Generally the sequence goes something
like this:
• Everyone, but Captain Mike
Making the Most of Small Boat Cruising:
retires to the cockpit. I start forward,
clear the v-berth of sleeping bags,
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sliding the covers over the porta-potty
and putting the cushions in place.
• Then the dinette table is put
down and Karin and my sleeping bags
are zipped together. I’m not sure why
we need two sleeping bags when one
covers the whole berth. You really have
to love each other to sleep this close.
• Next, some of the extra storage
tubs and cooler can go outside to clear
the starboard quarter berth. One half
of the v-berth cushions or rolliup mats
can be used for padding. Luke prefers
to sleep outside on the cockpit cushions
if it is not pouring rain. If it rains, Noah
Sleeping 5 on a Catalina 22
bunks with Sarah in the v-berth and
Luke takes the quarter-berth. Small boat, small budget, small uncrowded even on holiday
What small boat cruising loses amount of time and a not-so-small weekends.
in accommodations it makes up for in family, adds up to local weekend One of our favorite
togetherness. I find great satisfaction in trips as the majority of our cruising destinations is Penrose Point State
lying on my bunk, being able to touch destinations. We sail a Catalina 22 Park. We have driven our car and
everyone in the family or nudge them named Sweetpea with a crew of five tent camped in one of the 82 sites.
if they need it. out of Gig Harbor, and enjoy the We have sailed over and hauled
P.S. It’s good to bring along some south sound which seems relatively everything up the
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