I am considering purchasing an'86 Scarab1 with a small cuddy cabin. Does anyone out there have any experience with using a portable head in one of these? The boat is in another state and I can't get to it to check it out. The owner says it would be tight. I am leaving tomorrow am. early. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Greg

I have one in a Scarab excel (28'). It's hard to use in that. I can't imagine using one in a Scarab 1.

Good luck.

Thanks for the input. I think that the Scarab Excels are a newer and lighter model than the one I am looking at. The early ones, like the '86 that I am looking at were hevier, had more freeboard and a cuddy, the later ones, ( in the 90's) shortened the freeboard and lengthend the bow dumped the cuddy, and made them faster and lighter. I think. By this time tomorrow I may,or may not be a Scarab owner. Keeping my fingers crossed. Greg

Beleave it or not but I
put one in my 26ft Flat
deck Scarab.
I opened up the cut out in
the Floor and put in a hatch on the deck, My wife
is now happy and thats all
that matters, Her head is
part way out the hatch but
shes Smiling.

Ought to make for some cool pictures

Well, I bought that Scarab. You guys were right, it is going to ba a very tight fit. I am going to do the same thing as Mike and open the cut-out in the floor and build one in there. I am going to first try it without the deck hatch, those things always seem to leak. The boat has a couple of small glitches but overall it seems to be very nice, I am looking forward to beating it.

Congrats on the purchase