Dear 310 owners: As I contemplate moving up from my beloved Catalina 25 to a 310, I have a question about sleeping arrangements in the queen berth forward. One of the things I hate about sleeping in a conventional V-berth is sleeping "upside down:" with feet towards the bow, so that getting out of the bed to attend to an aging prostate or slapping halyard or dragging anchor requires some degree of gymnastics. When you folks sleep in the queen, are your feet to the bow or the stern? Is there enough room at the narow end (four feet, from the specs I see) to sleep with your partner that way? Or is there enough clearance on the sides of the berth to swing your legs out easily when your head is pointing towards the stern? It does seem to me that the TV placement suggests a head-to-the-bow orientation, but legs are certainly narrower than shoulders (not that I would have a TV on any boat of mine -- I sail to escape the danged thing). How does sleeping work on your boat? Thanks! Brooke Willson
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We have hull #23 and have always slept head to bow. Another foot of room would be great, but after a while we both sleep just fine.
We have hull #23 and have always slept head to bow. Another foot of room would be great, but after a while we both sleep just fine.
We do feet to bow..
but with the walk around berth getting in and out is much easier even if your feet are pointed towards the bow..
but with the walk around berth getting in and out is much easier even if your feet are pointed towards the bow..
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The Admiral is a foot shorter than the Captain and that makes it even easier for us to sleep head to bow. Our feet are about even and that gives the top of the bed at the narrowest point all to the Captain. In our Catalina 22 V-berth we sleep feet to bow to allow us to "fit" which we really don't. The 310 is great bed - one of the big reasons we bought her.
The Admiral is a foot shorter than the Captain and that makes it even easier for us to sleep head to bow. Our feet are about even and that gives the top of the bed at the narrowest point all to the Captain. In our Catalina 22 V-berth we sleep feet to bow to allow us to "fit" which we really don't. The 310 is great bed - one of the big reasons we bought her.
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