A cuddy cabin is a term most appropriately applied to a runabout with
minimal accomodations under the foredeck. Thinking of quarters so small that
folks are forced to "cuddle" may present a useful image, but the origin of the
word is a corruption of the French "cahute", (or "little hut"), and/or the Olde
English word "cub", (meaning "shed").

The most common usage for the term
"cabin cruiser" is to describe boats with an enclosed cabin projecting above
the sheer line.

Power boats with more accomodations than a minimal area uder the foredeck but
no enclosed cabin protruding well above the deck or sheer line more generally
fall into the "express cruiser" category.

None of the categories are absolute, with some boats fuzzing across the
definitions.
Exceptions abound, and my remarks should be considered a rough guide rather
than an immutable absolute.

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