{"id":1028,"date":"1999-11-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1999-11-30T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/?p=1028"},"modified":"2015-10-16T12:13:05","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T17:13:05","slug":"headroom-for-tall-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/headroom-for-tall-person\/","title":{"rendered":"Headroom for Tall Person"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"question\">\n<p class=\"Body\"> Hi Steve, I&#8217;m 6&#8217;4&quot; tall and am wondering how soon I would begin to curse the day if I purchased a boat with less than 6&#8217;6&quot; headroom. Would you suggest that I limit myself to designs having full headroom, probably in the 45 to 50 foot range, or does your experience indicate that I could adjust to 6&#8217;2&quot; headroom and therefore be able to consider designs in the 40 to 45 foot range. Obviously no point in buying something I&#8217;m going to hate, so this is a critical question for me. Thx, David <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"answer\">\n<p class=\"Body\">Hi David: First, the only way to get a handle on this is to spend some time cruising on boats with different headroom levels. An inch one way or the other can make a big difference. I&#8217;d suggest going to a fall boat show, tape in hand, and see what feels right and what doesn&#8217;t. Then, hitch a ride for a few days or charter with comparable headroom to see how it works.<\/p>\n<p>What we know from our own experience is wearing (or not wearing) shoes makes a big difference, as does individual posture. Most boats have max headroom at the center, and then lose it as you work off center. <\/p>\n<p>You will also want to look at the room in the toilet and bath compartments, bunk size, and saloon and cockpit seat ergonomics. Good Luck &#8211; Steve <\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\" align=\"center\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Steve, I&#8217;m 6&#8217;4&quot; tall and am wondering how soon I would begin to curse the day if I purchased <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/headroom-for-tall-person\/\">&#8230;Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech-talk","category-yacht-interior-forum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1028"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1028"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36394,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1028\/revisions\/36394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}