Jmarsh203
Senior Member
- Joined
- Sep 5, 2019
- Messages
- 302
- Location
- Where my boat is
- Vessel Name
- Chapter II
- Vessel Make
- 1972 42 foot Alloy Mfg
So after looking over my boat and not really liking the current layout a ton I’m thinking of moving the galley into tho bow. And keep in mind my boat is going to be completely gutted so moving the galley really isn’t going to be any more work for me. Now I do understand that the most movement vertically is in the bow and would limit cooking big proper meals under certain conditions while underway, but for those days I’m sure leftovers and a microwave will work out just fine. At dock or anchor is where we all spend the majority of the time anyway so I’m failing to see the drawbacks. I’m moving into the boat full time when it’s done with just my gf and dog and we plan on moving the boat around quite a bit so comfort for us is very much the priority over guests. I just don’t see the advantage of keeping a full time spare bedroom and bathroom, when in reality it will become more of a catch all and rarely used for its intended purpose anyway and be a huge wasted space when space is already at a premium. Currently the master bed and bath is in the stern. I’ve thought about deleting the stern bed and bath and setting the boat up more like a true Europa style boat but the vbirth space forward just isn’t big enough to fit our bedroom up there in my opinion. I’m thinking doing kind of an open layout galley similar to a tollycraft 44 would really open the whole boat up and make it a really great living space and galley. So opinions on if I’m onto something or barking up the wrong tree? Also would love to hear from some tollycraft 44 owners on how they liked that forward galley. And I do plan on having a true fold out bed in the couch so there will be a spare bed for a guest, they will just have to use the master bathroom.