On Apr 7, 7:59 am, Gogarty wrote:
In article .com,
says...

I am sure this has been a topic before but what do you all think of
these. Which do you prefer and why? Just curious.

We have owned only center cockpit boats, first a Dawson 26, now an O'Day
37. One word: Privacy. And I don't just mean when we have guests on
board but the ability to get away from one another or to leave the other
in peace. I can muck around in the galley or even get underway without
disturbing my slumbering wife in the aft cabin. These boats did not and
do not have a pass through below decks. To get from one cabin to the
other you have to go through the cockpit. But this also means the boat
keeps a low and sleek profile where other boats of the same size that do
have internal pass throughs look like floating barns and the cockpit is
shallow and looks like a howdah on top of an elephant. I think you have
to get to 45 frrt ot more before you get pleasing proportions in boats
with a below deck pass through. Anyway, we have long been sold on the
center cockpit. And oh yeah, that big breaking wave looming up behind
you doesn't look so threatening from a center cockpit.

Amen. We were open to all when we started, having no design
specifications about center or aft cockpit, but the aft cabin, and
related separation, was the seller for us.

However, we (well, Lydia) nixed the walkovers because she didn't want
to have to make the climb, in potentially rough or wet circumstances,
between living and sleeping areas.

However, with a 45' boat, our cockpit protrusion from the deck line is
only a few inches, so it's a good visual line, we think.

L8R

Skip

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