I told you! Doug put up the same list of boats that don't fit the basic
specs I listed.


Yes, they all do, except that a number of them may or may not have aft
cabins (but even so would have comparable accomodation).


Gary wrote:
When you rant about the after cabin, are you talking about those ones
you can't stand up in and have the wierd shaped deckhead because of the
cockpit or a real cabin?


Sorry, didn't realize I was ranting.

The so-called "aft cabin" in aft-cockpit boats vary a lot.
Some are at least as good as the V-berth cabin.

The ones I am familiar with call it an after cabin but they are really
just bunked in lazzarettes with a door. Kind of built for the charter
market with 6 folks on a 35 footer.

Yep, that's a good descriptor for many: bunked-in lazarette.
They're not all like that though, some have at least a small
area of standing headroom and real stowage lockers.

Some of the better designed ones have the batteries, shaft &
pcking gland, or even the engine, set up for great access
and you can sit on the edge of the bunk while you work on
them. Now that's what I call thinking ahead!

But it's true that every inch of cubic put in the "aft
cabin" has to be taken out of the lazarette stowage. TANSTAAFL.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King