Roof top Tent family sleeping alternative

[kaelc]

Just saw this roof top tent on a 25 C-Dory Cruiser. Possible solution to adding a third bed to the Seasports and other hard top boats. Just don’t sleep walk.

I have a full enclosure but rarely put up the walls, so I have ended up sleeping on the floor.

 

[Rain City]

Just saw this roof top tent on a 25 C-Dory Cruiser. Possible solution to adding a third bed to the Seasports and other hard top boats. Just don’t sleep walk.

I have a full enclosure but rarely put up the walls, so I have ended up sleeping on the floor.

Picture?

 

[Corey_lax]

I’ve seen it before but man you’d think you’d be rocking around like crazy that high up

 

[Brando]

I’ve seen it before but man you’d think you’d be rocking around like crazy that high up

And a windy night wouldn’t be fun either

 

[Corey_lax]

And a windy night wouldn’t be fun either

Lol I was van camping in Iceland a few years ago and one of those triangle rooftop tents closed up on the guy next to us because of the wind. Getting folded like a pretzel lol

 

[Maxpri]

Lol I was van camping in Iceland a few years ago and one of those triangle rooftop tents closed up on the guy next to us because of the wind. Getting folded like a pretzel lol

Yeah seems like a terrible idea on a boat, I’ve seen it on a couple boats for sale. Any kind of swell or wind and you aren’t sleeping.

 

[Rain City]

Yeah seems like a terrible idea on a boat, I’ve seen it on a couple boats for sale. Any kind of swell or wind and you aren’t sleeping.

I've always thought a life raft would be great for this

 

[noluck]

a friend has a roof top tent on his jetboat, when they go moose hunting, works awesome

 

[kaelc]

Picture?

Whoops here it is. Looks like the owner is in Nanaimo. I’ve seen brokers selling the fly bridge sleeper seats, this has to be more comfy. Sleeping in any sort of wind swell, is out for me these days if I’m in the cuddy, on the floor or in this case being woken my a 6 year old at 4 am at his grandparents.

 

[Totally unexpected]

I think the maggiolina style like we used on our land cruisers would be a better option,all fiberglass construction super low profile when collapsed aluminum ladder, just pop it up and your sleeping ,mattress sleeping gear ,pillows all stay inside....I'll try and find a photo

 

[Totally unexpected]

 

[Eden Island]

I've always thought a life raft would be great for this

We used to sleep 2 in an open 16' boat -- we had hatch boards that were about a foot above the floor that rested on the flotation tanks. We took a friend to the central coast - towing a 9' dinghy for gas storage and we made hatch boards for it -- the friend slept in the dinghy tied alongside the 'big' boat, and the friend bailed in with us when it started to rain. Happy not to do that any more.

Below - a poor picture of the 16' Skookum Sealer we camped aboard for a decade -- circa year 2000.

 

[zurk]

eva foam floor with light sleeping bags is ok...i do it on mine currently. but king sized gel infused memory foam mattresses are on order for the new one. those should be better.

 

[kaelc]

Another one. 26 Venture. Looks like he has starlink too

 

[Weatherall]

I can confirm that this works. I just finished 7 nights at sea, and the kids loved it.

 

[kaelc]

I can confirm that this works. I just finished 7 nights at sea, and the kids loved it.

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Perfect setup!

 

[Weatherall]

Cheers. Hey, thanks for starting this thread. It got me thinking to try it out.