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Originally Posted by rslifkin
By the same logic, plenty of older boats weren't built as well and aren't still around. There are definitely plenty of cheaply built modern boats out there, but also some good ones. And some of the designs are decent performing but care about living space, others are significantly better sailing.
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I agree with you. My point is that to categorize an entire generation of
boat designs (i.e. "old school" vs. "modern") as "better" or "worse" is unfair and inaccurate.
"Modern designs are better" fails to explain better for
what? For sitting at
anchor? For entertaining in your
cockpit? For getting to the next port an hour or two faster than the "old school" design? For appealing to inexperienced or first-time buyers whose first priority is whether the
boat has a microwave rather than a wet locker?
Modern designers giving people what they think they want, at the cheapest production cost possible, isn't necessarily "better" even though the design is modern.
So circling back to a point made earlier in this thread and to the OP's original question: the fact that modern designs are generally beamier does not translate into "better", even though the design is modern.
Bob