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 ----- Original Message ----- 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