FWIW, I hinged the V berth ply lid across the forward edge, and made up a line from the aft edge with a hook that clips on an eye in front of the forward hatch. This holds the ply up with all the bedding on it when I want to get into the forward locker (We are a Mk I) where we keep the sails and spare anchor, etc. That way the bed stays made up.
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S.V. Wind Star
Rob & Margie Kyles: Auckland ,New Zealand
Mk I Hull #105 1983 Std Rig, Std Keel
Rob,
Have you come up with a way to deal with the made up bed making the drawers hard to get into?
- nick
Nick Tonkin
*Former* Website Administrator, C36/375IA
*Former* owner, C36 tr/fk #255, Santa Barbara, CA
Hi Nick - when we bought our boat the PPO had butchered the drawers and made them into a kind of fold down flap - hinged at the bottom to access under the V berth. The drawer fronts are fixed to a thin ply backing so when it's shut it still looks like drawers.
Behind that was just a big hole, so I bought a couple of plastic boxes, and sat two on their sides (one on top of the other) with the open tops behind the drawer front opening. This stops the sails from pressing on the front.
In the top box I keep most of my tools in transparent plastic modular 'kitchen / lunch boxes that neatly stack on top of each other so when I drop down the drawer fronts I can see in the ends of the boxes what tools are in them. One box has spanners, one has screwdrivers, one has Hex keys and so on. The bottom box has the lowest side cut out, giving access to the speed log transducer, and a couple more plastic tool boxes.
Pretty clunky, but it works really rather well. All our clothes fit in the drawers opposite the head (we like to go to WARM places :) )
BTW, the hinged door to the port side had nothing behind it, so I found a 'Fish Bin' that fitted nicely there on its end with the top opening against the bulkhead in the same way and that keeps all our shoes stacked up inside.
S.V. Wind Star
Rob & Margie Kyles: Auckland ,New Zealand
Mk I Hull #105 1983 Std Rig, Std Keel
Rob can you post some pictures of what you've got up there? Have always thought there's a ton of waste space up under the v-berth and it's hard to get at it easily. It'd be nice to see what others have.
Hi Bud,
Sure - we will be returning to Wind Star in May to get ready for a (God willing) trip to the tropics this winter (got to install the new Beta 25 first). I will take some pix then and post them somewhere. :)
S.V. Wind Star
Rob & Margie Kyles: Auckland ,New Zealand
Mk I Hull #105 1983 Std Rig, Std Keel
And Rob, I know it's asking a lot, but with the Beta project how about capturing it in lots of photos and writing it up for us and JibSheet? Thanks.
Larry Brandt
S/V High Flight #2109
Pacific Northwest, PDX-based
2002 C-36 mkII SR/FK M35B
Done :-)
Have done the article on the engine as requested. Filed it under 'UPGRADES' in the technical articles section. Hope this is what you wanted :-)
Rob
S.V. Wind Star
Rob & Margie Kyles: Auckland ,New Zealand
Mk I Hull #105 1983 Std Rig, Std Keel
:) will do
S.V. Wind Star
Rob & Margie Kyles: Auckland ,New Zealand
Mk I Hull #105 1983 Std Rig, Std Keel
I think I'm going to pull those drawers out this spring also. Wasted storage that we don't really use, plus I've had them out once before and they are very heavy and poorly built.
Jason V
Vancouver, BC, Canada
[QUOTE=Nimue;11994]I think I'm going to pull those drawers out this spring also. Wasted storage that we don't really use, plus I've had them out once before and they are very heavy and poorly built.[/QUOTE]
Now Jason, your a racer, don't forget to report the changes to the local rating authority
Carl Wehe
1985 C36TM #443
Hillsboro Inlet,FL
[QUOTE=GloryDaze;11999]Now Jason, your a racer, don't forget to report the changes to the local rating authority[/QUOTE]
I am already sailing around with 9 seconds worth of false sail area penalties (the sail measurements on my certificate would never fit on a Cat 36) in order to get the boat up into the division I want to sail in. No problems!
Jason V
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Holy smokes, is the division you are supposed to be in that bad, or is it too good?
Carl Wehe
1985 C36TM #443
Hillsboro Inlet,FL
My proper division is full of 25-29' higher performance boats. Ends up if the breeze is below 8 we are last, if it's above 10 we are first, regardless of anything else. The division I bump myself up to is full of 35' racer cruisers, most of slightly higher performance than us but it is more of an apples to apples situation.
Jason V
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Years ago, I converted bins to cabinets. Built bulkheads, added shelves, took bin fronts and made doors. Added a ton of storage that is usable. Bins were a waste.
Chic Lasser
Past Commodore