Sleeping Bags or Duvets....

[Gwylan]

Does depend who is on board. When the Cic is on board we have fitted sheets, duvets, pillow cases etc.

When we are chaps on passage then it's sleeping bags. Usually taking turns on the saloon berth during the night. But usually just underneath the sleeping bag to enable rapid exit if necessary.

lt all gets put away and tidied up when the ladies arrive.

 

[Spirit of Glenans]

I use Tesco sleeping bags at at tenner a pop because they are the only ones I have found (without looking terribly hard) which have soft, as opposed to shiny, fabric inside and out.

I have foundthat those cotton-lined ones retain condensation and can become quiter damp on a wet passage, whereas the nylon-lined ones wick away the moisture and dry very quickly.

 

[Spirit of Glenans]

Fitted sheets with elastic corners and duvet. Having had to get out of bed fast more than a few times I wouldn't use a sleeping bag.

The mummy sleeping bags I have seem to share a feature with the military ones, in that the zip is central and will open readily once I snap open the velcro and just pull the two sides apart. I recon you can get out of a sleeping bag as quick as anything else if you keepthe zip lubricated.

 

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Sleeping bag.

 

[JumbleDuck]

I have foundthat those cotton-lined ones retain condensation and can become quiter damp on a wet passage, whereas the nylon-lined ones wick away the moisture and dry very quickly.

I haven't had that problem, but I'll watch out for it. Thanks.

 

[pcatterall]

In the end and having read your experiences. We have gone for the following. Fitted sheet on the mattress with elasticated corners ( easy to fit and will stay in place)
On top, a single duvet and cover with a cotton extension along one side of the cover, this is to 'tuck' in the hull side and keep the bxxx!!y duvet on the bed.
All easy to make and wash.
Thanks guys

 

[Heckler]

Sleeping bags are convenient but I really don't like using them on the boat. I use mine as a duvet but find 'tucking it in ' difficult due to the tight fit of my mattress! same thing for sheets, they are too big for the mattress so I'm always fighting with yards of material to make up my bed.
I think the best solution for me would be a tailored sheet with elastic corners to fit over the mattress and a duvet with a cover which had extensions to 'tuck under' the mattress.
What do use??

Hey Peter
Have you done a blog of your journey?
Stu

 

[jdc]

...But usually just underneath the sleeping bag to enable rapid exit if necessary...

Good grief! For what sort of emergency might 3 seconds make a material difference?

Our 'rule' is that the one going off watch (we usually sail with just the two of us) has to get undressed and into night clothes, brush teeth and generally go to bed in as normal manner as possible. I've found the real and certain benefit of a good rest, which this routine helps achieve, outweighs the potential and so far only theoretical benefit of marginally more rapid availability.

 

[onesea]

Both... varies from night to night also variable on my snoring...
Normally on board we have one duvet 3 sleeping bags, one for on deck. Also have 2 man shaped sleeping bags.

We are either getting nesh or better at planning we have not needed all of them at once for a whilst....

Tend to opt for a marina and fan heater....