sleeping on a cp16

[B.Hart]

  My wife and I camp on our 16 once a year usually in October(less bugs and cooler temps here in Florida) she sleeps fine but I move around too much and don"t get much sleep but the alcahol doe's hep. I always put up the boom tent to keep the dew off and do all the cooking in the cockpit. Using the one burner propane stove to make coffee in the morning all so takes the chill off.   BILL

[Kon Kika]

I have worked out a reasonably good sleeping solution on my 78' Compac 16, which essentially follows the approach discussed earlier that leverages a boom tent, cockpit filler panel, and an inflatable mattress. Works great and is much better than trying to squeeze my 230 pound, 5' 11" frame into the cabin berth. I've camped out on the boat three times and have no complaints.

I have some good pictures of the filler panel and the hardware I crafted to raise it into position level with the cockpit seating. You can view the pictures at http://compac16.shutterfly.com/

Cheers

Jimbo

[Steve Ullrich]

Nice pictures Jimbo.  Looks like a great plan.  I have a teak cockpit grate that I don't use because I don't want it to get scratched up.  Maybe I should start putting it to use.

I have worked out a reasonably good sleeping solution on my 78' Compac 16, which essentially follows the approach discussed earlier that leverages a boom tent, cockpit filler panel, and an inflatable mattress. Works great and is much better than trying to squeeze my 230 pound, 5' 11" frame into the cabin berth. I've camped out on the boat three times and have no complaints.

I have some good pictures of the filler panel and the hardware I crafted to raise it into position level with the cockpit seating. You can view the pictures at http://compac16.shutterfly.com/

Cheers

Jimbo

[Salty19]

Jimbo, nice setup!

[B.Hart]

  Looks great. Thanks for the photos.   BILL

[robb_black]

I can never view this link it tells me that javascript isn't working properly or something. 

I have worked out a reasonably good sleeping solution on my 78' Compac 16, which essentially follows the approach discussed earlier that leverages a boom tent, cockpit filler panel, and an inflatable mattress. Works great and is much better than trying to squeeze my 230 pound, 5' 11" frame into the cabin berth. I've camped out on the boat three times and have no complaints.

I have some good pictures of the filler panel and the hardware I crafted to raise it into position level with the cockpit seating. You can view the pictures at http://compac16.shutterfly.com/

Cheers

Jimbo

[Steve Ullrich]

Just tried it again... No problem opening it or viewing the pictures.  You might just need to update/reinstall your Java application.  Here is the site for you: http://www.java.com/en/ Hope that works for you...

I can never view this link it tells me that javascript isn't working properly or something. 

I have worked out a reasonably good sleeping solution on my 78' Compac 16, which essentially follows the approach discussed earlier that leverages a boom tent, cockpit filler panel, and an inflatable mattress. Works great and is much better than trying to squeeze my 230 pound, 5' 11" frame into the cabin berth. I've camped out on the boat three times and have no complaints.

I have some good pictures of the filler panel and the hardware I crafted to raise it into position level with the cockpit seating. You can view the pictures at http://compac16.shutterfly.com/

Cheers

Jimbo

[Kon Kika]

Couple of other notes about the cockpit sleeping setup illustrated in the pictures I provided the link to earlier. The grate itself is actually western red cedar. Although I would have preferred teak, price was a factor. Western Red Cedar turned out to be a reasonable alternative for this situation. It's highly resistant to rot, stains up very nicely, and is lightweight. Everything was stained and poly sealed to keep it in good condition, and it continues to perform extremely well.

The cross braces that are put in place between the two cockpit seating benches have been constructed of red oak for strength. Although the pictures don't reflect this detail, I ended up dipping the steel bracket ends in liquid plastic so as to avoid scratch or marring the fiberglass.

I've made many mods to my boat and will try to get some more postings and pictures in place.

[multimedia_smith]

I agree that sleeping outside is preferable. My wife, daughter, and I were comfy in our screened in queen sized floating bedroom.  The boom tent was held aloft by a sail stop in the slot and the halyard on the boom end.  It could be lowered if needed.
Here are a couple of pics from "that other" ComPac site's gallery.  Is our's gone?
cockpit filler

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/com-pac/photos/album/712582202/pic/2131620107/view?picmode=&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=21&count=20&dir=asc

Screen Room

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/com-pac/photos/album/712582202/pic/726099135/view?picmode=&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=21&count=20&dir=asc

Cheers to y'all... can't wait 'till fall

Dale