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From: (no name) (no email)
Date: Fri Sep 05 2003 - 05:55:10 EDT
> I've come across "root berths," mentioned along with pipe berths. I
know
what a pipe berth is, but have never heard of a root berth.
A pipe berth is simply a hunk of water pipe that is bent to have 4
corners , with a canvas stretched & lashed between the ends.
A root berth is usually a wooden bar with a canvas rolled around it. The
bar has a square at either end that can be dropped into a socket that
stops it from turning.
The outboard edge is simply a hunk of pipe slipped into a pouch sewn into
the canvas.
In operation the pipe drops into a set of slots.
The root berth is simply unrolled to the desired sag the sleeper wishes
and the pipe is dropped into a slot suitable for the sea state.
In port it functions much like any single bunk, but in slop the extra
canvas can be unrolled so the sleeper is in a sagging pouch , and the
pipe end placed into a high slot to preclude rolling out.
Usually sailboat gear.
FAST FRED
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