Back to the pics, it looks like you have enough room to slide a nice sized mirror in there as well as your hands and tools.
Stainless cup holders, I still have the plastic ones. All kidding aside, not all of us can sink ( no pun intended) hundreds of thousands of dollars into buying the perfect boat (if there is one). I upgraded to the 355 from a 28' santego with absolutely no engine room. For me it was a major upgrade in convenience and maintenance.
If you think that's bad. On a lot of the Ocean Yachts SF, you had to completely unbolt the generator and rotate them almost 90 degrees to change the impellor on many of their models....