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There's not a lot to it; It's just a lousy way to live for six months at
a time.

On a Mark-1 boat, I slept in one of the forward racks, with my feet
toward the bow (tight up against the peak tank), and directly under the
pilot house.

The boats are 3/16" welded aluminum, so EVERY noise on the boat gets
transmitted to you in that position -- it's sort of a "focal point" for
noise. It's not the best place, physically, to rack out (hard to get in
and out of your rack), and if the boat is under way, you're lying head-
down while the boat is under power. There's really no room for a big guy
to sleep feet aft, because the forward racks are tapered narrower at the
bow end.



Lloyd