Scarlattikvarten - Comfort on and under deck

Under deck

The Spyder is geared more towards performance than creature comforts. She does clear the class rule minimum limits with some margin but it is not a huge margin.

Hence, comfort down below is spartan and limited to four narrow (55 cm wide at the widest) bunks and there is 1.3 m of sitting head room. Even though there are four bunks one should avoid being more than three on a cruise lasting more than a few days. There is simply not room for the gear four persons bring. Not in the climate we have in Scandinavia at least.

Cooking is done on two back-packing styled petrol stoves in the starboard hull. Utilising back-packing gear is generally a great idea on a boat like this since this type of gear is designed to be carried (compact and light) and quite developed nowadays. Rust might be an issue but not a big one in my experience. This might be due to the efficient ventilation of Scarlattikvarten. It is usually dry below apart from right after a particular wet ride and even then the water ingress is very limited.

The head is a glorified bucket with an air-tight lid. It is not stowed below but in the port fore-deck hatch.

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