Sleeping onboard?

[alant]

In the forepeak vee berth, do you sleep head first, or feet first.
Also, how about cave like stern cabin berths?
Headfirst, easier to get in, but pain getting out & reverse if feet first, but thats just me.

 

[Wansworth]

Feet towards the bow...... unless its converted for two to err sleep then head up if there is shoulder room.

 

[pvb]

Feet first in V-berth. Aft cabin is storage!

 

[Daedelus]

Feet first (except for one crew member who seems to prefer head first in aft cabin).

Serving tea in the morning - he should be so lucky - tends to be a bit of a surprise first time you find you're talking to his feet.

 

[Richard10002]

Feet first into both.

 

[CAPTAIN FANTASTIC]

We sleep the other way round; head towards the bow and feet facing the stern.

 

[laika]

In the forepeak vee berth, do you sleep head first, or feet first.
Also, how about cave like stern cabin berths?

Surely having the widest bit of the berth closest to the widest bit of the occupants' bodies (normally their shoulders) makes sense. For forepeaks you've normally got more headroom away from the bow (handy for not clonking your head on the ceiling when under way) and I find it comforting to have my head closest to the direction in which I'll be looking when saying "What was that noise?" in the middle of the night.

As for these "cave like stern cabin berths" what on earth....oh wait you must mean for those unfortunate enough to have aft cockpit boats?

 

[duncan99210]

Feet first for both, so there's room for your shoulders. Also much easier to get out of in a hurry if needs be.

 

[JumbleDuck]

If it's just me in there I sleep feet first at anchor but athwartships and head up if I'm kipping underway.

 

[Halcyon Yachts]

Feet first into both.

+1

Although I try and avoid the v berth!

Pete

 

[marie galante]

If it's just me...... I sleep..... athwartships and head up if I'm kipping underway.

Two large plastic toolboxes on the floor between the quarterberths, with some spare berth-cushions to make up the height.....

 

[Robin B]

Feet to bow in double fwd cabin. Otherwise I dream. I woke up halfway through a dream thinking a seagull had sh*t in my eye only to find it was condensation dripping from the hatch. Always been the other way round since.

Aft cabin storage unless kids visiting.

 

[KAL]

Feet first in aft cabin, where there's much much less movement than in the forepeak..

 

[prv]

A mate of mine once made the eccentric decision to sleep "wrong way round" on a saloon berth with a trotter-box. Woke up the first morning not sure where he was, tried to sit up, and smacked his whole face hard against the top of the box.

He slept the right way round for the rest of the week

Pete

 

[LadyInBed]

I've never slept in my fwd cabin.
Aft cabin has lateral berth so can sleep either way round. If I'm sailing with crew then I sleep with my head to the windward side, so my blood doesn't rush to my head

 

[alant]

I've never slept in my fwd cabin.
Aft cabin has lateral berth so can sleep either way round. If I'm sailing with crew then I sleep with my head to the windward side, so my blood doesn't rush to my head

Then find you are suddenly shorter, when they tack?

 

[BrianH]

A good friend would always sleep in the quarter berth head in to muffle his extremely loud snoring, a considerable sacrifice as he invariably complained of headache due to oxygen lack in the morning and when alone would reverse the position.

In my HR94 I sleep in the forecabin where there is standing headroom at the aft section but the foredeck then reduces the height to only accommodate legs and feet comfortably - no choice there really.

 

[Twister_Ken]

Feet first forwards, athwartship aft.

 

[johnalison]

It has ever occurred to me to sleep the "wrong" way in either cabin, mainly because the ventilation is better and the reading lights are there.

 

[trapezeartist]

Feet first on the vee berth in the forward cabin. I've tried both ways in the aft cabin and didn't find that either was noticeably better. However feet aft means having your head just over the domestic water pump, which is rather noisy if someone else runs any water while you're asleep.