One other item no one has mentioned. The aft head. Priceless. Good use of space and perfect for hanging wet clothes shed at the bottom of the companionway. The toilet faces fore and aft so is good on either tack. Additionally, having the head forward (as is shown in the Tartan), essentially in the vee berth is not pleasant IMO. 99% of all heads smell to a certain degree, no matter how new the hoses, how regular you change the joker valve etc. Having the head forward also means the holding tank is likely under the vee berth. With the aft head on the 30-2 it is underneath the false floor in the starboard locker, outside of the cabin for all intents and purposes. Not sure I would consider a boat with only a forward head. My 2cents.
And everything that Jim said about his 30-2. +1 to all of that. Kevin 30-2 Portland, OR On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 11:03 AM Matthew L. Wolford via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I’ll add one more perspective. I have a beautiful teak table sitting in > my basement. The cabin is much roomier without it, and no one seems to > miss it. > > Again, it’s all about how you use the boat. > > *From:* Hoyt, Mike via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 11, 2017 1:52 PM > *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com > *Cc:* Hoyt, Mike <mike.h...@impgroup.com> > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List opinions about cabin table and C&C 30-2 vs > Tartan 31 > > > Hi Lisle and also others > > I think fixed table or fold up table has a lot to do with how you intend > to use the boat. We have raced on a C&C 115 which had the fixed table. > Very nice layout when spending time below but when racing the fixed table > makes packing a spinnaker more arduous. > > Our current boat has a fold up to bulkhead table as did our Niagara 26 > (most Niagaras had a dinette). When we are cruising inshore we put the > table down and leave the stbd side leaf folded down. This is in fact very > similar to a fixed table with the port leaf up and stbd leaf down. Room to > get by but also more room to put snacks and other items. Really I do not > think it matters all that much which you have > > The BIG DIFFERENCE I see between the Tartan and C&C is the aft cabin vs a > quarterberth. When our girls were small we lived aboard our Niagara 26 > most weekends in the summer. They were 6 and 8 when we started and we did > this for several years. Initially they would sleep in the vee berth which > left the rest of the boat free for us and guests once they were asleep. > Once they got older they wanted their own bunks and insisted on sleeping on > the settees which was less convenient all round. With a two cabin layout > you have a LOT MORE bedroom options for your children and can keep the main > cabin free for a common area. I think in many ways the 30-2 C&C affords > more flexibility for staying overnight with small children than a boat with > an open quarterberth. The downside is that the vee berth and quarterberth > on the C_C 30-2 will likely be more cramped than the vee berth on the > Tartan. > > Our first boat (C&C designed Paceship P23) had a dinette. It was fun for > the two girls who were 5 and 7 at the time because it fit them (and no one > else). A big pain with that setup when having 4 aboard was it had to be > folded down at night to be a bed and up in the day to give a useful surface. > > These are just some thoughts I wanted to share about spending time aboard > with small children for the two layouts you had mentioned > > Mike > > Persistence > > 1987 Frers 33 > > Halifax, NS > > > On Oct 11, 2017, at 6:09 AM, Lisle Kingery, PhD <lisle.king...@gmail.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 > > ------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > > The bills have started coming in for the year 2018 and have gone up > again. October will be our fund raising month. Please consider sending a > small contribution to help keep this list running. Use PayPal to send > contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > All contributions are greatly appreciated! > _______________________________________________ > > The bills have started coming in for the year 2018 and have gone up > again. October will be our fund raising month. Please consider sending a > small contribution to help keep this list running. Use PayPal to send > contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > All contributions are greatly appreciated! >
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