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David Foster
My bother slept there 6 nights last summer
and liked the berth. It has good room overall, and excellent room around the head and shoulders. It was a little awkward to get in and out, but so is our forward berth. Craig is 6'2", and around 190 pounds. Oh, yeah Lady Lillie is a '77 h27- I suppose the quarter berth on the h30 is somewhat bigger. David
and liked the berth. It has good room overall, and excellent room around the head and shoulders. It was a little awkward to get in and out, but so is our forward berth. Craig is 6'2", and around 190 pounds. Oh, yeah Lady Lillie is a '77 h27- I suppose the quarter berth on the h30 is somewhat bigger. David
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Jay Kent
Dry storage is the norm
for use of the aft quarter on our H-27. As a matter of fact, we are in the process of redesigning the storage space for better use of it. We are getting too old to lift everything out and put it back each time we are trying to get one thing. Here is another thing that we have just designed and will be renovating in the next few weeks: In order to achieve better use of our "wasted space", we are opening the bulkhead area behind the head. We will add shelving there and then "seal it off" with louvered shutters that will be stained to match the bulkhead. The drawers in the head will be removed, the fronts will go back on (permanently) to continue to look like, but be, non-functioning drawers. The Hanging Locker back there will get a shuttered front, too.
for use of the aft quarter on our H-27. As a matter of fact, we are in the process of redesigning the storage space for better use of it. We are getting too old to lift everything out and put it back each time we are trying to get one thing. Here is another thing that we have just designed and will be renovating in the next few weeks: In order to achieve better use of our "wasted space", we are opening the bulkhead area behind the head. We will add shelving there and then "seal it off" with louvered shutters that will be stained to match the bulkhead. The drawers in the head will be removed, the fronts will go back on (permanently) to continue to look like, but be, non-functioning drawers. The Hanging Locker back there will get a shuttered front, too.
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Howard
Storage- But not so dry
On my old H 27 my wife redid all of my cushions. I left this one out because the birth is a good place to put all the tings that are used in the cockpit but you don't want hanging around like: Cooler with Ice Beer Weekend Supplies Extra life vests for visitors Extra Beer Oars for my dinghy Air cooled outboard) Extra lines Fishing pole More beer Tool box Water skies for when the wind pipes up (actually for when I meet my friends and we trade off for a few hours) Crackers and snacks Beer. Just kidding about the beer, well maybe only a little.
On my old H 27 my wife redid all of my cushions. I left this one out because the birth is a good place to put all the tings that are used in the cockpit but you don't want hanging around like: Cooler with Ice Beer Weekend Supplies Extra life vests for visitors Extra Beer Oars for my dinghy Air cooled outboard) Extra lines Fishing pole More beer Tool box Water skies for when the wind pipes up (actually for when I meet my friends and we trade off for a few hours) Crackers and snacks Beer. Just kidding about the beer, well maybe only a little.
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Bob Haskell SV Blackmist
1/4 berth........access for
1/4 berth makes a great access for the engine compartment. Prior to surgery you couldnt get to the port side of the transmission or the steering gear or the fuel tank or the rudder post easily. Sleeping in the 1/4 berth .....low overhead...other than that...quite comfortable even has a port.
1/4 berth makes a great access for the engine compartment. Prior to surgery you couldnt get to the port side of the transmission or the steering gear or the fuel tank or the rudder post easily. Sleeping in the 1/4 berth .....low overhead...other than that...quite comfortable even has a port.
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Michele
Aft quarterberth
Funny you should ask. I agree with Howard. Storage only. We've only owned the boat 2 weeks, but the previous owners didn't even replace the cushion when they had the rest recovered. In fact, only yesterday I was looking at it and wondering if we couldn't add a sliding door or something to make it look a lot neater.
Funny you should ask. I agree with Howard. Storage only. We've only owned the boat 2 weeks, but the previous owners didn't even replace the cushion when they had the rest recovered. In fact, only yesterday I was looking at it and wondering if we couldn't add a sliding door or something to make it look a lot neater.
Quarter berth
I must assume all of you are sleeping on the main-cabin settee/berths if you are not using the quarter berths. I cannot see how ANYONE could prefer the vee berth to a quarter berth for any reason (but maybe it's because I am single again!). A human-sized bunk should be a minimum of 27-30 inches wide at the shoulder. For one person, the typical quarter berth is plenty wide enough and though it narrows at the foot that is usually not a problem area. Settees in boats under about 33 ft usually have parallel sides at about 27" width and you typically have to throw the backrests on the floor-- not good whilst underway. Also, in a seaway you will roll out of a typical settee-- but the quarter berth makes an excellent sea berth. As far as I am concered the vee berth is entirely useless at sea. And in port it is too hot at the foot and if there are two of you there it's worse. I'd use that one for stowage. Weight of stuff there counterbalances human weight in the cockpit whereas weight added to the quarter berth tends to exacerbate it. (All that said, Moonglow has NO quarter berths, only one good settee/berth to starboard; the one to port has its foot poked through the bulkhead just like on the Hunter 25. But this is always an issue on small yawls....) JC 2
I must assume all of you are sleeping on the main-cabin settee/berths if you are not using the quarter berths. I cannot see how ANYONE could prefer the vee berth to a quarter berth for any reason (but maybe it's because I am single again!). A human-sized bunk should be a minimum of 27-30 inches wide at the shoulder. For one person, the typical quarter berth is plenty wide enough and though it narrows at the foot that is usually not a problem area. Settees in boats under about 33 ft usually have parallel sides at about 27" width and you typically have to throw the backrests on the floor-- not good whilst underway. Also, in a seaway you will roll out of a typical settee-- but the quarter berth makes an excellent sea berth. As far as I am concered the vee berth is entirely useless at sea. And in port it is too hot at the foot and if there are two of you there it's worse. I'd use that one for stowage. Weight of stuff there counterbalances human weight in the cockpit whereas weight added to the quarter berth tends to exacerbate it. (All that said, Moonglow has NO quarter berths, only one good settee/berth to starboard; the one to port has its foot poked through the bulkhead just like on the Hunter 25. But this is always an issue on small yawls....) JC 2
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Henry Barousse
Sleep in Quarter Berth?
Though I normally use the V berth, I or my guest have used the quarter berth on numerous occasions. It's a bit tricky crawling in and out, but once in it is quite comfortable.
Though I normally use the V berth, I or my guest have used the quarter berth on numerous occasions. It's a bit tricky crawling in and out, but once in it is quite comfortable.
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