We have been hard at work and a little behind schedule on our web posts, and it is time to catch up. Previously you saw the commercial version of the FPB 115 pilot house. This is what we would term a conventional layout, albeit with quite a large volume.
As this is a working area at sea, regardless of sea state, you need to be constrained by the furniture with lots of low level and overhead handrails.
The bridge area is forward, with a pair of helm chairs that can be swiveled around to face the settee. The table is on a slide, shown in conversation position here, and moves aft when used for a meal. If you want to sleep in the pilot house on a passage, so as to be readily available for questions, there is room on both sides of the settee.
A desk is shown to port, which would also make a convenient chest of chart drawers.
Aft is a sink, counter for meal service, with fridge, microwave, and perhaps ice maker below the counter.
A day head is shown, but some would argue this is better placed on the main deck. There is a wet locker under the stairs to the flying bridge, just outside the water tight door.
Posted by Steve Dashew (July 3, 2011)
July 12th, 2011 at 2:24 am
Hi Steve,
Many, many years ago Beowulf pass us so easy in one race, some reporter named Wind Horse a Wavepiercer, I remember Beowulf as he was one to… When I see the hull from Beowulf going so easy through the wave, it makes a wakeup call in my head. Since I try to know everything about your boat and follow your noodelling, and I have to say you are one of the few where I can difficult think about a better way to-do this or that… I am a good friend of mister Murphy, not the Gauge guy, the other one who come knock-knock on the door in the worst moment. (Excuse my bad English; it is not my native language)…
– What about a half round stairway (inside the boat) between bedroom floor, great room, and the pilothouse? Round stairway that is external a square with Handrail and open in between the step, so that you still have one view through the step to the rear of the boat… I found the 360° view so important, better one pole and some spar on the way that one wall…
Other advantage, it makes you begin and end by using the stair in the length side of the boat, what I found more secure in heavy weather… And takes less room, what makes it maybe possible to position in the middle of the beam…
– And what about a main entry of the great room with one airlock-like double door, outside door heavy wind proof and the inside door waterproof, and init this airlock-like the hanger for wet cloths?
REALLY Impatient to see the owner version of the great room level and bedroom level…
Regards
Alain
July 12th, 2011 at 9:01 am
Hi Alain:
Stairs are always the hardest part of an interior. Circular can make sense, and we will be looking at this no doubt in the future.