What is the best deck chair for a boat?
Coveted Bean Bag Chair travels to the San Juan Islands!
Many years ago I happened to have over to my house, for reasons I don’t remember, a person who mentioned he had circumnavigated. He asked whether I would like to see some of his pictures.
Of course, I said yes, so for the next several hours, I was enthralled by this sailor’s story and pictures from around the world. I have incorporated some of what he said into my own thinking and actions, after all what we learn from others may be hard earned by them, but free to us.
This brings me to bean bag chairs and boats. This unnamed world cruiser said that his favorite chair for his boat was a bean bag. A bean bag, you’re kidding, do they still make them? Well, yes they make them and $20 later I had a brand new bean bag chair for my 28 foot sloop. I store it in the v-berth along with bags of sails. My kids quickly learned that it conformed to uneven decks, it could be crammed against shrouds, masts and stanchions, and made uncomfortable cockpit combings a thing of the past. The bean bag chair has become a must have piece of cruising/camping equipment on my boats, and while it’s true, storage is limited, tough decisions have to be made -- the bag-o-beans wins out even if it means leaving the 150 Genoa home.
