Now it's onto building some shelf/shelves for the V-berth. I decided the place for the shelf would be around the curved portion in the roof at the level where the starboard covered Monkey fur attached to the roof. This portion appears to be a perfect circle of approximately 43" radius. I used a template to obtain the correct curvature.
One requirement 1st Mate gave me was to not place a shelf on the starboard side as this is where she placed a number of cushions/pillows to lean into while stretched out from starboard to port with her legs. If shelving were to be placed where I explained above it would interfere with where her head would be. So, the shelving had to be all the way from the port side to about 45º to starboard beyond the center point.
Another requirement or restriction if you like was to not make the shelves too deep otherwise one would contact the shelf edges when clamoring into bed. ;) I mean to say, I don't want 1st Mate to knock herself out... :lol:
I constructed two wood pieces from vertical grain fir and stained them with a Teak Stain. The curvature was made with a 43" radius and the other side was simply straight.
I will use the same technique for supporting the shelves as I did for my cabin entrance headroom shelving. That was using flat galvanized steel framing joint plates slid between the roof and the starboard headlining. With three of these cantilevered out per shelf the shelves can be attached to the plates and supported adequately. The shelf straight edges will be built up with a bottom fiddle attached directly to the shelf edge and a top fiddle supported with brass angled pieces to match my kitchen counter ledge shelf and the cabin entrance headroom shelving. The bottom fiddle is attached to the shelf otherwise small objects could slid off the shelf and onto the V-berth bedding. I anticipate placing wrist watches, iPhones, eye glasses, an alarm clock, keys, portable battery powered radio, flashlight, glass of Cock'n Bull Ginger Beer, medicines and what not items needed at night time while tucked away under our Goose down comforter. :D
