolts' that allow me to set the upper companionway hatch board across the open standing area inside the companionway. This was mostly to keep my 2 y/o son from falling down in there, but also works to make a larger sleeping area.
Sincerely,
Tyler
'81 M15 #157 S/V Defiant
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From: "bkurlancheek" <bkurlancheek@gmail.com>
To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com>
Sent: Friday, April 3, 2020 8:57:44 AM
Subject: M_Boats: Sleeping Arrangements on the M15
Hello All,
Given the state of things, have thought of doing some
extended cruising in my M15. One of my concerns is
the sleeping arrangements in the cabin. After a few 5 day
cruises in the Monty, I've decided, there just has to be a better
way, than what I've been doing. First, I discarded all the cushions.
They reduce sitting headroom height! Every inch counts in the Monty 15
cabin. Mainly, I've been sleeping head at bow, on the port side. I sleep
in a sleeping bag, on top of a couple of body-length 22"-wide camping
cushion
pads. The bed is soft enough - that's not the problem. It's getting into
the
sleeping bag that's an exercise in calistenics, and getting out.
Furthermore,
there's all that room, to starboard. I liked to be wedged, when sleeping
in a boat.
I'm not sure how to assure that on the Monty, other than putting sacks of
spare
blankets between me and the starboard hull. I'm not much satisifed with
that solution
though. I've considered making some kind of wooden border, but that might
be unwieldy.
One other thing I do is stuff sacks of more gear into the bow triangle, so
as to give me
something behind the two pillows I use. Otherwise, the pillows just
migrate into that wedge,
while failing to take me with them.
I'd be curious to know how others situate themselves when sleeping at
anchor on their M15s.
Thanks in advance,
- Brad