Hammock for sleeping?

[BruceW]

Hi,

I was thinking I might try to rig up a hammock in the cockpit for sleeping. I do have one of those portable frames and the corresponding hammock I may try. It just barely didn't fit in the Slipper cockpit, so maybe I'll see whether it does fit in the CP -23.

Absent that, I guess I can build a cockpit grate, and then raise it on slats when I want to build out a cockpit bed. Perhaps with a boom-tent this would work out pretty well. Yeah, sure, I can always use a berth, haha. Just sometimes, it's fun and weather-appropriate to sleep outside.

I searched the site, and only found gear-hammocks.

Wondering if any of yawl have rigged one up....

[Salty19]

Due to the longest and worst winter many of us Yankess have had in years, as well as Snowmagadeon and Snowmagadeon II, as well as current threads on cabin heaters, digging out of storms and winter covers, I'm afraid forum etiquette has been breached by bring up a topic such as this.      

Only when the snow has melted, daffodils are blooming, and the spring air can be sensed can summer hammock discussions begin.

Now if you excuse me, I have some feed errands to run...

[BruceW]

Haha, that was awesome!

As for your question on what I need when you dig your way to the store,  could you look for a good mosquito net for when I'm sleeping in my hammock after the thaw? It's sunny today, and I think I need to decide the best way to nap while on the boat later THIS MONTH!

I am so glad I moved to NC from MO 31 years ago; I hate snow and it is awesome when you get snow here, and it melts the next day.

[Bob23]

Salty:
  I'd like to take this a step further and impose a snow and ice tax on our southern members so we can afford salt, gas for the snow blowers, shovels and extra rum when we are cabin bound. Sounds fair, eh? What's next: Tiger wants us to send down some sunblock? Sure, why not I send down my Tilley too? I'm tellin' ya: Some people have no conscience.
  While your at the store, pick me up some lime juice.
Bob23

[BruceW]

What kind of screens you guys use over the companionway?

Also, the front hatch might like a screen. Do you make them, or is there a good supplier?

I was thinking how the bimini I should buy would help with the summer heat. I could probably put a mosquito net over that, and let it drape down outside the coaming...maybe tie it off, or weight it with fishing weights or something.

Heck, it won't be hot here for awhile; I'm just daydreaming. Probably a lot of daysails between when winter ends TOMORROW and when it's really hot enough for all these ideas. That's why I am asking now, so I'll have plenty of time to come up with the solution(s).

[Salty19]

Bob,  having suffered most of the admins, I'll be collecting the winter taxes this year thank you very much.  

Since tiger had the gall to ask about hammocks, then proceeds to tell of sunny, warm delightfulness...then follows up with
yet another question about mosquito nets and hatch covers, not only will the snow and ice tax be levied, but sunshine, liquid water, and mast raising tax/commissioning taxes are due.

Here is a panorama of our lake last week.  Looks the same today except more snow.



Iceboat needed:

[mattman]

I have a Traveler Hammock with the bugscreen built in for backpacking in the summer. Came from campmor, or go all out with one of these Hennesy's

http://hennessyhammock.com/catalog/specs/expedition_asym_classic/

They tend to sleep cool in the summer, some guys do the insulation thing for winter but I prefer a tarp and fire for that. I do feel a little like a bear burrito hanging in the woods.

But in a bigger boat strung from the forestay and the mast...well life would be pretty nice........

[BruceW]

Mattman,

Yes, I've seen hammocks like those; mine is more the naptime kind, but I'd get something else perhaps. Have you used it on a CP 23? I am wondering how to attach it, and where it would fit the best.

Bruce

[skip1930]

Hammocks ?
Are we in the Navy?

Hang the hammock from the boom under a boom tent using spreaders.

skip.

Ice Boating is COOL.

[BruceW]

yes, hang the hammock.

The boom doesn't seem to go back far enough; I guess nobody has actually done it, at least none who have replied. I get cold just looking at all these pictures. You guys need to escape!

The frame I have might just be the ticket. I'll just see how it fits.

Yes, I'd try that ice boating if I lived where there was that much time frozen. I sure don't think I will, though. We have just enough winter here to remind me why not.

[Salty19]

Hey Tiger,

I ran into this hammock on Overstock...

http://www.overstock.com/Sports-Toys/Parachute-Silk-Waterproof-Two-person-Hammock-with-Stuff-Sack/4835102/product.html?refccid=QBUH72ATBAV23NKH5FOR7P723A&searchidx=1

I'm thinking a line-based support system is going to be a heck of a lot less bulky to store than steel support rods.

Only talking off the top of my head here, but maybe attach rear backstay with the right height.  It's not too hard to find fittings for the stay which the line can be attached securely. You could swing the boom way out while at anchor and hold it out with a preventer. Those are nice to have anyway for downwind.

[HideAway]

I d not want to be swinging from a hammock when some power jock roars by or the wind picks up..  We use the lower companion way board - the one without the latch - set just abaft the bridge deck to give enough room for our shoulders then blow up the air mattresses and set the Bimini forward above our heads.  If it rains its quick to get below.  You are right spending the night in the cockpit is very special.

In all these years we have had only one serious bug incident.  That was last year at Caladesi Island - Yep the same destination on the same weekend that some of you are coming here . The No See Ums were so bad they drove us below where we sealed ourselves in - all  ports closed, including the companion way.  Only by running the fan did we escape their teeth.  Had it been any warmer we would have left the park- for where I don't know - the water is very shallow all over that area. 

[BruceW]

I used to raise my cockpit grate on bedslats and put foam around and sleep in the Sun Cat cockpit. Had a bimini then.

I'm sure I'll want a bimini by summer time.

Meanwhile, I'll putter around with the hammock I have and see if I can rig it up. I like the idea of the hatch board to help you fit on the cockpit seats. Mine is one-piece for now; I"ll be trying to find a friend who has a table saw and fix that.

[BruceW]

Okay, so I am borrowing a tree hammock from a friend to experiment with, taking my frame hammock with me, and I have a tarp with a large mosquito net for boom tent. I can't visualize it all, so will just putter around and see what happens. I have tried putting the hatchboard down just past the bridge deck, and even my one piece one can work, just turn it so the latch is over the gap between the seats.  Probably use that board as a cockpit table as well, until I do the Brackish table rig one of these days.

Oh, and I found some foam for replacing the soft cushion foam in the quarterberths. I can take the cushions to the place, cut the top 4' out, have them cut to fit, and put it back in. Do this twice and bob's your uncle. Wonder why that phrase came to mind? Of course, I meant, Vee-ola!