I'm #687 East Coast kit boat, but built by WS workers after hours (or so I'm told). Consequently, I have a factory finished boat with a hodgepodge of what ever the workers could sneak out of the WS facility.
My pilot berth is 76-inches at the front face, measured inside the lee-board.
Assuming the pilots-berth shelf is bonded to the hull :
Forward bulkhead (under mast) from hull to leeboard is : 23-1/2 inches
Hanging locker next to chart table from ...... is: 28-1/2 inches
It's not the most comfortable place to sleep, being high on the hull, and close to the deck overhead.
Attached pic show the orientation.
Ed & Karen Hlywa
CAPRICA #687
PS,
Why a pilot berth? It's my experience that it serves only as a catch-all for bags, purses, laundry, and anything else that isn't properly stowed.
If I could move my workshop close to the boat, I gut my pilot and pull-out berths and build a couch-like place to comfortably sit, lounge, or sleep.
In fact I often muse about redesigning the WS 32 interior for comfortable two-person cruising. Apparently, back in the WestSail heyday, the major cruising boat metric was: how many people does she sleep? Every nook and cranny became a berth: even at the expense of interior comfort.
Think about it. You're on the hook for three days of foul weather. You sit at the dinette, or on the pull-out, or stand at the chart table and bump into each other on a 2-ft wide floor. Now think about those same three days if you were home in your family room. You'd have a place to sit, relax, work on your laptop, watch TV, and maybe even cuddle with your better half.
I wonder if there is interest in starting a new thread about WS-32 interior designs? Maybe make some guidelines like: cruising for two, (occasional guests?), computer/AV, nominal creature comfort dimensions, convenient meal preps and dinning, etc.
Just a thought ....
