Ergonomics

We've just drawn what should be one of the last, most detailed, plans of the boat - showing where to send gas and water, where there need to be waste points, windows, mushrooms and vents. At this stage, the boat looks amazingly simple. Because it's a reverse layout, we've put the gas lockers at the back, so there's only about four feet of gas piping. All the water is down one side, all the heating down the other. Once we're on, and surrounded by sawdust, scraps of wood and tools, we're sure it'll look less simple. I'll miss planning the boat. I really like drawing it. 

We've reached the stage where inches, and fractions of inches, start to matter. It's a strange experience to be able to, and need to, think about very fine ergonomics; how long is your longest coat, how far do your elbows stick out when you wash your hair, how wide are you when you're sitting down...

The paper we've used for this design was made on the graph paper making software at http://www.blackcatsystems.com/software/graph_paper_maker.html. It's been really handy to make paper with squares divided into 12 for design in feet and inches.