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Advice on Lee Cloths
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bweigel2@gmail.com Administrator Posts: 28
25/03/2025
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copied from discontinued forum:
Can anyone advise on materials, design etc especially if based on experience of usage.
We will be setting of on circumnavigation for the UK and will therefore be heading to warmer climes.
My questions are:
Choice of fabric?
How long ie should head area be enclosed?
Is it better to have fixings above outboard to give more security?
Installation method.
Anything else we might find useful.
Boat is a 1992 Moody 44. Slightly curved berths on either side, port access restricted by table. Trotter box on starboard.
Many thanks
Maggie
edited by bweigel2@gmail.com on 25/03/2025
edited by bweigel2@gmail.com on 25/03/2025
edited by bweigel2@gmail.com on 25/03/2025
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Dick Posts: 396
25/03/2025
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bweigel2@gmail.com wrote:
copied from discontinued forum:
Can anyone advise on materials, design etc especially if based on experience of usage.
We will be setting of on circumnavigation for the UK and will therefore be heading to warmer climes.
My questions are:
Choice of fabric?
How long ie should head area be enclosed?
Is it better to have fixings above outboard to give more security?
Installation method.
Anything else we might find useful.
Boat is a 1992 Moody 44. Slightly curved berths on either side, port access restricted by table. Trotter box on starboard.
Many thanks
Maggie
edited by bweigel2@gmail.com on 25/03/2025
edited by bweigel2@gmail.com on 25/03/2025
edited by bweigel2@gmail.com on 25/03/2025
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Dick Stevenson, s/v Alchemy
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Dick Posts: 396
25/03/2025
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Hi Maggie,
It was much less expensive (than bespoke) to get the one’s premade and sold at West Marine (US) and the like. They were canvas with substantial webbing on the edges and 4-5 grommets on the long edges incorporating the webbing. We used these in tropical as well as high latitudes without a problem.
If home-made, it might be considered to use the mesh clothe for air circulation, but you might wish to convince yourself that the hardness of the mesh cloth would not be uncomfortable compared to the softness of the canvas when sleeping in hot weather with a minimum of clothes.
It makes a huge difference to have a fan for each bunk: both for comfort and for the white noise it produces which is conducive to good sleep.
Our lee cloths contained our shoulders but did not contain our heads which benefited getting good air while sleeping: so there was just ahead height left free at the head when installed while the feet end had a meter free give or take. In this way exits and entrances all occurred at the feet end.
Installation is too boat-dependent to comment, but it can’t be held too strongly when a big body is thrown against it as does happen. I used light, but strong, nylon line to take advantage of its strength and ability to stretch when stressed.
My best, Dick Stevenson, s/v Alchemy
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Dick Stevenson, s/v Alchemy
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