"John Cairns" wrote
Those portlights are fugly, period. And given their size and
number they
better be absolutely bulletproof, if a boarding wave takes one
out the thing
will sink in a heartbeat. Problem with a lot of newer boats,
designer has a
particular set of design parameters/re interior volume, and you
can't design
a graceful looking boat and meet these criteria. Beneteau is
building boats
for the charter market to a large degree, and they want their
boats to look
"modern". Problem is, after several years these designs look
badly dated.
IMHO, it's fugly. I've never had any trouble offering opinions
like that.
Macs are also fugly for the reason I've stated above, trying to
stuff a lot
of interior volume into a short LOA. And, if both the Mac and
Beneteau
appear to have skimped on the rigging, they've done so because
they know
that the typical owner, like bubbles, won't be sailing in winds
north of 20
kts., and won't be sailing in conditions where he has to be
concerned about
boarding waves taking the portlights out.


Well said, John.
Case in point, notice how all bubbles talks about is the swim
platform and 'interior'.

Scotty