jrcinnh wrote:
More 358 questions, what's with that window behind the galley? Can you actually reach in there and open it? If I drop something in that space does it disappear forever behind the galley?
Does anyone find the TV a little too small? Anyone upgrade? where did you put it?
I'm 6'4" and can reach the window to open it. Generally I don't. Yes, you can drop stuff behind there. You can retrieve it from behind the fridge. Four screws and the whole space is accessible.
There is an edge to the shelf that's supposed to keep stuff from falling down there. Mine came loose. The gap is there to allow air to flow up from the fridge. There are some holes in the cabinetry below the front of the fridge, this allows cool air into the cavity. The warm air then escapes out the gap by the window. This isn't an unusual setup. So you can't block that gap (or at least not without harming the longevity of your fridge...) I've simply learned not to put anything small on that shelf. I keep some rolled up placemats and a square fold-over napkin holder case.
A related tip, get some rubbery shelf liner mats. I picked up some rolls of it from Target. It's a clear/frosted sort of ribbed vinyl. Put that on the various shelves and drawer bottoms. It'll keep stuff from sliding around and leaving scrapes. I use that on the galley window shelf too.
Tangentally, do NOT drop something down behind the edge of the forward cabin shelves. It's a real hassle getting under that bed! You either pull up the forward bed panel (four screws) or the water tank. I'm going to be spending some time with a hot glue gun or something to better secure the way the vinyl is supposed to close the gap. It's sort of the same hassle at the edges of the cabin behind the sofa. The stuff usually drops down into the area below the sofa cushion (which opens).
I have the front stateroom option in our 348. Thus we can't see the TV from the forward berth. At some point I do want to add another TV up in the forward cabin. The position of the TV above the microwave is less than ideal. The higher position really makes it uncomfortable to watch TV for very long. A 2 hour movie really pushes it. But this is unfortunately not easy to solve and most boats in this class have this problem. There just aren't good places to put a TV in an express boat. If you put it low enough there's the risk of someone lurching in the cabin and putting a shoulder or hip into the glass, breaking it. That and putting it up on the rear cabin wall (under the helm) is still often "too high" or can't be seen without craning your neck sideways from the sofa.
I'd *really* like to have a better place and size TV but there's just no simple solution. But it doesn't bother me enough to keep from considering or recommending the boat. If I put a TV in the forward cabin I'm going to try setting it up on some sort of detachable bracket. Then I'd put the same bracket mount up in the cockpit on the port side of the radar arch.
Like I said, lots of other boats in the class make the very same mistake/compromise. Our solution for now? Do stuff other than watch TV! (nudge, nudge, wink, wink...)
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