Hi, Andrei: I just did this for a trip to the Apostles with my nephew. The boards worked great, but the weather -- and my skimpy cockpit tent -- didn't. Use three two-foot by four-foot by three-eighths-inch plywood sheets, available at Menards, Home Depot or Lowes. The three sheets will fit your cockpit perfectly. I first got quarter-inch, hoping to keep things light, but the boards were just too thin. I threw a couple coats of varnish on them and they were ready to go. Wrap them together with bungee cords and they stow nicely in the space under the cockpit. When the weather was nice, sleeping in the cockpit's breeze was great. When it wasn't .... Which brings me to a question for the group: Has anyone created a relatively rain-proof enclosure for their cockpit, which can be quickly and easily taken down if you need to handle anchors or lines or move in the night? Have fun, Andrei! The weekend forecast looks pretty good. Gordon M-17 Sapphire Milwaukee On Aug 12, 2010, at 5:11 PM, Andrei Caldararu wrote:
Hi fellow Monty owners,
over the coming week-end I am planning on sailing on Lake Michigan around Milwaukee, and I plan on spending one night with my two sons on our M-17 docked at a marina. The weather is expected to be nice. My plan is to let the two of them sleep in the cabin, as they are quite comfortable there, and to make some arrangement for myself to sleep in the cockpit. For this I intend to buy a couple of plywood boards which I would lay across the cockbit benches, and to put a sleeping bag on top. Has anyone tried this? Does anyone have dimensions for the boards one needs? Other suggestions?
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