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On a secondhand boat listing, I noticed what looked to be cut to size / down sprung bed slats and placed under the double bunk.

This strikes me as a very good idea, both from a ventilation POV but also, and primarily from a comfort POV.

Has anyone done this and is it as simple as buying something like these;

LURÖY slatted bed base, 160x200 cm - IKEA

and cutting them into the shape of the curved berth?

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A well known trick did it on two boats, it's been mentioned on here several times.

If you are cutting down the slats trim both ends rather than take it all off one end particularly for the short ones.
 
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Clancy Moped said:
I can recommend these https://www.svb24.com/en/bedflex-marine-bed-system.html I've linked to this site as their own site seems to have issues
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That’s good - Do they have middle supports at the slidey middle sections / still offer springiness when there’s two in the bed?

They look like they’d be much, much easier to set up than cutting down a set of double bed slats but I fear they might not offer quite the same level of comfort…
 
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As mentioned:

We used 2 single sets of curved bed slats from IKEA for about 15 years, I'm sure there are other sources. From memory you cannot buy a 'double' bed slat - you need to buy 2 (as singles - then cut them back).

Most people I know, not that I have conducted a survey, sleep each on their own side of the bed - 2 singles work well. :). I think a double, queen or king bed slat would be too long and simply flatten - hence 2 singles.

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Minerva said:
That’s good - Do they have middle supports at the slidey middle sections / still offer springiness when there’s two in the bed?

They look like they’d be much, much easier to set up than cutting down a set of double bed slats but I fear they might not offer quite the same level of comfort…
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Yes they do, and if you want to order extra ones you can, they just slide on.

https://www.svb24.com/en/bedflex-rubber-pads-for-bed-system.html
 
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You can usually find them for free most weeks waiting outside people’s houses to be picked up with the trash…enquire within to see if they are bed wetters
 
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