[PUP] Best use of interior volume

[Arild Jensen]

Although my primary interest is electrical, I have been employed for the
past year by a trawler builder and am now responsible for systems designs as
well as electrical. consequently I now spend a great deal of time
contemplating the best use of available interior volume.
Most of the daytime activity takes place in salon galley and pilot house.
Cabins are primarily for sleeping and for times when you feel the need to
get away from the rest of the crowd aboard. Be it the spouse or the whole
family.
Machinery space and tankage takes up a very large percentage of the volume
leaving little room for storing personal effects and food.

It occurred to me that in many boats there isn't always much space for food
storage except the galley cupboards. So the question becomes; how much food
can be stored and how long will it last.

One of the things I recall most about Ben Grey's Idlewild was the huge
storage compartment aft. This lazarette took up a considerable portion of
hull space aft. Being devoid of partitions, it could hold case lots of food,
equipment or even additional drums of fuel. But best of all it was versatile
and able to change use as the need arose.

regards
Arild