[Public-list] Pipe Berths?

[Brian Palmer]

Adrian,

My Alberg (#288) has a pipe berth, but I don't have it in the boat now
to show photos.  I can describe it though.  It is a heavy canvas
material over aluminium pipes, as John described.  There are wood U
shaped brackets that bolt to the bulkheads under the 3 side cabinets
(on the port side in the main cabin).  The brackets under the cabinets
are actually doubled up like a UU shape so you can store both pipes
under the cabinets when not in use.  A single U set of brackets are
closer to the center line of the boat.  When in use, the berth pulls
about 2 feet above the settee berth, covering the icebox door.  The
lower bunk is pretty tight in this case.  One nice thing you can do it
move the outer pipe inward about 2-3 inches to the 2nd bracket which
is normally used to store the 2nd pipe.  By making the bunk a little
narrower, it sags the bunk, making it hold you in place better when
the boat is healed over.  When in storage, it covers over the
top-loading storage behind the settee seats.

One thing you could consider for 3 smaller kids would be a V-birth
insert.  We have 3 plywood boards and a foam triangle that fills in
between the V-birth bunks.  It's roomy enough for 3 kids who get
along.

-Brian
L'Esprit #288
On 9/19/05, John Boor <5thseason at canada.com> wrote:
> > I read somewhere here in the list about pipe berths for
> > Alberg 30s.   Does anyone have any, and if so, do they
> > have any pictures which make   clear how they work? The
> > Alberg 30 is on the short list of boats to   move up to
> > from a Contessa 26, with berth numbers being a
> > considerable dealbreaker. We have three children and would
> > like each   to have their own place to sleep. The pipe
> > berths sounded promising,   but I want to see how they
> > work so I can explain it to my wife.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Adrian L.
> >
> Adrian
> My boat #380 came with a pipe birth and I am going down to
> the boat today and will take photo's of the location .  At
> the present time I do not use it but will install to show
> how it looks.
> 
> John Boor
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