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raymond kalinsky
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lee cloths

Hi to All. last year we spent many hours beating to windward, heading up north on lake Michigan. It was very hard to stay in any of the bunks on the windward side. I needed 4 bunks per shift. Has anybody put in lee cloths on the MK II 2006. I am thinking one on the starboord side and two across the dinnet side. Also I have 1/2 the matteress removed in the aft bunk and will place a lee cloth their. Has any body done this and can offer some measurments,attachements, etc.

Thanks for the heip on a good watch sleep.
Ray K. Little Miss Magic

raymond kalinsky
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No Answers Am I The Only One Who Sails Up Wind And Has 3 Or 4 Crew Trying To Sleep While On A 315 Mile Race. Does Anybody Hav Lee Cloths To Keep Sleepers In The Bunks Whil Sailing At An Angle.
Raymond Kalinsky Little Miss Magic

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I am sure this topic has been discussed previously, and in depth. Try doing a search either on the new bulletin board here, and/or on the archived bulletin board.

When I go offshore I don't have that many people onboard...just one (or at most, two) needs to sleep while off watch. In my case, I lower the dinette table (we have the u-shaped dinette) to about 6 inches above the seat level and it acts as a lee rail to keep the sleeper in the portside "bunk". In heavier seas that probably wouldn't be adequate.

I strongly urge you to insist your crew avoid sleeping with their head forward. I heard a story of a boat off the west coast, just last year, that buried its bow into a wave and the off-watch sleeper, head forward, broke his neck.

Larry Brandt
S/V High Flight #2109
Pacific Northwest, PDX-based
2002 C-36 mkII SR/FK M35B
 

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