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This is the way it is unless you build a big boat mine calls for a queen-size forward bed head orientation to the bow. but there is plenty of room for this at 14ft wthbenpetre wrote:bow berths are V shaped by nessecity to match the shape of the bow. thus one side of the berth is much wider than the other. especially when there are 2 people sharing the berth, it is more comfortable for your little feet to be tucked into the small end as opposed to two heads, shoulders, arms etc. thus the feet go forward (small end of the bunk) and heads face toward the stern
This becomes an issue if you beach your boat for the night. We beach about 1/2 the time around here so we just sleep close togetherbenpetre wrote:bow berths are V shaped by nessecity to match the shape of the bow. thus one side of the berth is much wider than the other. especially when there are 2 people sharing the berth, it is more comfortable for your little feet to be tucked into the small end as opposed to two heads, shoulders, arms etc. thus the feet go forward (small end of the bunk) and heads face toward the stern
This fact of life sometimes seems to be totally ignored by factory boat builders. Have a friend that owned a 29' performance boat (cigarette style cuddy) with two huge V8s and I/Os. At rest this hull squatted terribly. Was this taken into account when adding the berth platform? NAAA - Who cares! With toes in the pointy end, even when floating, their heads were probably 4" lower than their feet. A very uncomfortable way to sleep. Although they disliked it they had to spin around and put their upper torso in the very tight forward space. Every time they overnighted they bitterly complained about the situation.bow berths are V shaped by necessity to match the shape of the bow. thus one side of the berth is much wider than the other. especially when there are 2 people sharing the berth, it is more comfortable for your little feet to be tucked into the small end as opposed to two heads, shoulders, arms etc. thus the feet go forward (small end of the bunk) and heads face toward the stern