Main Hull:   The main hull has a floor width of 3 ft and stand-up height (6' 2" to arch which is 2" below the ceiling) for a length of 12 ft.  Two foot at the stern is dedicated to galley.  Ten foot is in the main salon with 7 ft of the 10  functioning as a seating/dining area (squeeze for 4). The dining table folds up with a leg under it to seat 2 comfortably.  The top folds across to make plenty of room for chart work or to feed 4.  At shoulder height (seated) the seating/eating area is 5 ft across.  The sweet thing about the accommodations is the way the beds are built out, one each side of the main hull towards the amas. This results in a salon that is over 10 ft wide.  I have modified the port berth with a 7" drop down leaf that allows the mattress to be pulled out from under the amas support and become comfortable for our combined weight of near 400 lbs.  When raised it makes such a nice leeboard that I sometimes wish she heeled like a monohull so it could be put to use.

Berths:     Nominally, WELLENLAUFER sleeps 6 in 3 doubles.  However we use it with one double bed.  The other two bunks are narrower.  One of these loses a corner to accommodate the refer, making it at most a 1 1/2 person bed (one adult and a child). We use this space as our attic to store the extras that make cruising pleasant. Having removed the mattress this space makes an area nearly 7 ft long, 4 ft deep and 3 ft tall that is a little over waist high that we use for library, office and all around convenient storage. We keep it fairly open since it gives the boat a roomy feeling. The other bunk space under the aft deck serves as a pantry to store provisions including a second refrigerator handy to the steering station and the cockpit.   

Galley:    The galley is split with 2 ft across each side of the rear of the salon. This area is 3 ft deep, so the galley is spacious enough. The starboard side has a single sink supplied by a foot pump and a pressure fed faucet with endless water access to the Mediterranean.  The port side has a 2-burner propane range (with safety burners), 2 shallow drawers for kitchen stuff and several other little spaces for storage.  We have 2 propane tanks.  One is small (3 kilo) that is carried on trips since it will cook for at least 3 weeks and a larger one (15 kilo) which we use in homeport.   (We also use the big tank to run the grill when in our homeport).  There is cold storage in the bilge just aft of the galley that works just right for the great wine that is so cheap in this part of Italy. The refrigerator is an Engel 12 Volt unit that occupies a corner of the berth area just forward of the starboard side of the galley.  There is a 30-quart Coleman 12 volt cooler in the rear berth area directly under an opening port.  Darn near a perfect fit.  Swing the tiller up, lift the hatch, open the cover on the cooler and pull out a cold beer - or???.

Head Area:   The head is located in the bow of the center hull.  There is standup room in the aft 2/3 ft of this. The sink with its own foot pump and 10 gallons of water in its own tank in the bilge is located there. 

     The forward about 4 1/2 foot of the area to the stool has only 4 ft of clearance.  Enough to sit comfortably upon the throne but not enough for standing - unless you open one of the hatches.  Fortunately there is a large hatch just above the stool so us guys have got standing room - of course - most of the world can guess what's going on so I keep a cheap tarp hung over that when in port - particularly if it is warm.  It vents good even in a rain. The stool is a porcelain vacuum unit (Lavac) pumped out via a large hand pump.  Frankly, I have never seen a head with less odor and very few it’s equal.

     We use a corner of the cabin opposite the sink as an open hanging locker.  There is a nice sized area on each side (above the sink and the hanging locker) that we use for storage: One for bath/medical supplies and the other for boat stuff.  The backside of the mast support has 6 inch deep by about 14 inch wide and tall area that we use for most of the regular medical stuff we carry.   

     The comforts of home include:

          Ventilation from 7 opening hatches and the companionway (all but 2 with screens) and a 12" fan.

          Heat from automatic kerosene burning forced air furnace with ducting to the main saloon. This Swedish built unit uses fresh air for combustion and its exhaust is of course vented out of the boat.  For all it does, it is surprisingly compact.

          Sound:  Fisher AM/FM receiver with cassette and a Panasonic car/portable CD player connected to high end 4 way Pioneer 6 X 9 speakers (they were installed new in 2001 costing just over $100.00 at the BX) do a nice job with both classical and popular music.

       Storage:  In addition to the storage inside the main hull, each of the amas has a large hatch and enormous room for small and large stuff.  These are really independent hulls that are over 4 ft deep and 3 ft wide tapering to points at each end.  This boat is strong.  I have no idea what the design recommended weight limits are but I would not hesitate to load 500 pounds in either of the amas. Additionally there are 6 storage lockers in the aft cockpit. 2 are small (about 6" X 6" X 16") long with top opening hatches.  2 are large and shallow (about 14" X 21" X 6") deep with full sized opening hatches and 2 are really quite large and capable of holding 2 5 gallon Jerry cans each with a little room left over. It should be noted that all the hatches for these 6 lockers and the 2 amas hatches have received a lot of attention to prevent water entry.  They are really dry storage.

Page is standing in the port ama.  He is standing on a partition inside the ama.  The total depth of the ama is around 5 ft.

Storage at head and side of mattress. Shallow storage under mattress,

Two open bins at head of bed.  Four open bins at side.

Additional inside pictures

First Wellenlaufer page

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From companion way, looking forward

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Galley, port side.  Two burner propane stove sits here, with opening hatch directly above to vent heat.

Galley, starboard

Views from the "throne."

View of the "throne."  Note kerosene heater on left.

  Sleeping quarters.

Storage at side of mattress.

  Forward view of windows.

Additional inside pictures

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