Why this topic? During the past two days I was working on the companionway sill. Quite often, I stepped from the bridge deck down into the cabin and vice versa. That's ok but I realized this is a huge step. I measured a vertical distance of about 57.5 cm (~22.5") from the floorboards to the upper edge of the inner dropboard retainer. I wonder how this feels while sailing or if this will create unhappiness with persons being less tall then me.
Here is a solution I found by another builder, but it is a rather bulky thing that needs to be stored somewhere when the dropboards are in? Maybe it is only useful when not underway?
What I like to have is s.th. that does not take much space, (removable?), can serve as an additional step, is easy to build and possibly provides a seat too. So far, I don't have a good solution.
Any ideas? Any experience from builders with finished boats? Or maybe this is a stupid topic that shall be abandoned?