Similar subject.. I do have sitting headroom, as long as I'm leaning forward a little bit; but then, I'm only about 5'8, so.. For making dinner, I put a pillow into the porta-potti cavity. I then sit on the pillow, and a float cushion behind me for back rest. I have a roughly 3' x 1' x 1" piece of varnished pine that I place in front of me, each end of which rests just near the side cabin compartments. It acts like a shelf, and on it, I do the cooking, while facing the stern. I cross my legs indian style, as there's no room to stretch out. In each of the side cabin compartments I keep the cooking supplies, within easy reach while sitting in the "cooking/dining berth". I don't bring a cooler for these trips. Nor porta pottie, but just the 5 gallon pail setup with treated camping waste bags. I'm debating bringing my mini Thetford Porta Potti on the next trip, but am having trouble figuring out what chemicals I'm supposed to use for it. Does anyone know what they aare and where to get them? My main concern is odor. Has anyone used one in their boat for more than a few days? Do they keep the odor sealed up inside the thing over several days? No fun sailing while constantly smelling poo! (and your own at that!) On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 12:31 PM Edward Epifani <edepifani@hotmail.com> wrote:
You might consider canvas”lee boards”what we used in the old days when we were the guys who had the windward berth. Very simple.
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On Apr 3, 2020, at 8:58 AM, brad kurlancheek <bkurlancheek@gmail.com> wrote:
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