[Octopus]

Originally Posted by sail2wind

she is a very wet boat, anyone who has chartered one or owns one knows exactly what I am talking about, the sheets leading back to the cockpit are a cluster, on our boat none were labeled, the location of the electrical panel is a joke, the table in the cockpit was some sort of sushi table, another joke, literally, the table is at knee level, whats with that?

• A wet boat - yes perhaps. We did notice the early morning dew tended to drip around the helm from the bimini and presumably it is worse if it rains. I can imagine that we will make some minor modifications to improve this.
• Crowded helm/cluster of sheets - yes perhaps. All our sheets are labelled and colour coded, but there were a lot of them in a small area. I view this as an unavoidable consequence of making it possible to sail this boat single-handed and frankly we never found it a problem - it just needs a bit of discipline and organisation. We didn't have to tack at all, so I don't yet know how it will work when life gets exciting, but I don't anticipate any problems.
• Location of electrical panel - I haven't found this a problem at all.
• Knee level table - We foresaw that this would be a problem and so ordered a full size table for cockpit and saloon.

Chris
L420, Hull 52, Octopus