[Rhodes22-list] Berthing and Sitting Capacity

[William E. Wickman]

Been off the list awhile and now just getting caught back up so you may
have already gotten an answer, but in case you haven't.... I am "almost"
6'-1" and medium build and my wife is around 5'-10 and a portly build (man
I hope she doesn't get hold of this email!).  We have overnighted and it is
rather tight sleeping together, but it can be done comfortably if you don't
toss and turn too much.  Height is not an issue on the settee.  It will be
tough for you in the V-berth as it is only 6' deep.  I have had my 9 year
old daughter sleep up there no problem.  I also had a friend of mine sleep
there, but he was only aroud 5'-10.  I have crawled up there before and
could probably sleep there in a pinch.  I have a small 12v fan with a
suction cup that I stuck on the ceiling in front of the Vberth to add
ventilation and it made the V-berth very habitable.

With your height, if you have any plans to overnight frequently, you
definitely want to get a pop-top enclosure.  If you have any plans to
overnight with both wife and son, you will want some sort of covering for
the cockpit (or just pick a nice night).  If you do sleep in the cockpit,
you should get the filler cushions; even if only one person will be out
there.  I slept in the cockpit once without the filler cushions and felt
like I was sleeping on a ledge.

If you are just going "below" to get out of the weather, I would say that
the cabin could reasonably hold 3-4 sitting down; two on the setee, one on
the cabin step, and one just in front of the V-berth.  The seats on the
cabin step, and in front of the V-berth provide the most sitting headroom
as they don't have cushions.

Hope this helps.

Bill W.






                                                                           
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Folks,

I’m a newbee on this board and will appreciate any comments or info  you
might provide.  My wife and I are assessing whether a Rhodes 22  will
support our
sailing in the years ahead.  We've read the material on  the Rhodes 22
website
and also the GBI material, but I have some  questions that people on this
board can probably respond to based on their  experience.

First some background: My son is 6' 6", I’m 6' 3", my wife is 6' - all
normal builds, not portly, not slim.  My guess is that if my son brought a
friend
along sailing they’d be about 6'.   My wife and I envisage  overnighting
(short term cruising) with our son etc, which gets to  berthing.

Seems to me that the V-berth could handle 1 adult, ventilation  permitting.

In your experience, does ventilation commonly permit using the  V-berth on
hot
summer nights? (We’d be sailing on the Chesapeake initially and  further
south on the east coast ultimately.)

Also, I’ve seen a 22 at GBI, made a crude measurement of the double cabin
berth, and concluded it was about 39" wide; but that doesn’t seem like a
double
berth to me.  I could have a wrong idea as to how that berth is
implemented,
or maybe 39" is a double berth.  If the settee  based double berth is wider

than about 39" would someone tell me what the  width is, and how that berth
is
arranged?

My current assessment is that there is really berthing for 2 adults inside

the cabin (1 V, 1 settee), but I could have a misconception as to how the
berthing is laid out.  If I’m wrong about what constitutes a double berth,
or how
the berthing is arranged, please straighten me out.

Also, although the cockpit might sit 6 or more people, as I recall  there
is
sitting room for about 3 people below.  Again, is this consistent  with
your
experience?

Thank you for any input.

Dave Lewis

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