[Viceroy]

Small yacht (55 to 65 feet loa) with an “on-deck” master stateroom. Why? We were sail-boaters in our younger years and changed to a motor yacht until it was recently sold. In both cases, our cruising style was and remains, slow and easy with many days throughout the year, spent anchored in remote coves and inlets of the Pacific Northwest. Self-sufficiency is a given as is sea-worthiness. Our biggest complaint has always been the “tunnel effect” we find below, particularly in dark, un-sunlit, viewless sleeping cabins. I subscribe to, or pick up, a variety of yachty magazines and have yet to see a good design that provides the master cabin we desire in a pleasing and capable vessel...probably "trawler-style". Aside from privacy issues and the engineering/construction of the windows (not ports), what’s wrong with lying in bed and being able to enjoy the scenery…raining or not? Anyone in this forum have any ideas or suggestions? Cheers, Richard.