Gogarty wrote:

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We got that size boat because Bob felt that we would need some space
to be separate from each other if we were going to be living on a
boat. I agree although the boat is a little big for us.

How big? We have a center cockpit 37 which gives us plenty of space to
get away from one another. But it would not be big enough for a
liveaboard in my opinion. I should think 50+ feet would be about right.

We have a CSY 44 center cockpit walkover. The CSY 37 and 33 both have
an aft cockpit. The 44 is longer than 44 feet - it only counts the
actual deck length and doesn't include the bow pulpit and with the
dinghy on davits it works out to about 50 feet. Plenty of space
though.

Interesting article in the NY Times the other day about the trend to
separate sleeping quarters for married couples. Said one wife: "I don't
want to be wakened up for sex at one o'clock in the morning." Great
cartoon in the New Yorker on the same topic. Husband and wife in bed.
Wife says "How would you like it if I demanded sex of you first thing
every morning?" Talk about apples and oranges.

I think this isn't particularly new. My grandparents (born about
1880) had separate beds when I knew them - my grandfather really
snored.

I think my dad's parents also had separate beds - actually my dad said
that he and his brothers and his dad slept over the store so it was a
whole separate building. My father's parents house had only one
bedroom, and there were 3 boys and 2 girls in the family, plus her
parents lived with them at one point.

But we don't sleep separately except on a passage when one of us is on
watch. It's during the day that we maybe want to be separate.

Our tasted in TV and music is a little different. I can live with his
music much better than he can go with mine (I like just about
anything, but do tend to like rock and roll, where he's a more classic
and pop kind of guy), and he can deal with my choice of TV better than
I can watch his (I like football which he finds boring, but I
absolutely can't stand to watch stuff like Desperate Housewives or any
movies). So in the house, we watch TV in different rooms from after
dinner up to bedtime.
grandma Rosalie

S/V RosalieAnn, Leonardtown, MD
CSY 44 WO #156
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