H30 Cherubini bow storage question

GorillaToast · Jan 26, 2015

On my H27, that space is used for my feet when sleeping.

bmjpv · Jan 26, 2015

Me too !!

I too only got the toe room I needed by removing the lower locker . I've got a 79' hunter 37c for the record.

malyea · Jan 26, 2015

kito said:
It may not be the same on all Cherubini's but my 79 H30 sure didn't have access to that area.

On my '82 H30 there's a lift off access panel under the v berth cushions into that forward most compartment.

Dalliance · Jan 26, 2015

No "bow panel", with or without a door, at the front of the V-berth in my '82 H30. Just an open area to shove the center cushion and a rolled up comforter into.
Do have the forward locker under the v-berth with access panel under the cushions.

stollo770 · Jan 26, 2015

My H27 came with area already opened up, with the main V-Birth cushions measured to fit inside of it. Its nice to have that space becasue it provides a full length bed for me and one other person if I wanted. I can't immagine being able to use the V-Birth as a sleeping space without it.

Alctel · Jan 28, 2015

My 36 came with an open hole for that area, under the anchor locker. I keep my socks and underwear in there

I AM about to install a door into the space under the V Berth - having to pull up the vberth cushions and sheets to get in there is a royal pain

kasishunter30 · Feb 26, 2015

kito - mine 79 H30 came with a door there. Evidently a PO had the same idea as you. There is A LOT of storage area there.

rardiH36 · Feb 26, 2015

Alctel said:
My 36 came with an open hole for that area, under the anchor locker. I keep my socks and underwear in there

I AM about to install a door into the space under the V Berth - having to pull up the vberth cushions and sheets to get in there is a royal pain

My Cherubini H36 came with a screw attached panel that separated the forward part of the sleeping cushions section and the (say) further 5' toward the bow. I have removed the panel since long ago when I required access to the forward area for toe rail bolt tightening, leaks associated with the bolts for anchor roller and the anchor windlass, and also to tighten the bolts securing the bow stem piece to the FRP hull. After several removals and re-installations of the panel for these tasks, I eventually realized that other than for aesthetics, the panel wasn't really needed.

Yes, I now have a few extra cubic feet to stuff stuff into.

Underneath the interior "deck" on which the V-berth cushions reside, the Cherubini Hunter 36's have a large void space. Hunter supplied a hatch opening to this area for storage. This hatch is what Actel refers to being aggravating.

DianaOfBurlington · Feb 27, 2015

My H25 had a spacious unused compartment under the toe (bow) end of the v-berth. I cut an access panel into the bunktop and now have space no-one else has!

http://dianaofburlington.blogspot.com/2012/03/surprise-surprise.html

braol · Mar 4, 2015

My H27 has an access door but the area was used for an anchor chain locker, complete with a hawse-hole cut into the deck....chain since removed, hawse hole soon to be covered by a retractable bowsprit....

pvtpotter · Mar 9, 2015

GorillaToast said:
On my H27, that space is used for my feet when sleeping.

Yeah, not much leg room on the 27'

tehsailor · Mar 11, 2015

braol said:
My H27 has an access door but the area was used for an anchor chain locker, complete with a hawse-hole cut into the deck....chain since removed, hawse hole soon to be covered by a retractable bowsprit....

That's how my 77 H30 is.