psneeld
Guru
AS to the negatives...really the only one I can think of is loss of interior space unless the cockpit is designed to be a danger to the boat in anything less than survival weather.
I will say that many have listed positives that are not really negatives on other boats. For me groceries are placed on a side deck WAY easier than any cockpit, they can be reached from the salon and handed straight down to the galley. My former liveaboard was a sportfish.
And many other "pluses" of cockpits aren't any better than other attributes of other boats, but in the eyes of cockpits owners.... that argument will never fly.
As to sundeck boats with cockpits being the best of all worlds, dont forget garages for tenders and jet skis and enclosed flybridges with open ones on top.... yep... that's exactly what I mean.....big enough boats can have everything you want in a boat...but try to get all that on a 36 or 40 something.
I will say that many have listed positives that are not really negatives on other boats. For me groceries are placed on a side deck WAY easier than any cockpit, they can be reached from the salon and handed straight down to the galley. My former liveaboard was a sportfish.
And many other "pluses" of cockpits aren't any better than other attributes of other boats, but in the eyes of cockpits owners.... that argument will never fly.
As to sundeck boats with cockpits being the best of all worlds, dont forget garages for tenders and jet skis and enclosed flybridges with open ones on top.... yep... that's exactly what I mean.....big enough boats can have everything you want in a boat...but try to get all that on a 36 or 40 something.
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