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Hey yes,
I have.  Check out Ariel 145 Skybird on this site.  
Art.

Thank you, Ebb, for your insights and solutions with this remodel.  I've taken on more than I bargained for with my project, and am hoping at this time to find my way out of the problems I created.  My plan is to run vertical panels, fore and aft, under the full length of the cockpit supporting the base of the cockpit to the hull, just as you described.
This seems like it would compensate for a number of sins.  At least I am hoping so....
I thought, too, I would laminate a piece of 3/4" plywood to what I have left of the existing bulkhead and glass it heavily at port and starboard.  
My plan is to make a comfortable liveaboard and sail away somewhere.  Attached is my galley stove.  It's kerosene.
Am I looking for trouble?  Arthur.

My question pertains to the aft bulkhead at the rear of the cabin.  I have cut it out on both sides to make more room for the side berths.  To what degree do I need worry about the boat structure, (having cut away the base of the bulkhead)?  The ends, port and starboard, are left attached to the hull.  I saw this layout on an Alberg 35 and I liked it.  Or is the hull so beefy that there is no problem or at least not major?
Thanks.  Arthur.

Greetings everyone,
This is my first post ever in life so I hope I hit all the right buttons...nothing ventured, nothing gained.
My A-145 sits in my yard in Bellingham, Wa. where I have worked on it, off and on, for the last three years.  It has grown into a much larger project than I orginally thought.
The decks were soggy along with the coach roof.  I am in the process of installing bronze opening ports.  I hope a photo follows.