T he interior of the first Salish Sea Yachts IS48 is a Northwest Contemporary look, we have tried to carry that feeling through as much as is reasonable. After laying out the initial concepts, this has gone along pretty easily, the bunks, head cabinets, Yellow cedar ceiling (planking on the hull sides) flooring, etc. Not so with my original dash concept, it was a pretty much “normal” design that used the details of this boat, I just didn’t like it. We all seemed to agree that it would look to bulky in this interior. This being a fairly simple looking, (not cluttered) interior, I rethought the piece.
Dash Design Evolution
Though the electronics are extensive, the dash itself, is rather uncomplicated, just two very nice 15 inch monitors. There are more bits and pieces in the face below and and in the upper console above the window. I thought that I’d take advantage of the thinness of the monitors and minimize the overall size of the dash. It really only needed to be big enough to mount the displays and fit the cables that go into their backs. I started sketching some ideas and ended up with the one shown to the right.
Accessibility on the electronics is important, you really shouldn’t need to tear much up to get them out. These are accessed from a removable wrapped panel in the overhead in the starboard guest stateroom. The rest of the overhead will be stretched in a track, but this will be a rigid panel held inplace with 3M Dual Lock. But even easier, the monitors are each held in place with two Southco Grabber catches. To remove the monitors you just need to grab the sides of the unit and give a quick pull and the catches release. There will be enough slack in the cables to get out to where they can be unfastened.
When I set the dash in place with the displays installed everybody liked the look and felt that this was very appropriate for this yacht. Most importantly, Pat, the owner, was very happy with the look.
Dan
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