V berth bedding

[Razor]

I am wanting to customize bedding to fit the v-berth in my CP-19, including a fitted sheet, flat sheet and spread or comforter. I am struggling at how to accomplish this, especially with the fitted sheets. I am wanting a fitted sheet customized if possible to hold the cushions together to keep them from shifting apart if possible.  If I remember correctly, Elk River had something for their CP-19.

Any ideas, suggestions, or pictures?

Thanks!

Terry

[waterwheels]

Terry,

I am encouraging my first mate (really my first) to make some bedding for our new Eclipse. I found this website with some pictures....may be helpful.

Don

"Living Water"

http://www.verywellsalted.com/2014/08/making-v-berth-sheets.html

[capt_nemo]

Razor,

I encourage you to try making (sewing) them yourself. It isn't that hard to do. Otherwise, you will pay a premium to have an upholstery shop make "custom" covers (bedding) for you.

Consider taking the cushions home and laying them out together on the floor as they would be in the boat. Then place a larger sheet over all and cut it the size of the cushion top PLUS the thickness of the cushion LARGER all round. Then, assuming you have a triangular "V" berth cushion, cut out a 12" to 18" triangular piece and sew it to the bottom of one corner of the cushion, pointy ends together, creating a POCKET underneath for the cushion to fit in. Do the same for the other two corners. Adjust the "tightness" of the fit by going back and sewing the pockets progressively smaller and trimming off excess. WOW-Nice job! Aren't you proud of yourself?

I remember the days when we took regular sheets, crawled up into the "V" berth, lifted the two pointy ends and tied a knot in the sheet well under the two cushions to make a "pocket". Then we just tucked the other sides in all round.

Otherwise, recommend you consider strategically placing (gluing or sewing) Velcro strips on cushion bottoms and boat to help keep cushions down AND together.

Hope this helps.

capt_nemo

[Razor]

One drawback I see is that pole sticking up through the middle of the berth. Any problem taking a saw and whacking that thing off?
Ok, maybe that isn't a good idea.....lol....

[cal27sailor]

Razor....just knock that thing right out!  Kind of like an interior wall in your house...probably not really holding up anything very important.  Let me know how it turns out!

Tony

[Craig Weis]

"Razor just knock that thing right out!  Kind of like an interior wall in your house...probably not really holding up anything very important.  Let me know how it turns out!

I see is that pole sticking up through the middle of the berth. Any problem taking a saw and whacking that thing off?
Ok, maybe that isn't a good idea.....lol.... "

The compression post is lag screwed to that plywood bulkhead that separates the Vee Birth and the quarter births.
That compression post in NEVER allowed to rest on the hull's poured cement keel but rather an inch or so above that surface and simply slapped up against the dog house's overhead and located under the mast's tabernacle. Why it is built like this? Because not every dog house is the same vertical height once pop riveted to the hull. so the compression post needs to be adjustable.

I would never recommend removing this post as that [in my opinion] would allow the roof of the dog house to oil can and that allows for those spider cracks that we all see in the outer fiberglass gel coat. Bare in mind that 'glass' does not flex very well without cracking and that allows water to creep down in there and when it freezes and expands ... well your just asking for problems.

skip.

[Tom L.]

Skip...Knock that thing out. That was intended as a joke, I think!  Nobodies going to take out the compression post unless of course they could utilize a Sky Hook attached to the top of the mast!!

Tom L.

[brackish]

I made a set for my 23.  Details in the thread attached.  It was not hard and I am not a good seamstress.  I did take my cushions home, put them on the living room floor on top of the material and marked the material about eight inches out from the cushions.  Then cut it out, cut the corners, did French seams on them, then sewed up the pocket for the elastic, leaving a slit to fish it in.  The hardest part was fishing the elastic and getting it evenly spaced in the pocket.  

As mentioned in the thread, the egg crate foam piece does a good job of negating any cushion gaps, I never even feel them.

I used a King sheet, one that I bought on ebay, rather cheap hotel quality, but for the number of nights it will be slept on it will probably last a very long time.  I didn't do a top sheet, but am considering it, one that has just about a one foot  pocket to stick around the narrow bow end to keep it in place with the rest of it generous and loose.

http://cpyoa.geekworkshosting.com/forum/index.php?topic=8707.0

[Craig Weis]

Sorry ... Vvvvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyy stressed and I've become a real turd ... with no since of humor ...

Technically speaking, an arch could be built and come up the sides of the hull, cabin and across the overhead to support the tabernacle.
doesn't the twenty three or twenty five have an arch and not a compression post?

Additionally a solid half inch of marine ply could be fitted to the under side of the cockpit sole and again supported from the sides of the hull ... that way that foam block under the sole could be removed for storage space or a double cozy birth.

Just a thought.

skip.

[brackish]

doesn't the twenty three or twenty five have an arch and not a compression post?

The 23 has the bulkhead that separates the main cabin from the forward cabin in line with the mast.  There is a built up section that bridges the two bulkhead sides and the tabernacle step sits on that built up section.  So yes, while not a true arch such as used in a Precision it achieves the same type of support.

[Razor]

lol....