Seeing Paul's Pilot Berth-turned-cabinets in the Photo Forum made me think of a recent visit to a Legend 37.5 (or 37, still haven't figured it out.) While looking about the boat there were three opportunities for me to bang my forehead, and naturally, I took each opportunity. The doors that are between galley/aft cabin, salon/head, and head/aft cabin are considerably smaller in height than the overhead and I ran into the door facing each time I went there. (Even after I thought I ducked enough.) The question is: Have any owners that have "watertight" type doors (the oval kind actually mounted into the bulkhead) changed this configuration to a full height, non-watertight-type door? If not, what did you do to get used to ducking and is it inconvenient/bothersome/noticable after some time? Any other comments? If you have changed the configuration, were any other structural changes made to support the loss of the bulkhead section? I have not been on any bigger boat other than a new 42, so I'm not sure if/how many other models have this configuration. Anybody else have problems with this?
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One gets used to it
Jay, I'm 6'6" tall and still manage to get around the boat. Even thru the short doors that you speak of. A big person does learn to adjust to a specific environment when exposed to it - don't fret
P.S. If you can post pictures of the Legend, I'm sure you will get a definite ID of the boat type.
Jay, I'm 6'6" tall and still manage to get around the boat. Even thru the short doors that you speak of. A big person does learn to adjust to a specific environment when exposed to it - don't fret
P.S. If you can post pictures of the Legend, I'm sure you will get a definite ID of the boat type.Door comment
I'd like to elaborate on a comment about the oval doors lest anybody get an incorrect perception. The doors on the 90s Hunters are not "watertight" even though they have the shape of a Navy ships door. Instead, the bulkhead is more of a structural bulkhead (compared to earlier designs) and the curved portion of the door helps to prevent stress points which could lead to failure. Just because an oval door is in the bulkhead don't assume it is automatically a structural bulkhead, that may or may not be the case. By comparison, the door openings on the late 80s Hunters (like mine) consisted of a rectangular bifold door with a small strip of wood at the top to separate the two halves of the bulkhead - not a structurally strong bulkhead design.
I'd like to elaborate on a comment about the oval doors lest anybody get an incorrect perception. The doors on the 90s Hunters are not "watertight" even though they have the shape of a Navy ships door. Instead, the bulkhead is more of a structural bulkhead (compared to earlier designs) and the curved portion of the door helps to prevent stress points which could lead to failure. Just because an oval door is in the bulkhead don't assume it is automatically a structural bulkhead, that may or may not be the case. By comparison, the door openings on the late 80s Hunters (like mine) consisted of a rectangular bifold door with a small strip of wood at the top to separate the two halves of the bulkhead - not a structurally strong bulkhead design.
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