Something totally different!

[R.Best]

After 44 years of boating, we sold our boat and bought an Escape. We frequently invited friends to sail with us, and with the trailer, we have found the table/bed conversion to be uncomfortably small for an adult couple. My solution was to add a 9" flip up extension to the end of the bench, add a "plank' from the extension to a cleat on the bulkhead, and add a couple of custom cushions. Now we have a bed which allows shoulder and head room, narrowing at the foot, much like the "V-berth" on the boat.
I also added a curtain on a removable telescopic rod, which when installed provides a degree of visual privacy

[mtnest]

Nicely done, Robert!

[h2owmn]

clever solution!

[Bea]

Originally Posted by R.Best

After 44 years of boating, we sold our boat and bought an Escape. We frequently invited friends to sail with us, and with the trailer, we have found the table/bed conversion to be uncomfortably small for an adult couple. My solution was to add a 9" flip up extension to the end of the bench, add a "plank' from the extension to a cleat on the bulkhead, and add a couple of custom cushions. Now we have a bed which allows shoulder and head room, narrowing at the foot, much like the "V-berth" on the boat.
I also added a curtain on a removable telescopic rod, which when installed provides a degree of visual privacy

Wow! Nice, very creative! So, just curious, which direction do your guests sleep on it? Sideways - heads by the passenger wall? or perpendicular -heads by the front wall? -Bea

[75thRanger]

"cleat on the bulkhead"?

[sherminator]

Originally Posted by 75thRanger

"cleat on the bulkhead"?

Support piece on the wall

[75thRanger]

The Navy took us to work several times in the Brown Water Navy. Sometimes difficult to tell what they were talking about.

The 'Coxswain' ? would sing out "AW Rite, Disembark from the launch! Smartly now!"

I just got my guys off the boat and back in the dirt. "Home Sweet Home".

[sherminator]

I didn't serve, but my father was career Navy, so I grew up with all the terminology. Deck, bulkhead, overhead, galley, head, bunk, skivvies, etc. Funny thing is, in his 23 years of active duty, my dad never did serve aboard a ship - he spent 2 or 3 days at sea, but that was it. All his sea duty was on land overseas.