Many questions have arisen about the aft facing mates seat. To fully understand the rationale for having the seat in this orientation one has to understand what is going on below the seat. We designed the new Back Cove 41 with the guest cabin directly underneath this seat and the head room for this cabin is the space directly below the seat. In the photograph below one can see how much head room exists in the guest cabin. This aft facing seat also adds seating to the social environment of the main salon. Important to note in this discussion is that there are two Stidd helm chairs on the Back Cove 41 so in typically running state the mate will be seated alongside the helmsman to assist with navigational duties. 

The Back Cove 41 will have an immense amount of storage space located both in her cabins and in areas in and around the main salon. In the master stateroom, there are two overhead lockers and two shelves located port and starboard. On the port side there is a locker/bureau with maple dovetail drawers and shelving. On the starboard side there is a cedar-lined hanging locker. Beneath the queen-sized island berth is additional space for bulk storage. In the master head there will be storage underneath the sink and locker directly outboard. The shower is spacious and will have a shelf to store sundries. The guest berth will equipped with an outboard shelf, a bureau with drawer, and drawer storage below berth. In the guest head there is an access door below the countertop and a locker outboard. Below the companionway staircase, located in the cabin sole is a large fiberglass bin.

The Back Cove 41 like her sistership the Back Cove 37, offers a large open storage space in the area below the helm station sole. This storage space is roughly 40 cubic feet in volume. 

In the galley and located in the space between the fridge & cook top is a 30′ inch wide by 18 inch deep drawer. In the dinette an 18 inch drawer is located under the aft dinette seat and a 16 inch deep drawer under forward dinette seat. The galley also has upper cabinets hung from the valance.

In her cockpit the Back Cove 41 offers the same storage in the aft seats as is found in the Back Cove 37.

Cruisers looking seriously at this model will not be disappointed with the amount of interior storage available. 

We have been getting many questions about the door systems on the 41. The standard aft door (or Alaskan bulkhead as it is known in some parts of the country) is a stainless steel bi-fold salon door system which includes an electric drop-down window on the starboard side. The Back Cove 41 will also have a helm/side deck door. This is a two part “dutch” door with the top integrated as part of the window system and the bottom half a fiberglass component similar to our transom door. 

As for the interior doors, the master cabin, will have an entry door that swings into the master stateroom. This door will pin against the fore and aft bulkhead. The master head door will swing into the head hinging on the forward side. The master cabin shower door swings aft into the shower. Entry into the guest stateroom is through a pocket door which opens alongside the companionway and the guest head door opens aft into the guest stateroom. The drawing below highlights these plans. 

The Back Cove 41 Interior Glass Unit mold is now complete. The team at Back Cove is building the first IGU unit as we write, spraying gel coat on the mold and laying fiberglass.

What exactly is an IGU (Interior Glass Unit)? An IGU is a molded fiberglass component that includes all the necessary surfaces, platforms and steps in the interior of the boat. The Back Cove 41’s interior joinery will be fitted to this part.

The IGU is a complicated part to design and develop. A great deal of engineering hours go into designing this mold; more time is spent on an Interior Glass Unit than is spent on a hull or deck because the geometry is so complex.

To learn more about the Back Cove 41, please visit the Back Cove website.