Very cool.
I've never slept better than I have on my boats.
Good for you for getting a good mattress.
Funny when we mention staying on our boat down here in Fla most think we're crazy because of the heat/humidity.
If you stay at anchor and anchor off the bow, you will always be bow into the wind. If your hatch ('s) face forward. I had to reverse the ones on my Sonic.
W/that, it doesn't take much wind (which there always is down here) to have a nice breeze bellow deck.
Our friends were always shocked at how comfortable it was bellow deck even in the sun.
As to coffee, been there, done that
I've owned probably ten DC coffee pots. One worked
Unfortunately, I let it go w/one of the boats we sold and couldn't remember where I got it.
My most recent attempts all failed. We had dual batteries on the Sonic so I'd set it to one and turn on the pot.
45 mins later we'd have a 1/2 pot of "warm" coffee and a dead battery.
In the Keys, I paddled the dinghy to shore, jumped on my bike and rode to K-Mart and bought this.
1/2 hr later we had an empty propane bottle and a 1/2 pot of "warm" coffee.
I refused to accept defeat so I came up with this and it worked great!
But was a pain and dangerous if at anchor due to boat rocking.
Right before we sold that boat, I installed and inverter and bought a $15. AC pot and it worked great
One of my boating buddies told me to give up and switch to mountain Dew.
These are a great $20. investment too.
A killer breakfast on my propane grill.
When I started doing this 30 yrs ago on a 19' cuddy, I figured out the key to a successful weekend is to take care of your 1st mate.
We'd anchor off the beach, I'd blow up my $40. Walmart inflatable, paddle us to shore, set up our beach chairs and table, fire up my $20. grill and make dinner and watch the sun set.
Used to get compliments from the guys on the big boats anchored near by.
One guy off a 44' Sea Ray walked by w/his wife and saw our 3 course breakfast and said he got Cheerioes that morning
Don't get much better than a weekend on the boat gone well.
Another secret was to spend the 2nd night at a nice marina w/a real restroom/shower and a dock to get on/off the boat from.
We are getting ready to relocate to the Cinci area so will probably end up w/a cuddy for the river before ending up w/a full cruiser on Lake E
rie like we had before.
I will definitely get some solid plugs to try before making any other changes. At WOT the boat tends to chine a little even when I try various trim and jackplate heights. I'm assuming that's because it's ridding on the pad but wondering if you had that experience or if you thought the prop would help?
