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Originally Posted by christyleigh
That's possible ....but I doubt it. When you have over 12' to work with you can make a large interior and have lots left over for storage. For example my fat ass 11'9" beam c320 had a Queen size berth below the cockpit but Also had a port lazzertte large enough for a couple folded Dahons, a deflated dingy, and an arm load of PFD's. Then behind that were the stern lockers with enough room for 20 or 30 throwables for example. For volume you did get to have your cake and eat it too.... or store it  |
True the "fat ass" boats have large voluminous cockpit lockers, but my perception is that the storage below for things like food, utensils, pots and pans etc is suffering with newer designs with open floor plans and widely separated settees that don't have the traditional lockers behind seatbacks and such. Shallower hull forms tend to put tankage beneath such structures as berths and bunks so these areas are unavailable too.