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
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
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