Cabin Sole

[Sayla]

Hi all,
I'm going through some details on a shoal draft design, a shoal draft timber cutter (7.5m / 24'7" x 2.45m / 8' 3/8" ), and I'm wonderng about functional cabin sole widths, as the cabin sole width is one of the control parameters for the draft - between 26"-30" is the consideration - I'm wondering how detrimental the narrower width is, especially for standing headroom as opposed to sitting style.

Thanks for your comments,
Sayla

[paladin]

That may be about the minimum that you would want to use....with a heeled boat and trying to stand could get a bit interesting even with overhead handholds.