Boats without a well deck

[Alan de Enfield]

1 hour ago, IanD said:

I try and not have anyone inside the boat at locks for all the obvious reasone

 

Would that be because in an emergency they couldn't get out of the side hatch ?

[Victor Vectis]

3 hours ago, 5239 said:

oh the old odd cilling,

thought we were on about the bow in the gate up in air,

 

How about ejector beds ?

as soon as water is detected on an overhanging blanket the bed is ejected through the top and lands safely bank side so the occupants sleep through the goings on. 

 

 

 

You've been watching too much Wallace and Grommet.

😃

 

Oops!

Ditchcrawler got there before me.

Edited February 15, 2025 by Victor Vectis

[IanD]

1 hour ago, Alan de Enfield said:

 

Would that be because in an emergency they couldn't get out of the side hatch ?

No, it's because if anything goes wrong outside the boat like a hangup or jammed rope or whatever, that's where people are needed to fix it -- and possibly stop a sinking-type disaster in the first place.

 

All many *many* times more likely than needing to get out of a side hatch, or being hit by a helicopter or a meteorite... 😉

[hughc]

7 hours ago, Tonka said:

On the Nauticaus 27 you could go into the cabin then come out of the front hatch which was on the front deck next to the front cleat if you didn't want to walk around the side. Think the Norman's had a similar arrangement

The thing I don't fancy with tug decks is when they put the bed under it. Isn't it claustrophobic, hard to make the bed properly. Don't you get grit and water coming off of your shoes when you come into the cabin ending up in bed with you. Isn't it awkward to get out of to go to the loo in the night.

We managed to house three oung children and an Afghan (hound) under our front deck