More headroom?

[moose]

So i getting into rebuilding my B27 (gutted it due to rot, etc.), and before I go too far, I had an idea I wanted to get a second opinion on...

I'm 6'2" (or I was when I was a teenager), but the B27 isn't. what do you think about raising the roof of the doghouse by 4" or so? The wife thinks I'm crazy, but then she thinks the whole project is crazy...

Thanks,

Jason

[Rachel]

Hi Jason, and welcome to the forum :)

I like to think outside the box, but that is one idea I would probably give a thumbs down. Main reasons:

1) Major, major, MAJOR project.

2) B-27 already has a doghouse height that reads "tall."

I have seen people drop the sole slightly on similar boats, so that is something you might consider. It will get a bit narrower, and it's not going to give you a foot or anything like that, but maybe an inch or two.

Beyond that I would go for a different boat. Especially considering that, at the gutted (or needs to be gutted) stage you would have a fair selection of older plastic classics that could be bought for a fraction of the overall price (time/$$) of what you will be spending on your rebuild with any of them.

Rachel

[Paulus]

Could be an interesting project... if you have the skills, I'd say go for it and make sure to report here and post pictures!!

[Rachel]

Thinking about it some more, maybe I was too "harsh"? I still would never raise the whole cabin top on a B-27, but maybe there is a way you could make a center "hump" or channel to get a bit more headroom. The west coast Tritons have something like that (not sure it gives 4" though), and the C-dory 16 has a similar idea. I think the Pardey's Seraffyn might have had something similar in concept.

Still a big project that involves "hull" integrity, but potentially doable.

Rachel

[Tim]

what do you think about raising the roof of the doghouse by 4" or so?

At the risk of being overly blunt: eeeeeew!

[Hirilondë]

Rachel is ever tactful and Tim gets right to the point. I will just say that I agree, it is a bad idea IMO.