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We're not all that tough in Ilinnois. I use a mat of tacks (the shorter ones) welded on a steel sheet, which keeps me from rolling off when the boat heels over more than 60 degrees. I take the mat off in the winter so the points don't get dull and rusted. I find that, particularly when ssailing overnight, the tacks keep me from sleeping too soundly so that I am awake should there be a 2:00 AM thunderstorm or I collide with something.
Of course, when the missus is aboard, I use the silk sheets, quilts, and love seat cushions (and don't sail).
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Know how you feel, Theis,
Here is a site with instructions on how to build a bed with 8" aluminum gutter spikes thru plywood that might not corrode as quickly in your fresh water environment.
www.pitt.edu/-dwilley/nailbed.html
You can also space the nails wider apart in the grid to gain more impalability. And you don't mention the building blocks or slabs of concrete to place on your back if you sleep on your stomach.
But most people, as you know, lie on their backs with the concrete
or their wives sitting on them. :rolleyes:
[Of course the bloody thing won't come up. Pick up the University site and type in 'Instructions for making a bed of nails']
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Hey, Ebb. We're tough, but not that tough. Besides, if it requires a University professor to help me design the thing, it will cost too much. My wife would never let me spend that much on a pleasure toy (and they come in all sizes and shapes). She is very careful with my money.
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Bump - to show an Ariel that has indeed been modified with an enclosed head: Ariel 412 thread
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I like this idea of adding more space for an enclosed head: add a compression post, and bring to bulkhead out to it, using the other half as the access to the v-berth. I like the flip down shelves too. Look at all that counter space!
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Great head!
The accommodation certainly looks small enough to be an ARIEL.
Is it?
Is it yours?
Looks like a clever bit of privacy,
can you open the door for us?
Or is is locked.....?
Where did this thread come from?
I sure hope that Peter Theis is OK!
Ebb
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Sorry Ebb - it came out of my "ideas" folder where I just dump pics of stuff I like, and unfortunately, I didn't retain which boat this came from...
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That is a great head idea. With all of that cabin sole showing it must be a flat bottomed boat. Read, Hunter, Catalina...
But I thnk your idea would work on an Ariel, Mike. Because we have such a turn in the bilge in that area the head may need to be 'throne' high on it's own platform. If one could position the bulkheads such that when you open the door to enter it actually closes off the area from the main cabin so you could 'drop trou' before backing into the head compartment proper. Close the door and go.......so to speak.
And the counter space in that photo!!!! Boat office.:cool:
