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On most of the yachts that are being proposed the engine room is inbetween the owners area and the guest cabins
Why share the noise to both, when with the simple modification of moving the engine room aft, you can reduce the running noise to the guest and owner.
Also helps having the engine room near the aft lazerette/garage to facilitate repairs to the notoriously low reliability of toys, jetskis etc.
There are many different gearboxes which allow good shaft angle even with engines further aft, V-drives etc.
Also with relation to long passages, one of the biggest bugbears for crew is their quarters are almost always fwd. This is the worst place to be on a passage.There are a couple of yachts out there with aft crew areas (Philanderer being one) and those crews rave about it. Especially with guests onboard and moored stern-to when late returning crew do not wake the guests!!!!!
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