Cockpit design quite different from other Luffe 44

Here you can see that our cockpit is quite different from the standard deep closed cockpit that other Luffe 44 has. A slightly shallower cockpit that ifscompletely open towards the aft. The whole cockpit was built using one-off building methods already when she was originally built. Backstay and Runners are all placed in the center to minimize any twisting of the hull.

The benches are only used while the boat is moored. During any other time we store them below. They are very light and well manufactured but unfortunately they are quite difficult to store away and we are planning on replacing them with another solution. More about that project another day.

The rudder is balanced and very responsive. Helming this size of a boat with a tiller could be quite difficult but not Alma, she is very well balanced and this far I have always been able to steer her with two fingers in any weather. The rope bags are huge, maybe slightly too large since they drag along the cockpit floor so we will see if we can make new ones for next season. If you look at the picture below you will see that the cockpit bags are covering the huge openings to the storage compartments on either side of the cockpit. 

The cockpit from behind. 8 Andersen self-tailing winches, ST 46. Two for runners, two for Mainsail, two for Genua and two for the halyards and other running rigging. The photo is a few years old and taken by the previous owner, Björn Svending. The navigation lights are now LED from Lopolight.