Newbie question: What is this part of the boat called?

[KingBuffalo]

That there’s a poopdeck.

 

[rwaldrop13]

I want to call it an 'aft deck', but then what do I call the deck above the aft cabin?

For me it's a holdover from when I was in the Coast Guard, we call the aft area the fantail.

 

[Capt Dan]

BOAT DECK, if that is where you carry your small boat,

Aft Cabin Top will cover it as well.

Too many variables in designs to have specific right/wrong name.

 

[Art]

BOAT DECK, if that is where you carry your small boat,

Aft Cabin Top will cover it as well.

Too many variables in designs to have specific right/wrong name.

Aft Patio!!

 

[OldDan1943]

It's your boat, call it what you wish

 

[Art]

It's your boat, call it what you wish

That's it! >>>> The Wishing Platform!!!

 

[OldDan1943]

For me it's a holdover from when I was in the Coast Guard, we call the aft area the fantail.

Sure, a slick aka smooth deck the aft end can be called the fantail, just like in the Navy.
The cockpit is a significantly depressed area toward the aft end of the boat.

 

[Art]

Sure, a slick aka smooth deck the aft end can be called the fantail, just like in the Navy.
The cockpit is a significantly depressed area toward the aft end of the boat.

Thus the word's ending "....pit!

There is no cockpit on our Tolly. There is a crowned stern deck [a shelf, if you will] above the swim platform.

 

[SeaStarDream]

Might end up being the poop deck!

Poop deck.

Since we're planning on having our dogs on board.. this might indeed bend up being the poop deck!

 

[kthoennes]

Since our aft deck faces the marina's boat launching ramp and we often eat dinner there watching the action, I suppose we could call it the Observation-Deck-for-Launch-Drama-and-Marital-Discord.

 

[JWellington]

Why notvthe 'beach club'. Thats what we see salesmen calling such?

 

[OldDan1943]

Why notvthe 'beach club'. Thats what we see salesmen calling such?

I guess if you have lots of sand back there, it can be the beach

 

[JWellington]

I guess if you have lots of sand back there, it can be the beach

I guess all those salesmen who call it that, beach club, suggest your boat can be overlooking a beach, on a beach, etc. Salesmen are like that.

 

[Art]

How bout the "Hang Out"? or "Dance Floor"?? Long as it has full safety rail surround such as ours!

Could always call it "Outdoor Seating Parlor"!

 

[Wayfarer]

I like to call Sylphide's aft deck 'The back porch,' because I'm a real salty sailor type, and I like to get that kind of thing correct.