CHAPTER XVII
FURNITURE
a) LAYOUT CHANGES!
Think twice before making any changes to the!
layout that we recommend.!
All the dimensions that you see on the plan have been carefully thought out and a small
change of only a few inches will provoke a chain reaction which will have no end. If you
absolutely wish to make a change, please consult with us first, and we will give you our
opinion of the alteration. There are two things you should always bear in mind. First, a
sailboat heels and secondly you will not always be involved in a storm at sea. Therefore, in
designing the layout, you should consider comfort even when the boat is heeled and the
percentage of time at anchor. More precisely, we believe that some layouts consider only
difficult conditions at sea whereas others only consider the use of the boat at a dock. If
you are among the group that travels a lot, you will only be at sea 10$ of the time, and that
is a lot of travelling. We assume that you will be an average navigator who will carefully
prepare his passages and therefore will not be involved in bad weather more than 10 $ of
your travelling time.!
Because of this, we consider it unreasonable to design a layout for only 1 % of its use.
This 1 %!
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