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Post by quaysider on Feb 25, 2017 7:20:32 GMT
I'm sneaking this in 'living aboard' even though at the moment we're only onboard 2 days a week...
JUST for the avoidance of doubt however, CROSS BEDS SUCK... and not in a good way.
When designing Ellis, we "agreed" (read I gave in arguing about who would get the cold side against the wall) to build a cross bed rather than inline...
In practice - I HATE the ruddy thing... I'm only 5ft 10 and I still bang my head on one side and Feet on the other...
The "Dwelf" (work it out) is fine!
Suffice to say, I am exercising my right to sleep diagonally in the hope the "Dwelf" gets sick and asks me to re-design the cabin to fit in a proper bed... that will mean losing 18 inches of the 3 foot wardrobe but I can live with that!
#JUST saying...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2017 7:28:11 GMT
I'm sneaking this in 'living aboard' even though at the moment we're only onboard 2 days a week... JUST for the avoidance of doubt however, CROSS BEDS SUCK... and not in a good way. When designing Ellis, we "agreed" (read I gave in arguing about who would get the cold side against the wall) to build a cross bed rather than inline... In practice - I HATE the ruddy thing... I'm only 5ft 10 and I still bang my head on one side and Feet on the other... The "Dwelf" (work it out) is fine! Suffice to say, I am exercising my right to sleep diagonally in the hope the "Dwelf" gets sick and asks me to re-design the cabin to fit in a proper bed... that will mean losing 18 inches of the 3 foot wardrobe but I can live with that! #JUST saying... Throw some clothes away and take a saw to the wardrobe - what price a decent night's sleep? It's either that or chop your legs down a bit  |
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Post by JohnV on Feb 25, 2017 7:52:25 GMT
built in double beds where you only have access to one side are a PITA when changing fitted sheets (unless you have 6' arms) ..... marginally better if you can get to an end as well. (this is not so much a problem when you are young and fit )  |
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Post by patty on Feb 25, 2017 8:26:44 GMT
built in double beds where you only have access to one side are a PITA when changing fitted sheets (unless you have 6' arms) ..... marginally better if you can get to an end as well. (this is not so much a problem when you are young and fit ) built in 4ft under the eaves of attic is even more a pain to attempt to change sheets.... |
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Post by phil70 on Feb 25, 2017 8:44:31 GMT
Yup, making the bed with only one side free is a PITA and changing bedding is even worse, that's about the only thing I miss from our previous boat..... 12 foot wide, walk round the bed (sighs,walks away muttering)
Phil
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2017 8:47:59 GMT
I am eternally grateful to Paul Mudie, then at ABNB for two pieces of advice 1 Don't have a houdini hatch over the bed, or anything important........condensation drips 2 If you're over 5'6" and you don't sleep alone, don't have a cross bed. Hope you get used to it. You have too much else to do to start changing the bed Rog |
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Post by lollygagger on Feb 25, 2017 8:59:42 GMT
Portholes in the bedroom = no cold side of the bed.
I guess your cross bed is wider than you could fit lengthways?
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Post by Jim on Feb 25, 2017 10:45:30 GMT
We have a cross bed, just about 6ft, I'm 5ft 9. No problem. I generally sleep on my side with knees bent tho.
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Post by pearley on Feb 25, 2017 18:31:03 GMT
I am eternally grateful to Paul Mudie, then at ABNB for two pieces of advice 1 Don't have a houdini hatch over the bed, or anything important........condensation drips 2 If you're over 5'6" and you don't sleep alone, don't have a cross bed. Hope you get used to it. You have too much else to do to start changing the bed Rog If you double glaze your Houdinis you don't get condensation. Even so ours is to one side of the bed. If the alternative is sharing a 4 ft wide bed then I'll keep our 5 ft cross bed |
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Post by quaysider on Feb 25, 2017 20:42:50 GMT
The whole "drips from the porthole in the centre of the bed thing" initially meant neither of us used the middle... now I've made shutters and leave the one at the foot of the bed slightly ajar, that problem is no longer present.
I SHOULD have stood my ground in the first place!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2017 22:06:03 GMT
I'm sneaking this in 'living aboard' even though at the moment we're only onboard 2 days a week... JUST for the avoidance of doubt however, CROSS BEDS SUCK... and not in a good way. When designing Ellis, we "agreed" (read I gave in arguing about who would get the cold side against the wall) to build a cross bed rather than inline... In practice - I HATE the ruddy thing... I'm only 5ft 10 and I still bang my head on one side and Feet on the other... The "Dwelf" (work it out) is fine! Suffice to say, I am exercising my right to sleep diagonally in the hope the "Dwelf" gets sick and asks me to re-design the cabin to fit in a proper bed... that will mean losing 18 inches of the 3 foot wardrobe but I can live with that! #JUST saying... The one thing I really disliked about 'the dog house' was the bed. Whoever was fastened in on the inside invariably hated it. I would have killed for a cross bed. however the best bed on a narrow boat I have ever come across was on a hire boat, nb Helena from Napton. It was longtitudinal along the length of the front cabin but it was around five foot wide. This made it tight to get past but the inconvieience of this was more than worth it. Also it wasn't boxed in at the end so the person on the inside could slip out for a piss in the night and the person on the outside wasn't disturbed. If I was ever to design a boat from scratch that is the arrangement I would have had.  |
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Post by Mr Stabby on Feb 25, 2017 22:10:24 GMT
The whole "drips from the porthole in the centre of the bed thing" initially meant neither of us used the middle... Well, let's face it, no-one likes sleeping on the wet patch. |
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Post by Saltysplash on Feb 27, 2017 8:54:59 GMT
On Lady Elgar its original fitout was two adult bunk beds. I removed them but instead of making a small permanent double I made a fold down section and used both mattresses, so during the day the bed was a single and could be used for snoozing allowing plenty of walk through room as well, at night the fold down section made the bed the full width of the boat. The wall/hull side was lined with carpet so no cold wood catching you unawares.
It was a lovely massive bed.
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