Some of the last few posts are about space. I don't mean having a 20'x20' master stateroom or having enough space for storage, which is VERY important, but having different spaces for people to use on the boat.
My father had a 33 foot sailboat back in the day and we sometimes would have as many as five adults on the boat. That was kinda tight but we were lucky in that the weather was always good and we somehow found a space place to get out of each other's way. This worked for a week but for more than a week, or with bad weather, this would NOT have worked at all.
The boat designs we like, and want, have quite a few spaces. Engine room, pilot house, galley, saloon, forward cabin(s), master stateroom, cockpit and maybe a fly bridge. Some of the spaces can be quite small by modern house standards, or even boat standards, but they are still usable and allow people there own space.
One does not need space to only get away from others but the more spaces on the boat makes the boat feel bigger.
Later,
Dan
My father had a 33 foot sailboat back in the day and we sometimes would have as many as five adults on the boat. That was kinda tight but we were lucky in that the weather was always good and we somehow found a space place to get out of each other's way. This worked for a week but for more than a week, or with bad weather, this would NOT have worked at all.
The boat designs we like, and want, have quite a few spaces. Engine room, pilot house, galley, saloon, forward cabin(s), master stateroom, cockpit and maybe a fly bridge. Some of the spaces can be quite small by modern house standards, or even boat standards, but they are still usable and allow people there own space.
One does not need space to only get away from others but the more spaces on the boat makes the boat feel bigger.
Later,
Dan