As we look for a different boat I need to be concerned about the over all length. Some of the boats that I have looked at have a 3 ft long bow pulpit and 3 ft wide swim step reducing the width of the swim step seems straight forward. I wondered if anyone has eliminated or substantially shortened their bow pulpit. It seems that the anchor orientation when stowed would be more vertical. then horizontal I really don,t want to reposition the anchor windlass I think it would raise havoc with the way the chain falls into the locker. Anyone done this?