It's so easy to crush poor Bob Crantz...let's take a look at the 35s5
and it's EXACT measurements against some other good cockpits.


The Tartan 37 is a larger yacht with a very good amount of cockpit
space. Anyone who's sailed one knows the cockpit seats 5-6 adults with
no problem. From bridgedeck to helm seat back it measures exactly 8
feet X 5 feet wide. You CAN'T lie down because the seat stops for the
wheel and resumes at the helm seat. Removing the wheel does nothing to
help here.

The Catalina 36 is a larger yacht with the same cockpit shape as the
Tartan 37. You can't lie down. Most people feel the Catalina's 7'6
cockpit which is also 5'5 wide is generous.

The Catalina 42 is a much larger yacht with a huge cockpit that
measures 8'5 feet long. Still, it has seats that end for the wheel
again. With it's large coamings and seat depth of 17 inches, the 42 has
lots of room.

The Beneteau First 35s5 cockpit measures 7 feet from bridgedeck to helm
seat back. It's also 5'9 wide and has the same seat depth as the
Catalina 42. Unlike the other boats, the cockpit seat runs the length
of the cockpit. The coamings of the 35s5 provide additional seating are
great and are matched only by the Catalina 42, but it's still nicer to
lie down in the 35s5. Pop the wheel off at anchor and you really have
room to sleep.

Hunter 35...a new boat has a cockpit measuring 7'2 X 5'10, about the
same size as the 35s5 cockpit.

The 1990 Ericson 34 has a cockpit measuring 6'7, the Sweden 39 measures
7 feet and has seats just 14 inches deep. The C&C 34 is also 7 feet and
has very short seats, just like my old C&C 32 which still handled 6
people no problem.

So much for anyone ever claiming the 35s5 cockpit is small. It's
average by strict dimensions, but combined with it's clever design
actually does better than many others.
Sorry, Bob Crantz. The facts just kicked you in the rubber
parts....AGAIN!!!!


RB
35s5
NY

The cockpit in my boat is 7' 6" long by 5' 2" wide.

Guess what the LOA is.

I measured your cockpit length exactly from the drawing! I said six feet so
you would run out and measure it! Thanks for taking the bait! The proof is
he


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"Capt. Scumbalino" wrote in message
...
If you long to entertain a host of friends aboard your boat, stride
manfully
amongst the sunbathing lovelies, or, in an idle moment, use your night
vision binoculars to remind yourself what the far end of the vast,
palatial
cockpit in which you lounge actually looks like, all you need is one of
these...

http://community.webshots.com/photo/...48327613tVCkrn

This information, of course, should now allow us to perform the neccessary
calculations to determine the following...

If you had a line of NYers on the port side seats, another line on the
starboard seats, and one balancing precariously on the helm's seat, how
many
NYers do you have in your cockpit?

You may assume that, to reduce bulk, none of them are wearing lifejackets.

2 ASA points.


--
Capt Scumbalino



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Bwooohohohohohhohohohoooooooooooooooooooooooooaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I had to say 6 feet to get Ole Robbie to run with the tape measure. By
simple scaling I can up with about 7. Thanks for fine work there Scumbalino!

What till Lloyd Bonifide hears about this!

My cockpit has a drop-in board for the wheel 'cut-out' , if
you remove the wheel you can drop the board in and it
becomes one long seat, about 8' long.

Scotty, it ain't the size of your cockpit, it's how you use
it.








"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
ups.com...
It's so easy to crush poor Bob Crantz...let's take a look
at the 35s5
and it's EXACT measurements against some other good
cockpits.


The Tartan 37 is a larger yacht with a very good amount of
cockpit
space. Anyone who's sailed one knows the cockpit seats 5-6
adults with
no problem. From bridgedeck to helm seat back it measures
exactly 8
feet X 5 feet wide. You CAN'T lie down because the seat
stops for the
wheel and resumes at the helm seat. Removing the wheel
does nothing to
help here.

The Catalina 36 is a larger yacht with the same cockpit
shape as the
Tartan 37. You can't lie down. Most people feel the
Catalina's 7'6
cockpit which is also 5'5 wide is generous.

The Catalina 42 is a much larger yacht with a huge cockpit
that
measures 8'5 feet long. Still, it has seats that end for
the wheel
again. With it's large coamings and seat depth of 17
inches, the 42 has
lots of room.

The Beneteau First 35s5 cockpit measures 7 feet from
bridgedeck to helm
seat back. It's also 5'9 wide and has the same seat depth
as the
Catalina 42. Unlike the other boats, the cockpit seat runs
the length
of the cockpit. The coamings of the 35s5 provide
additional seating are
great and are matched only by the Catalina 42, but it's
still nicer to
lie down in the 35s5. Pop the wheel off at anchor and you
really have
room to sleep.

Hunter 35...a new boat has a cockpit measuring 7'2 X 5'10,
about the
same size as the 35s5 cockpit.

The 1990 Ericson 34 has a cockpit measuring 6'7, the
Sweden 39 measures
7 feet and has seats just 14 inches deep. The C&C 34 is
also 7 feet and
has very short seats, just like my old C&C 32 which still
handled 6
people no problem.

So much for anyone ever claiming the 35s5 cockpit is
small. It's
average by strict dimensions, but combined with it's
clever design
actually does better than many others.
Sorry, Bob Crantz. The facts just kicked you in the rubber
parts....AGAIN!!!!


RB
35s5
NY

My cockpit has a drop-in board for the wheel 'cut-out' , if
you remove the wheel you can drop the board in and it
becomes one long seat, about 8' long.


Some C&C 32's had the same thing. Mine didn't, but I saw pics showing
the insert.



RB
35s5
NY