( This is a "repackaged" version of a very old web site I did about
some projects to my old Santana 2023C sailboat)

Privacy Curtains

 

Another thing that was "not too good" was that head door. It would't stay open, was cramped when it was closed.... just all-in-all not too useful. I took it off. If you want to see what I did with it after I took it off, see the Large Cabin/Cockpit Table section on the main page.

 

Instead of the door I put up two curtains. One closing off just the head, shown here, and the other separating the forward part of the cabin.

 

When stowed, one curtain is on each side of the head opening.

 

We sacrificed the look of the head door closed when not in use, but this is a small price to pay in order not to have to perform the famous "backing in" dance each time you needed to use the head.

For the tracks, I used some sliding track from an RV store (MUCH cheaper than marine stuff). The little sliders just sewed on to the curtains with little eyes(my wife is a miracle worker). The ones I found were much smaller than the roller kind and therefore the tracks were very thin - didn't protude down from the cabin top much at all.

 

Each curtain has a velcro tab to wrap around and hold it to the bulkhead.

 

The Curtain below goes all the way down to the floor and has a "notch" for the berth.

Its kind of shaped like this: This curtain separates the entire forward part of the boat from the cabin. It is much easier to change clothes there than the 2ft x 2ft head area.