"Richard Casady" wrote in message
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On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:45:56 -0400, "Roger Long"
wrote:

Just an innocent question from a boat designer's point of view:

Why are heavily framed thick glass ports in the hull side, which can
be
fitted with deadlight covers, bad while those gigantic superstructure
windows are OK?

They maybe ain't OK. Just how far into a wave are those big windows
likely to end up?

Casady

Pilot houses with large expanses of glass are a DANGEROUS compromise on
cruising sailboats. Besides that, they generally are ugly as all get
out. . . Nothing ruins the lines of a sailboat worse than an ugly tall
pilothouse. It's tantamount to putting a penthouse on a ranch-style
house.

Wilbur Hubbard