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From: Peter Gelinas (no email)
Date: Wed Nov 08 2006 - 07:49:25 EST
I have just gone through hundreds of emails that piled up during an extended
trip. One from live-aboard concerned cold bunks and sheets and how to make
them more comfortable.
The following suggestions come from years of living in a weekend cottage in
a norther climate. In order of importance:
Flannel sheets (I know cotton is not recomended .. but some are a blend that
retain less humidity)
A light weight cover (blanket). A duvet is superb, warm, light weight,
breathes (does not retain humididty)
Long underwear, especially a light wool blend.
Warm the bed an hour before use. When I was a child my mother had a warming
pan (a pan within a pan to keep off the soot) that was left in the fire for
10 minutes before use. Today we use a couple of building bricks warmed in
the oven, then wraped in a towel and placed under the duvet for 15 minutes.
BTW we also use the warm bricks left in the oven after shutting it off as a
'heat sink'/'heat source' when making yoghurt .. when a gentle but constant
heat is required.
ALSO, Eric sent a post about 'Goldenrod' heatsticks (dehumidifiers) It seems
to me that one of these items installed under the bunk would be ideal
Peter
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