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Joe Diver
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Response Posted - 04/19/2012 : 21:11:53

I sleep in the v-berth....it's my favorite spot on the boat.

I'm 6'3"....and I fit! I lay flat, with my head just barely touching the bulkhead, just my hair brushing it...and relaxed, my toes do not hit the wood panel in the nose, unless I extend and point my toes, then they touch. Although I would appreciate just another 6"...it is quite cozy for me alone. I put a really great DC fan on the face of the anchor locker and it blows a good breeze at me. I also hung a smal cargo net on the starboard side to put stuff in. I keep 2 pillows, a fleece blanket and a heavier sherpa blanket up there too. I replaced the cabin light fixture and have a nice bright LED in it. 'm planning to build a small shelf for the starboard side bulkhead to set stuff on, and also wire a 12v outlet to plugin my Kindle Fire and Playstation Vita.

The v-berth is my private, owner's quarters. Shut the accordion door to the main cabin, and I've got an attached bathroom to my quarters. Quite cozy....oh, and I just love to open the hatch all the way at night to have a view of the starry sky.

Sorry 'bout that v-berth hijack.....

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PCP777
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Response Posted - 04/20/2012 : 06:42:57

The problem I have with the V berth is getting in and out of it. I love my L dinette. A few pillows and a sleeping bag and I'm in heaven.

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Novi
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Response Posted - 04/21/2012 : 06:23:56

My galley has a removable/reversible cutting board that I thought was part of the original design but after seeing pictures of other set ups I notice it's missing.

The only negative of this set up is when when the board is forward it cuts off a section of the port settee, the bonus is reversed to aft it covers the stove and gives allows a great sandwich station.

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Lee Panza
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Response Posted - 04/21/2012 : 06:59:32

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Novi
 My galley has a removable/reversible cutting board...<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Novi, is the cutting board on hinges or does it drop into some kind of retainer? I've been intending to put a drop-leaf there, but I've just assumed I'd have it on hinges. It hadn't occurred to me to have it swing a full 270 degrees to function as a cover over the stove when not in use; that's a nice idea, but a little complicated to do with hinges. I'd be interested in a little more detail about how yours is held in place when it's deployed. Thanks.

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Novi
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Response Posted - 04/21/2012 : 18:04:54

Lee, you are right hinges would be complicated - this is a much simpler design.

The cutting board is through bolted onto the small bulkhead. There are wing nuts on the bolts so it is a matter of spinning the nuts off and flipping the board around and re-bolting it into position. The angle support dowel is only necessary in the forward position because when it's over the stove I just put a small wood block on the stove top to prop up the board on the un-bolted end.

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Response Posted - 04/21/2012 : 19:48:14

I was a quarterberth sleeper most of the time. It is where my air conditioner was. On my '82 I put a teak handle to help a bit with getting in and out. I had a memory foam mattress topper there.

On my '89 I dressed it up a bit. I put an air conditioner in both boats.

Edited by - pastmember on 04/21/2012 19:51:48

redeye
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Response Posted - 04/23/2012 : 05:46:12

<< Where do you keep your dishes and how many do you carry? Where do you keep your pots and pans and what do you carry there? >>

I use the butane stove and keep it under the port side of the vberth with a throw life preserver to keep it from banging around. I cook with it just outside the companionway. I can reach it easily and if anything spills it is out of the way. At night we use it on the table or the floor. I keep a "kitchen" back pack with utensils nesting coffee cups and tumblers, camping pots, backup propane camp stove and most unrefrigerated condiments, we backpack it home and restock and clean as needed. Drinks are stored on the shelves behind the main cabin seats. The bottom drawer in the galley has nesting plates bowls, zip lock bags and trash bags. A small iron skillet is beside the cooler. I keep a small Styrofoam cooler in the "bait Box" ( the on board cooler) with clean ice for drinks and outside the small cooler I keep semi refrigerated items ( bread, cheese etc)

The cooler is where the stove was, sliding in on the side is another cutting board. Knives are on the shelf above that, in scabbards.

Additional condiments are on the shelves as well as canned goods under the forward sink.

My plans are for wine in the bilge.

AND the rum is in an undisclosed location....

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CarbonSink62
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Response Posted - 04/26/2012 : 08:32:06

Some great ideas here!

I'm just starting out; my '82 doesn't have a stove, so I'm building a plywood box to fill the space and hold the stereo. It will also hold the butane stove. The plan is that the lid will go into the cockpit as a tray/table.

For the C-18, we had the butane burner and a cast iron pan that lived onboard; we would bring in everything else in a picnic pack. Now that I have a little bit of room, I'll see what stuff stays and what goes back and forth. The downside of gear that stays onboard is that it must be cleaned before you leave (no exceptions!); stuff in a picnic pack goes home dirty, comes back clean (like magic).

I'll post a pic of my stereo box when it gets further along.

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awetmore
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Response Posted - 04/26/2012 : 13:53:31

We got some kitchen stuff.

I found that we can fit most of a Magma nesting pot set (most being everything but the saute pan, which isn't really necessary in my view anyway) in one of the C-25 drawers. There is enough space left over for utensils and other items.

Another drawer fits our dishes and silverware and has plenty of extra room. I think I'll make some sort of dividers for that one. That leaves us with one extra drawer for dry foods.

At the Fisheries Supply swap meet a few weeks ago (worth going to if you don't mind waking up at 4am) I got a Dickinson Sea-B-Q that clips onto our stern pulpit and stores away in the dumpster or V-berth. We tried it out last weekend and it seems to work quite well and the size is plenty big for the two of us.

I haven't decided what to do about the cooler yet. Our check valve is broken which means that it collects water and gets gross. I'll take care of that (either by disconnecting the drain and making it dry storage or by fixing the check valve) when I replumb the drain on the sink.

Thanks for the ideas and keep them coming.

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delliottg
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Response Posted - 04/26/2012 : 14:13:55

Mmmmmm...sea scallops in butter...mmmm.

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mrapkins
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Response Posted - 04/28/2012 : 08:36:15

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Novi
 My galley has a removable/reversible cutting board that I thought was part of the original design but after seeing pictures of other set ups I notice it's missing.

The only negative of this set up is when when the board is forward it cuts off a section of the port settee, the bonus is reversed to aft it covers the stove and gives allows a great sandwich station.

<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Here is my solution. Just adda block to the side panel et voila!!!

http://catalina-capri-25s.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=23490

Edited by - mrapkins on 04/28/2012 08:36:49

Joe Diver
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Response Posted - 04/29/2012 : 20:14:58

My galley is coming along. I still have to refinish the counter trim, bulkhead, and do something with the paper towel holder. I don't like it where it is, but whoever installed it used some heavy duty adhesive, and that sucker is on there. Big time. I may convert it into a small shelf. I'm also going to put a small microwave in the stove compartment.

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awetmore
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Response Posted - 04/30/2012 : 07:54:02

Joe: Your interior is looking great, I really like how the teak pops with the refinishing. It is interesting to me that both of your cabinets under the stove space swing down, what is behind the upper one? In our 1984 that is a drawer.

I do have to wonder what happens to your galley when your boat heals. It looks like the coffee maker in particular will turn into hundreds of pieces of glass.

I'm also curious about your radio mounting location, because I had considered moving ours there (I instead moved it over the quarterberth). Do you ever have problems with kicking it while going up the stairs? You can see our stereo mounted over the QB here:

http://alexandchristine.smugmug.com/Sailing/Lutra-April-2012/22584661_fMwbGt#!i=1807899624&k=SvnGvsD

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Joe Diver
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Response Posted - 04/30/2012 : 15:39:06

I'm guessing you mean me Alex? If so,....thanks....

I had to completely build a new cabinet under the stove. The old one fell apart as I took it out. Only the face was salvageable. The top was a drawer, but on rebuild I turned it into a cubby. I put tension hinges on the bottom of the old drawer face, and they hold the cubby cover closed.

Coffee maker is placed pretty solid back there. I haven't had any issues with it. It's also one of those little 4 cup models, so the carafe is very snug in the machine. You know how those $15 coffee makers are....

The radio was going to take up more space in the QB access than I wanted, so back under the ladder it went. I trimmed the box so it would recess more....I don't have any issues kicking it as it's back plenty far enough....if anyone else kicks it they won't be on my boat any more....

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awetmore
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Response Posted - 04/30/2012 : 16:26:57

Oops, sorry about the name, I fixed the original post.

I think that the cubby hole is actually better than the drawer, you should get more useable space. Since the drawers are so small it isn't so important that they are in drawer form. Way down the line I could see making a similar adaptation to at least some of the drawers in our boat. I also want to build a new table with low profile drawers underneath, that seems like the ideal storage area for flat items like silverware, a laptop, charts, and a notebook.

Based on our sailing experiences I'd still guess that everything in your galley will end up in the middle of the floor when you do heal over. Every time we really start having fun it seems like I hear the contents of our counter and table coming down to sea level. I'm slowly getting better at putting items away as soon as I'm done with them and before the sails are hoisted. I plan on adding shock cord to the front of the shelves to hold items in place when sailing.

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Joe Diver
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Response Posted - 04/30/2012 : 17:40:39

Nope, everything is wedged into place. The coffee cup, creamer, sugar and coffee are snug in place with the counter trim. Both coffee pots are held by the lip of the ice melter cover. The pots/pans and plastic tubs are snug against each other, and if they slide a little the paper towel holder stops them. The water bottle is held against the bulkhead with the wale pump spout. I've been over pretty good quite a few times. It's all good.

The cubby is very nice. Holds more than the drawer could. I do plan to relocate alot of my galley clutter to the cubby since I prefer a more clean look...and it will still hold cans of soup, bags of chips, crackers, etc....most dry food items for the weekend.

The top sink drawer is silverware/cookware.

The bottom sink drawer is parts, multimeter, small cord, tape, etc...junk drawer sorta but no junk, only useful stuff.

Cubby is for foodstuff and miscellaneous galley things.

Although I restored the small spice rack, even putting a new chain on it, I still haven't used it for anything other than access to the seacock.

I plan to put a microwave in the stove cove. The pots/pans will move to the ice melter for cookware storage. I'm also going to replace my current Coleman stove with [url="http://www.amazon.com/Coleman-PerfectFlow-Insta-Start-Grill/dp/B000BPEE4M/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1335832264&sr=8-4"]THIS[/url] stove so I can have a personal grill.

I'm undecided on the fresh water system. Potable water is bottled. The big jug is for washing hands or rinsing dishes. I "may" put in a small tank with a demand pump, and fit a residential style faucet....but that's low on my list.

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Joe Diver
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Response Posted - 04/30/2012 : 17:46:09

Here's a pic of the rebuilt cabinet cubby before I attached the face:

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