Lisle, One other thing you might ask yourself is why is the C&C's table a fold down vs the Tartan's fold up bulkhead mount. The answer lies in the location of the forward bulkhead and mast. Where does that 2-3 feet go?
In the C&C, it's part of the dinette. The bulkhead is more forward opening up the main saloon more. In the Tartan, the bulkhead is more aft making the main saloon smaller but possibly adding to the V-berth. Personally, I prefer a dinette layout to a double settee layout. I think it's really nice to have friends sit around the dinette style table rather than across from each other in the double settee layout. Just my preference. In my 35-1 I kind of get the best of both. The overall layout of the 35-1 is more like the Tartan in that the mast is by the forward bulkhead. The table sits on a pedestal in the middle of the dinette. I can remove the table and pedestal (but not the pedestal base) to create nearly the same open area as the Tartan. Some boats have a flush mount pedestal base for the table. That's even better because the base isn't in the middle of the space to trip over. I can also lower the table, add the filler cushions and convert the dinette to a berth or, in your case, a really nice play area for the kids. There are some different interior layouts out there. One that I like is the Beneteau 361. (I like the interior layout, not necessarily the boat.) It has a dinette style with the table around the compression post. Under the table is a slide bar. Pull the slide bar out and the table can be placed in one of 3 positions; lowest as a filler to convert the dineete to a berth, middle, for dining and lastly high, in which case it is up against the headliner to create an open space. Just more to clog your mind. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 5:09 AM, Lisle Kingery, PhD via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Thanks for all the helpful replies on cabin table options. I've pretty > much narrowed my boat choices down to either a C&C 30MKii or a Tartan 31 at > this point. The Tartan's interior appears more open with the folding table > mounted on the bulkhead vs. the fixed table on the C&C. I will mainly be > day-sailing and hanging out on the dock with a few overnights so I'm > thinking the more open cabin might work better with the kids. comparison > pics link below. > > > > https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5w1TuAY4gTRam1qNlBuWExhSW8 > > > > Thanks, > > > Lisle > >
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