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.

so, boat builders are wasting time and money installing nice boat interiors
that nobody cares about? Or is it that anyone who owns a boat with a nice
interior is by definition "not a sailor"? If that is the case, do real (as
opposed to virtual) sailors remove the nice interior on a boat they bought and
replace it with pipe berths and a bucket?