Come on in and have a seat!

I worked on the cabin seating this morning. You sit at the forward end of the cabin facing aft. The seat back will fold down to make the head end of the V-birth. With the seat back folded down, there is about 8 feet of stretch out space on each side of the centerboard trunk with about 18" of hip clearance under the forward cabin bulkhead. With the seat back in the upright position there is about 34" of leg room between the seat and the rear cabin bulkhead. More than enough for me to stretch out my legs in comfortable fashion. Also plenty of room to pull out a storage container from under the cockpit seats and rummage inside the cabin. Here are a couple of pics of today's work. Done in red cedar it will get an oil finish. The seat back will in time get matching cedar slats as well.

Here is the frame for the seat bottom. Seat formers attached to 1/2" plywood then screwed sown to the floors.

Red cedar slats make up the seat bottom. After sanding they will get an wiped (on&off) oil finish of some kind.

When it's time for a nap, just fold the seat back down. The front of the seat back will get the same slat treatment as the base.