On TN, in order to provide space for large chart and file drawers, as well as a large, easily accessed machinery space below, I designed it to be most comfortable when standing right in the narrow fore-aft
passage between the table and
engine box/double-sink island. And plan to provide a small, flip-out "seat"/perch. The table's height places it virtually at the widest part of the
hull, making the top an enormous, flat surface handy to the galley, the
companionway, and pilot seat/1/4-berth. Above the long,
outboard edge is a lockable cabinet which is flanked by tall, deep, open bookshelves. This is all on one level under the small bubble-shaped house.
Adjacent, the pilot seat faces the
radio stack, below which I plan a pull-out
laptop table, only big enough for that, or writing, in a comfy seat.
Electrical panels and controls are within reach. But the
radar display will be mounted hanging from the overhead, directly over the
engine, where it is central to all and visible from the
cockpit, where I spend my watch mostly under the
dodger.
So you see, it is not a traditional nav station, clustered with
electronics, but a completely bare table which alternately serves as galley prep, drafting board, workbench, buffet,...
A sit-down chart table is shown in the literature.