A plywood base is bendy and feels insecure. We added a cross support between the two settees and two supports would have been even better. Our support was 3 “x1” with the bracket on the end set so the plywood would be at the same height as the settee. (with just the one cross support we finished up using a cooler and some padding under the bed to help with supporting the middle)
A small 1 ½” x 1 ½” x 8” long piece of wood attached to the bulkhead below the table at the right height supports one end of the plywood. http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1|10918|311444|309358&id=63843 Cut the plywood base so it is the same size as the port settee cushion. Then notch it so the plywood so it will fit against the bulkhead support. By using the Port settee cushion rather than the quarter berth cushion it makes setting up the bed much easier. The plywood base will store under the starboard cushion or under the quarter berth cushion. I’m sure it would be possible to fabricate a solution without the brackets but I already had them. Mark Tamblyn From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Judy Durnford Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 11:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IC27A]Pictures of the bed Go into the photo site, someone has awesome shots of his bed which is the same as you are describing. Judy Makai 3119 Vancouver ~~~_/)~~~_/)~~~_/)~~~_/)~~~_/)~~~_/)
