[sailronin]

Just a thought for the designers out there.
While all the curves and huge windows and may look great......how many designers actually have been to sea?

It seems that yacht design is getting further and further from any practical purpose. Running lights that can't be reached without a ladder propped on narrow ledges (no way to replace a light bulb underway), windows that can't be reached for cleaning, no way to lead mooring lines (I saw one set of drawing where the designer had forgotten to include bits or cleats for mooring lines. When this was mentioned to him he admitted that it had not occured to him!).

Maybe there should be a requirement that the designer or stylist has to do one complete washdown and one passage of at least 500 miles on one of their creations.

I don't mean to be cynical, the majority of yachts are works of art but crewmen shouldn't put their lives at risk just to washdown or change a burned out light bulb.

Thanks for reading,
Dave