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From: al.thomason (no email)
Date: Tue Mar 04 2003 - 13:00:59 EST
I am restoring a tri-cabin trawler and am thinking about layout for the aft
cabin. Key question is placement of the berth. Usage will be a cruiser
and live-aboard (in about 6 years and counting!) and I will be using
'Flopper Stopper' stabilization. Options are:
On centerline, athwartship
or
off of centerline, fore-n-aft.
Most books I read say midship/centerline fore-n-aft is best, however there
will not be room to do this. It seems that fore-n-aft off the center line
would be next best, but I see many 'trawlers' with athwartship bunks. James
Leishman makes an argument for the athwartship placement in the Nordhaven
46: In a stabilized vessel, the greatest range of motion will be pitch as
opposed to yaw.
Comments from those with experience? At anchor and/or underway?
Must appreciated.
-al-
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