Best kind of leave on board blankets

[Warren Kaplan]

I hope to get on the water early next season and stay late. Overnighting on board in the beginning and end of the season can be kind of nippy. I don't have a cabin heater so I'll need some sort of blankets or sleeping bags. Now I'm not talking about freezing weather but it could get into the high 40s and low 50s. What are the best blankets, material, etc for blankets that will be left aboard? I think about mildew and salt air. Ones that will be warm but not so bulky that they take up alot of space when stored. Ones that will clean and dry easily and quickly. Also, ones that won't disintergrate if seawater gets below and soaks them.
Thanks,
Warren Kaplan
Sine Qua Non
CD27



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[Michael Heintz]

Captain Kaplan,

Methinks you better hit the wine rack, or take a good stiff slug od GROG. Obviously this winter is getting to you

Respectfully yours,

Michael Heintz
Captain Commanding
Macht Nichts

[Warren Stringer]

I hope to get on the water early next season and stay late. Overnighting on board in the beginning and end of the season can be kind of nippy. I don't have a cabin heater so I'll need some sort of blankets or sleeping bags. Now I'm not talking about freezing weather but it could get into the high 40s and low 50s. What are the best blankets, material, etc for blankets that will be left aboard? I think about mildew and salt air. Ones that will be warm but not so bulky that they take up alot of space when stored. Ones that will clean and dry easily and quickly. Also, ones that won't disintergrate if seawater gets below and soaks them.

Fleece

Warren



wstringer@aristotle.net

[Warren Kaplan]

Captain Kaplan,

Methinks you better hit the wine rack, or take a good stiff slug od GROG. Obviously this winter is getting to you

Respectfully yours,

Michael Heintz
Captain Commanding
Macht Nichts

Captain Heintz,
The ONLY way I'm gonna' survive this winter (sober) is to make my mind believe that launch date is "just around the corner". I'll save the GROG for on board. Right now it MacCallan's Scotch!!

Warren Kaplan (High and not too dry)
Sine Qua Non



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[Bob Loewenstein]

I stay on our boat in the winter while out east on business. While we have a heater I don't use it because it's winterized (reverse cycle) and I'm used to winter camping. We keep a quilt which has something like holifill in it, plus a lot of fleece blankets. I also added a light weight sleeping bag of some synthetic material ($20 at walmart).

Never had mildew problems. The lowest temperature I've seen in the boat during various winter stays was about 25F and I was quite cozy with the quilt and blanket arrangement. Working on the laptop before going to bed requires proper clothing and gloves at those temperatures.

Bob

[Chris Schnell]

Warren...I think the key is not the blanket but leaving it on the boat for extended periods. We keep pillows, blankets, some of our foul weather gear, etc. on board year-round. I bought a small little heater/fan ($19 @ Lowes) which I run off shore power, along with a 60watt lightbulb in one of those cheap spring-loaded clamp-on spotlights, and we have NO mildew problem at all! The amount of time away from shore power is usually a couple of days, and then we plug back in and it acts like a dehumidifier with warm circulating air. In the summer we just run the fan w/the light, and again, no mildew. Many of my friends here only use the lightbulb year-round and have little to no mildew problem. It really makes it nice, because it really minimizes cleanup of the interior and is nice and warm in the fall, winter, and spring when you first climb on board. Remove the step/lid to the engine compartment and now you're keeping your motor warm in the winter. Of course, we sail year-round here. We have a tradition of starting the year the way we want to spend it....sailing! So on New Years Day when we strip off the Christmas Lights (we have a SitStilla from the time of our Christmas Flotilla to New Years Day) and start getting her ready, the cabin and motor are warm. In the summer, you have to ventilate some to cool her down. So put what you want on board if you have shore power. Good Luck

Full Sails & Calm Seas,

Chris Schnell
s/v MADNESS III, CD30 #235
Southport, NC



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[Larry DeMers]

Warren,

A while back, we were on the way up north for the first visit that spring. Excited and anxious to get aboard, we realized about half way there that we had forgotten all of the blankets for the vberth! So we stopped in a town mid way up the drive, and found a Walmart -like store, went to the sporting goods dept. and found a huge wire bin full of queen sized comforters filled with hollofill. They were cheap..~$16.00, so got one and a regular cheap blanket just in case.
Well that comforter is THE best blanket we have ever owned, and it is used all year long..on the boat when we are there, and at home on our waterbed when the boat is on the hard. SO I am suggesting that you get one of these comforters. Layering works in backpacking very well. So we do the same onboard. We have a high quality cotton sheet, then a lighter blanket and finally the comforter. As the temps vary, you can choose the combination to use.

We remove and wash all of the bedding but the comforter approximately every 3-4 weekends. Use the higher quality sheets..you will really enjoy the feeling, and they hold up so much better than the cheap Kmart junk.

We have no problems with mildew at all, so have no experience there.
Ditto for salt..except for what I put on the rim of my margarita glass..heh.

Happy Holidays Everyone!!

Larry DeMers
s/v DeLaMer
Cape Dory 30

I hope to get on the water early next season and stay late. Overnighting on board in the beginning and end of the season can be kind of nippy. I don't have a cabin heater so I'll need some sort of blankets or sleeping bags. Now I'm not talking about freezing weather but it could get into the high 40s and low 50s. What are the best blankets, material, etc for blankets that will be left aboard? I think about mildew and salt air. Ones that will be warm but not so bulky that they take up alot of space when stored. Ones that will clean and dry easily and quickly. Also, ones that won't disintergrate if seawater gets below and soaks them.
Thanks,
Warren Kaplan
Sine Qua Non
CD27

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[john doyle]

Captain Kaplan,

Methinks you better hit the wine rack, or take a good stiff slug od GROG. Obviously this winter is getting to you

Respectfully yours,

Michael Heintz
Captain Commanding
Macht Nichts

Captain Heintz,
The ONLY way I'm gonna' survive this winter (sober) is to make my mind believe that launch date is "just around the corner". I'll save the GROG for on board. Right now it MacCallan's Scotch!!

Warren Kaplan (High and not too dry)
Sine Qua Non

You know, Jimmy Buffett said "I'm glad I don't live in a trailer", but I say. I'm glad we don't live any further north. Stop by Atlanta & sail on our fleet of 31's & 28's
By the way, we use sleeping bags & leave them aboard all year, Down bags.
John CD31 #18
Bonnie Blue



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[Mario]

We bought some inexpensive fleece blankets at Bed, Bath & Beyond, and always sleep on flannel sheets in cooler weather. When necessary we supplement with some down comforters we bought for cheap.

Fleece is also nice to bundle up in when you're sitting in the cockpit at anchor.

Mario
s/v Rhapsody
CD30 #252



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[Nautical Traditions Offic]

Captain Kaplan,

I believe you may find that the U.S. Navy had it right! Go to your local Army/Navy surplus store, and purchase some good old U.S. Navy blankets. I believe they are available in the colors Gray or Gray, (you may even be able to get them in gray)! I believe they are wool, and they will keep you warm even if they do get wet!

Of course, if you are boarded at sea by the Brits, you will have a hard time explaining yourself!

Dave Stump
Captain Commanding
s/v Hanalei CD-30C
CDSOA #1

[Ken Coit]

Captain Kaplan,

I believe you may find that the U.S. Navy had it right! Go to your local Army/Navy surplus store, and purchase some good old U.S. Navy blankets. I believe they are available in the colors Gray or Gray, (you may even be able to get them in gray)! I believe they are wool, and they will keep you warm even if they do get wet!


Of course, if you are boarded at sea by the Brits, you will have a hard time explaining yourself!

Dave Stump
Captain Commanding
s/v Hanalei CD-30C
CDSOA #1

PPPparfait@nc.rr.com

[Nautical Traditions Offic]

After all they DO say U.S. Navy!

[Ken Coit]

they might accomodate arrangements other than the pipe berth. I never have seen any of course, but you never know. Parfait's V-berth is a bit wide for even a large single Navy blanket.

Ken

After all they DO say U.S. Navy!

PPPparfait@nc.rr.com

[D. Stump, Hanalei]

Captain Coit,

The manufs. advertising will say that, but one must always ask the question "Side by side, or stacked?" If "stacked" then a man sized Navy blanket would cover the "problem"!

Hanalei

[Ken Coit]

Captain Coit,

The manufs. advertising will say that, but one must always ask the question "Side by side, or stacked?" If "stacked" then a man sized Navy blanket would cover the "problem"!

Hanalei

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