No. I'm not being silly. Most serious sailors have spartan interiors,
certainly with a purpose. The purpose being to elimnate weight.
I know a couple of people who raced from SF to Cabo with a
bucket for a head. They really, really, wanted to eliminate weight
(no pun intended). But, they screwed up and had to keep pulling
in for water, since they eliminated a large percentage of their
water tankage toward the same goal. They were living on granola
bars and such.

Most semi-serious cruising sailors also are very concerned about
weight, but realize they have to live on the boat for weeks or months
at a time. Thus, while minimizing weight, they want a few amenities
such as a real marine head, and narrow bunks with lee cloths or
boards, and perhaps a few gagets like radar and a SSB. Cruisers
that don't really cruise, spend most of their time at the dock, or those
that charter (which I do a lot, fyi) load up the boats with all sorts of
crap
that are more toys than useful.

"Bobsprit" wrote in message
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Most serious sailors don't
give a fig about what's below as long as it doesn't fill with water and
doesn't interfere with the performance.


Serious sailors certainly care about how an interior is laid out.
Really, Jonathan, you're being silly. Most "serious" boats have pretty
amazing
interiors built to purpose. The interior is PART of the design and very
hard to
get right.
Lots of boats sail well, but very few have good interiors. Of the "new"
boats
out there, only a handful have proper layouts and still fewer for anyone
much
over 6'1.

RB