Bl**dy slapping on the hull!

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Ahoy all, with this gorgeous calm weather we've been experiencing I'm finding myself getting fed up with trying to sleep with constant slapping against the hull.

I've started converting the saloon more often but this can only be a temp measure.

So my question is, is an aft cruiser likely to be any better or do I need to save my pennies for a mid cabin? Or a third option, drink a lot more?!

Cheers.
 
wonky said:
Ahoy all, with this gorgeous calm weather we've been experiencing I'm finding myself getting fed up with trying to sleep with constant slapping against the hull.

I've started converting the saloon more often but this can only be a temp measure.

So my question is, is an aft cruiser likely to be any better or do I need to save my pennies for a mid cabin? Or a third option, drink a lot more?!

Cheers.
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I guess you're on a swinging mooring buoy, or at anchor (if you're in a marina just turn the boat round!). If so, aft cabin is defintely the best, mid cabin can be as bad as a forecabin, in fact can be worse if the spray rails break the water surface level with the mid cabin.

I'd suggest just trying to get used to it though. It used to bother me, but doesn't at all anymore. Maybe play some music or try ear plugs
 
One of the reasons we've always enjoyed the comforts of a large aft cabin with full walk around island double bed, no steps and huge windows to see out.
 
Hi Wonky - it looks like you have an Antares 30. We're in a 9.80 and have the same problem. You haven't said where the slap sounds come from, but ours are from the bow as the waves slap the chine. I made a "nappy" that hugs the chines on the bow of the boat, with floats (those long swimming tubes - noodles) to keep it above water. They're called "wave slap preventers". I made the pattern & Mastercovers in Port Solent sewed it up for me. Here's the type of thing: http://oceanlines.biz/2008/11/nordic-tugs-37-owner-devises-wave-slap-preventer/.

I've attached the two sides at the front so that the bow is completely protected from the slap. Plus lines that fix to the bottom of each of the side panels that go under the boat (we fitted it and set the line lengths when the boat was out of the water).

Hope this helps.
 
wonky said:
I'm finding myself getting fed up with trying to sleep with constant slapping against the hull.

So my question is, is an aft cruiser likely to be any better or do I need to save my pennies for a mid cabin? Or a third option, drink a lot more?!
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We use an aft cabin - fact TBH would not have bought a boat unless it had one. Reason? Always thought a "coupe" was a complete waste of space. In practice find this design even better that we would have thought, top of cabin handy for storing things on being just one great plus point. Also of course the 'slapping' noise - though was initially unaware that this was another advantage.
However unlike some of the other posters in this thread, our boat is really small, only 8.8 metres over all. Just damned lucky it just so happened that at the time we were ready to buy, Nimbus brought out another "Run" of their aft cabin models, this being the only fresh set in at least the past fifteen years I'm really sorry to say. Shame they did not do more, specially now that they have gone out of business.
Wish another builder would produce a small aft cabin motor boat. Cannot speak highly enough of this design.
 
Get one of those foam dollys used for watersport exercise and attach it to a rope and tie it to the boat and in my case pontoon, if your on a swinging mooring you may have to attach to boat and weigh it down. Mine is on waterline and takes 90% of slapping out I have 3 fishing weights on it to keep it in place.
 
The dreaded slap of water on the hull when tied to a swinging mooring?

Easy, more up stern to.
About the only moorings my boat gets / got regularly tied to were those in Braye Harbour, Alderney.
For a couple of years I tried and failed to live with the awful "slap slap slap" on the hull.
I spotted all the charter fishing boats in the harbour moored up with lines going straight to their stern cleats...

What a simple and amazingly effective solution.
Secure the boat from the stern and your cabin in the bow is totally peaceful.

NB: Do not do this in rough weather or via an anchor in a fast current.
 
Nautibusiness said:
The dreaded slap of water on the hull when tied to a swinging mooring?

Easy, more up stern to.
About the only moorings my boat gets / got regularly tied to were those in Braye Harbour, Alderney.
For a couple of years I tried and failed to live with the awful "slap slap slap" on the hull.
I spotted all the charter fishing boats in the harbour moored up with lines going straight to their stern cleats...

What a simple and amazingly effective solution.
Secure the boat from the stern and your cabin in the bow is totally peaceful.

NB: Do not do this in rough weather or via an anchor in a fast current.
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+1

Alternatively empty beer bottles work well, as many as you can get hold of doesnt matter where you leave them rolling around , cockpit, anchor locker, mates boat even ashore, as long as you emptied them ;)
 
Dislike bow cabins, noisey, small dingy windows and steps up to side of double berth. Aft or Mid with big low windows and full walk around island double berth and no steps up into the bed! :) We always moore bow in for cockpit privacy, the view and aft cabin away from quay wall.
 
Coastgal said:
Hi Wonky - it looks like you have an Antares 30. We're in a 9.80 and have the same problem. You haven't said where the slap sounds come from, but ours are from the bow as the waves slap the chine. I made a "nappy" that hugs the chines on the bow of the boat, with floats (those long swimming tubes - noodles) to keep it above water. They're called "wave slap preventers". I made the pattern & Mastercovers in Port Solent sewed it up for me. Here's the type of thing: http://oceanlines.biz/2008/11/nordic-tugs-37-owner-devises-wave-slap-preventer/.

I've attached the two sides at the front so that the bow is completely protected from the slap. Plus lines that fix to the bottom of each of the side panels that go under the boat (we fitted it and set the line lengths when the boat was out of the water).

Hope this helps.
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Thanks guys, might have to give this a go!
 
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