[Public-list] Pipe Berths?

[Melissa Currier]

I don't know how old the children are, but the Catalina 27 fleet has had
success with hammocks.  The infants rock and snooze and the 4-8 kids love
sleeping like the swabbies they are!  Not so for toddlers, though (they
wriggle to much, and scare easily when waking suspended).

Strung properly/diagonally between the handrails on the cabin ceiling, you
could swing a kid or two in an Alberg 30 without invading the setee space
or cabinet/icebox clearance.

Good luck!
Melissa Currier
Infinity #57
Daybreak #458

> 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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