I'm 6'4". My wife is close to six feet (I threw the small ones back). No matter how you cut it, even though the berths are decent size for a 36' boat, for two people this tall, ya gotta pretzel a lot to get in and out of the berths. Oh how I wish they could have found a few more inches to make the main cabin settee just a bit longer. Solution: A king air mattress athwart. Put down both tables, and for now stack all the back rests on the floor, turn on the blower to inflate it in less than a minute, and I have a kind size bed in the roomiest part of the boat. Someone has to crawl over to get to the head you might say, well, same's true for the regular berths. It's in the way? Crawl over or partially deflate in a couple of seconds. I'll figure out a way to put a platform across the walkway so I don't have to take off all the back rests. And I don't feel claustrophobic.
Dan
S/V Tao, 1983
S/V Tao
Catalina 36
1983, Hull #114
Glad I'm only 5'4" and my wife is 5'0". Fits us just fine. Now if you would like to come help me put the mainsail cover on, I'll hire you!
Robert Perkins
[I]Andante[/I] #450
Cleveland, OH
Robert Perkins
Andante
Cleveland, OH
Robert,
If you do not have a boat as yet, you may consider the Catalina 350 or 380 series. I have refered to them as Winaboato designs for there penchant for maximizing interior space, as a studio apartment a person of your stature may appreciate the added head room, larger heads and larger beds. You could hang a chandalier in the main solon of one of these boats and still have head room.
Steve
Cepheus dream
C36 MK I # 825
MK I Tech Editor No Mas
We sleep in the Saloon when the weather starts to chill as it's easier to heat just the main cabin. I also like the roominess of the saloon and ease of getting in and out of that bearth. I'm only 5' 11" but I am still a little cramped by the saloon berth. I like the air mattress idea a lot as it is more comfy than the cushions and fits me better. Would love to hear how you finally support the end of the mattress.
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Harold Baker
S/V Lucky Duck
Duncan Bay Boat Club
Cheboygan Michigan - Lake Huron
1989 C-36 mkI TR/WK M25XP
[QUOTE=sailperk;14539]Glad I'm only 5'4" and my wife is 5'0". Fits us just fine. Now if you would like to come help me put the mainsail cover on, I'll hire you!
Robert Perkins
[I]Andante[/I] #450
Cleveland, OH[/QUOTE]
I have a sometimes cranky shoulder, so even I know what you mean. At a boater's swap meet I bought a fold out aluminum mast step, thought of putting it about a foot or so above the deck (haven't done it yet). Open it, arm around the mast, easier to get to the cover and halyard.
S/V Tao
Catalina 36
1983, Hull #114
[QUOTE=bakerha;14569]We sleep in the Saloon when the weather starts to chill as it's easier to heat just the main cabin. I also like the roominess of the saloon and ease of getting in and out of that bearth. I'm only 5' 11" but I am still a little cramped by the saloon berth. I like the air mattress idea a lot as it is more comfy than the cushions and fits me better. Would love to hear how you finally support the end of the mattress.[/QUOTE]
On my '83, the aft berth did not have a filler for the space between the berth beneath the cockpit and the starboard longitudinal seat/berth. So I added some teak strips to the existing teak pieces that hold cushions in place. I cut plywood to sit on top of the strips, and then slip the backrest into that space, it fits perfectly. Why Catalina didn't set that up in '83 when later boats have it, who knows. I have the same idea to create a filler in the saloon. Add teak strips at just the right height for cushion thickness to be level. Note that with an inflated air bed, even some gaps will still be enough support for it to work fine.
S/V Tao
Catalina 36
1983, Hull #114