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From: Norm of Bandersnatch (no email)
Date: Thu Nov 09 2006 - 09:42:20 EST
I have used an electric mattress pad in the past for a few minutes before
retiring with good results, but these days, in the winter, we just wear
long sleeve/leg garments and a big fluffy "comforter" (like a light,
fluffy, quilt).
I cannot abide "blend" fabrics for sheets, they always feel "plasitcy" and
wet. 100% cotton is the only material my skin likes 100%.
Further, the way to keep moisture off the plywood under the mattress is to
keep moisture out of the mattress by having a waterproof mattress cover
completely enclosing the mattress (preferred) or a waterproof pad atop the
mattress, then several regular mattress pads (I have three) between the
waterproof layer and the bottom sheet.
The above from living aboard full time since 1981.
Norm
S/V Bandersnatch
Lying 30 07.7N 081 39.6W
Julington Creek Estuary FL
> [Original Message]
> From: Peter Gelinas <>
> To: <>
> Date: 11/8/2006 7:57:56 AM
> Subject: lv-ab: cold bunks / sheets
>
> 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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