I have always slept feet forward and keep the cushions in place. I have some bins and bass that are stored/wedged at the bow, essentially forward of the potti cover, when underway. When at moorage the bed is to one side, and all bins/bags placed to the opposite to make as large a space as possible. In such a small craft I like the flexibility of being able to move things around. I quickly gave up trying to figure a way to sit up in the M15's cabin - I can sit up when sitting on the head. If I want headroom I sit in the cockpit (or sail on a Safe 15 or SageCat as these Jerry designs have sitting headroom). I find just laying down to read a book is comfortable for long periods if it is raining or the breeze in cockpit is uncomfortable. :: Dave Scobie :: M6'8" #650 :: SV SWALLOW - sv-swallow.com :: former owner M17 #375 SWEET PEA - m17-375.com :: former owner M15 #288 SCRED - www.freewebs.com/m15-named-scred/ On Fri, Apr 3, 2020, 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