Bigger Bed in 80's Aft Cabin 3207 Ideas
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Might be a good excuse to buy a bigger boat!
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Had a 3207 many years ago -- wonderful boat!
I was ~6'3" back in those younger days - agree that bunk was at least a few inches too short to allow stretching out b/o bulkheads at both ends.
The port bunk, however, was designed to pull readily toward the middle of the aft cabin to make a comfortable larger (almost full size) bed (with a filler toward the outside).
In that position, the inboard side of the bed is freed from the forward bulkhead of the aft cabin, now extending partially over the stairs.
Tho' the stairway passage was narrowed by the overlap, it was accessible, and the area between bunks was still enough to walk back to the aft head.
I slept with my feet slightly off the inboard end of the bed then (extended over the entry stairway) so many nights it seems like only yesterday . . .
That said (sorry to be so wordy) -- if I could do that fully extended and comfortable (with feet off the end no longer constrained by the bulkhead at the foot of the bed), you should be able to fashion a [removable] extension that provides full support for 6'5" or more.
(Probably impossible for anyone to visualize from my description except for the 3207 skipper, who will easily understand my description.)
Perhaps try an extension that is supported at its end by a cabin step at the foot (forward) end of the aft cabin?
Good luck -- well worth the modification innovation and trouble . . .
John
I was ~6'3" back in those younger days - agree that bunk was at least a few inches too short to allow stretching out b/o bulkheads at both ends.
The port bunk, however, was designed to pull readily toward the middle of the aft cabin to make a comfortable larger (almost full size) bed (with a filler toward the outside).
In that position, the inboard side of the bed is freed from the forward bulkhead of the aft cabin, now extending partially over the stairs.
Tho' the stairway passage was narrowed by the overlap, it was accessible, and the area between bunks was still enough to walk back to the aft head.
I slept with my feet slightly off the inboard end of the bed then (extended over the entry stairway) so many nights it seems like only yesterday . . .
That said (sorry to be so wordy) -- if I could do that fully extended and comfortable (with feet off the end no longer constrained by the bulkhead at the foot of the bed), you should be able to fashion a [removable] extension that provides full support for 6'5" or more.
(Probably impossible for anyone to visualize from my description except for the 3207 skipper, who will easily understand my description.)
Perhaps try an extension that is supported at its end by a cabin step at the foot (forward) end of the aft cabin?
Good luck -- well worth the modification innovation and trouble . . .
John
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My boat is an 80's vintage 3007, so same aft cabin except without the head.
Here's one idea. Not saying it's a good one, or even possible, but it might work.
Unless your boat is different than mine, the fuel tanks are located under the aft cabin bunks, port and starboard, and there's a hanging locker amidships. The bunks are just big 'boxes' built around the tanks. If you remove the boxes and remove the hanging locker you'll get an idea of how much space you have and what you can do with it given the location of the access door and steps to the stateroom, and the door to the head.
There's also the matter of accessing the floor hatches that provide access to the aft bilge spaces.
Carver did a pretty good job in those days of laying out the interior spaces of their 3000 series models. It's hard to improve on it (although why they didn't do anything with all that space under the side decks is a mystery to me).
Good luck!
Here's one idea. Not saying it's a good one, or even possible, but it might work.
Unless your boat is different than mine, the fuel tanks are located under the aft cabin bunks, port and starboard, and there's a hanging locker amidships. The bunks are just big 'boxes' built around the tanks. If you remove the boxes and remove the hanging locker you'll get an idea of how much space you have and what you can do with it given the location of the access door and steps to the stateroom, and the door to the head.
There's also the matter of accessing the floor hatches that provide access to the aft bilge spaces.
Carver did a pretty good job in those days of laying out the interior spaces of their 3000 series models. It's hard to improve on it (although why they didn't do anything with all that space under the side decks is a mystery to me).
Good luck!
All very good ideas and I'll be in the cabin tonite with a tape measure for sure. My wife and I both went on a diet for health reasons and to fit width wise on the bed even with the slide out it is 6 inches narrower than a full size soooo it's tight still (hard to believe once upon a time we used to nap together on a couch). We're both 6 feet so it is the width that is killing us. I even thought about ripping out the closet as mentioned by rapsacallion or the whole cabin and head but I haven't found the wall paper to match it all up with.
Keep the ideas keep them coming. JH described it perfectly and thanks for the sketch. I'd need to move the charger and resupport the steps.
Keep the ideas keep them coming. JH described it perfectly and thanks for the sketch. I'd need to move the charger and resupport the steps.
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What occupies the far aft port space on your boat? It looks like a large void in the drawing, but it's got to be a mechanical space, or something. Would it be possible to lengthen the existing port side slide-out bed aft into that space? That would at least give you the length you need if not the width.