Could you share a boat with a full blown snorer?

[jac]

I would vote no.

There is very little worse than being kept awake when you are dog tired and a snorer will do that. If 3 on board then 1/3 of the time the snorer will be on watch and you asleep so you may be ok but you will sentence yourself to listening to the noise for 8 hours a day.

 

[Uricanejack]

Apparently my wife did for years.:nonchalance:

Mine reports a similar ability.
The snoring she puts up with. The after effects of a nice locally brewed ale. She draws a line
S

 

[Uricanejack]

My thought if there is three of you.
Arrange the watch cycle so you are in your pit opposite the snorer.
Finding a third crewmember may be problematic.

Pity I cant get away in May, I could have added my tune full notes to the cacophony. On the bright side. Fog horn not required.

 

[Uricanejack]

You could always put the snorer in the fo'c'sle and shut the door.

Allow him to sleep in the main cabin only when the engine is running

but given that you wil have to get used to sleeping with the engine on anyway a snorer should be no problem

I find engine noise not an issue unless someone touches the throttle. Snoring on the other hand?

 

[Uricanejack]

I've slept on a boat with six of them before. No problem at all with earplugs, but the cacophony when I got up for a pee and took the plugs out was awesome to experience.

Pete

I know people use them but I'l put up with the snoring before I put up with earplugs.

 

[Uricanejack]

I went skiing with a mate a few years ago. Shared a room to save money. He spent seemingly the whole first night shouting at me to stf up. Next morning he moved to a different room. In a different hotel.

You couldn't be all that bad if he waited till the morning. When I was skiing with my brother in law. (one of my best mates)
I left in the middle of the night and got another room.
We go sailing occasionally. Rum helps I should know better. finding another boat in the middle of the night not so easy.

His Brother was worse.

 

[prv]

My thought if there is three of you.
Arrange the watch cycle so you are in your pit opposite the snorer.
Finding a third crewmember may be problematic.

I'd volunteer - already established that I sleep fine with earplugs and they keep out everything short of a near miss with a 155mm artillery round

I don't think Dylan was recruiting though, sounds like he's got his crew-list filled.

Pete

 

[SteveSarabande]

My thought if there is three of you.
Arrange the watch cycle so you are in your pit opposite the snorer.
Finding a third crewmember may be problematic.

Pity I cant get away in May, I could have added my tune full notes to the cacophony. On the bright side. Fog horn not required.

With three people and a 3 on, 6 off watch system, that really doesn't work out. You are always going to share 3 hours of snoring

 

[dylanwinter]

I'd volunteer - already established that I sleep fine with earplugs and they keep out everything short of a near miss with a 155mm artillery round

I don't think Dylan was recruiting though, sounds like he's got his crew-list filled.

Pete

not yet....if push comes to shove I can do it single handed or with one other - in which case snoring is not a snag

could be a good thing because if I am off watch and I hear him snoring in the cockpit then I know he has fallen asleep

I am really looking forward to the journey

the last one with J and R up the east coast was a real hoot

D

 

[mjcoon]

could be a good thing because if I am off watch and I hear him snoring in the cockpit then I know he has fallen asleep

Ah, that must be the purpose of snoring in the first place. A bit like the explosives production operative being given a one-legged stool to sit on to discourage napping...

Mike.

 

[oldharry]

As a regular single hander its not an issue for me. However I have noticed when i crew on someone elses boat I always get a cabin to myself nowadays, if not the first night, then unfailingly the second.... Mrs OH on the other hand says it doesnt bother her.

 

[Woodlouse]

there are few pleasures greater than drifting off to sleep at night and listening to the sounds of a well sailed boat shoving her way through the night.

D

I find the opposite. I love drifting off to sleep with the roar of the engine drowning out all those knocks, squeaks and bangs that keeps a skipper awake at night. The heat from the engine is often welcome too when sailing around the UK.

As for snorers, I've shared cabins with some really window rattlers before. It's not an experience I enjoy but I will say that at sea people don't seem to snore so much in my experience, it's only once you get into port that they open all the stops.

 

[Foolish Muse]

There is a product called Snor-No-More that has worked fantastically for me over the past 8 years.
http://www.arrabys.com/index_006.htm
It has stopped my snoring completely and probably saved my marriage. All I do is take 5 deep breathes before bed. It is much less intrusive for the snorer than any other method. I've been using the same jar for 8 years.

 

[STATUE]

Snoring - you ain't heard nothing yet !

I can always boast this - that's why my sailing is now always single handed.

On boarding a few years ago the the 36 footer that was to be home for a week, the end of which culminating in a RYA Coastal Skipper exam, I was crushed by the 5 'Alpha's who grabbed the best berths - leaving me with one of the saloon berths.

I explained at first supper to the instructor that I should have one of the quarter berths so I could shut the door at night.

The instructor pointed out, first come first served and even he had to put up with a saloon berth.

At first breakfast the instructor announced a revision to crew deployment - I was to have a quarter berth !!!

 

[Mrnotming]

Sewing a tennis ball into the back of the snorers pyjamas is reputed to discourage those attempt to snore whilst on their backs!

 

[Suttle]

One of my regular crew is a snorer and in harbour the loudness is directly proportional to the amount of alcohol imbibed. In fine weather short of stuffing one of his socks in his mouth I have retreated to the cockpit to get some sleep. He is fine on passage and a great crewmate so I guess I will just have to poke up with the snoring.

 

[aquaplane]

If you can't sleep you aren't tired enough.

 

[Suttle]

True but only up to a point. Evidenced by my time in the army on exercise 48 hours without sleep, dog tired get your head down, but just as you are dropping off you are disturbed by something, a vehicles starting up, someone talking loudly etc and you mind kicks in again thinking about the next task or move. After ten days 4hours sleep was luxury.

I manage these days on about five hours a night during the week up at 05:00 for a 05.59 train to work.

 

[lisilou]

There is a product called Snor-No-More that has worked fantastically for me over the past 8 years.
http://www.arrabys.com/index_006.htm
It has stopped my snoring completely and probably saved my marriage. All I do is take 5 deep breathes before bed. It is much less intrusive for the snorer than any other method. I've been using the same jar for 8 years.

Can you get this in the UK?
L

 

[Foolish Muse]

Can you get this in the UK?

Contact the company directly at info@arrabys.com and ask them. You can believe me that it would be worth the price of shipping from Canada to the UK to get a jar. It has been a wonder for me. My wife once recorded my snoring and replayed it for me the next morning. I was shocked. It was every night, immediately after falling asleep. But since using the product I've stopped completely for about 8 years now. It's a mixture of eucalyptus and some other nice smells. I just take deep breaths of it before bed. I even take it to regattas with me now so I don't disturb the boats on the next 5 docks:ambivalence: