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Searching the net looking for a design to build, you’re confronted with so many plywood designs, its no wonder that it takes so long to make a final decision. What I find staggering though is, when it comes to plywood designs, how typically “agricultural ‘they look, when it comes to the interior joiner work or even overall design. It’s like they were designed back in the 1930-40’s.

Unfortunately, when it comes to most plywood designs, this concept seems to be the norm. The major drawback with this style of furniture or interior layout is that overall, it can make a good design to look cheap, rough and if your workmanship is not up to par for whatever reason, your mistakes will really stand out.

Typically when you get aboard a boat, what you don’t realize is that your eye is gauging straight lines, one against the other. This means that if “one line” is slightly off from another, your eye picks it out straight away and notes the mistake. Then after spending some time aboard and without realizing your doing, you’ve noticed so many “off” lines subconsciously, that you’ve decide that you don’t like the boat and walk away.

Another problem with “hard” furniture is safety. Walk around any boat with hard corners in a seaway and it won’t be long and you’ll be slammed into the corner. I don’t know how many boats that I’ve been on and every time I walk off, I come away with a bruise or two.

Overall, hard or box type interiors may be easy to construct, but as far as appeal is concerned...Yuk. You may get drawn in initially, but as quick as a flash, you’re ripped out the back with bruises to show for it.

There is a way around this though…curved furniture and curved lines.

An interior we designed for a 57 Sportsfisherman
whilst working at Tom Fexas Yacht Designs

Walk aboard any million dollar boat and you’ll notice straight of that you don’t see any straight lines. All lines are curved and the furniture as well. Why? Curves draw you in, giving the impression of comfort, warmth and space and without you realizing, the end result is you don’t want to leave. You can do the same with any boat, even including a fishing boat. A days outing on board will leave you with the feeling of being refreshed with the end result wanting to go boating more often.

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The interior furniture of a 45 ft catamaran
we were building for a client (1995)

?? Building curved furniture in plywood is easy. Sure it may take a little longer to construct, but the end result is well worth it. The Sportzmaster 19, the Cruise Control 5.2 and the Black Label all have curved furniture and the plans even tell you how to construct it. Sure, they may be strip plank designs, but as our new plywood designs slowly come on line, they to will also included “curved interiors”. ??????

So I guess what I’m trying to say here is, just because you may be building a plywood boat doesn’t mean that it need be agricultural in its looks or layout. We live in the 21st century now, so think “curves”.????????

The original plans called for square
furniture. After talking with our client,
we opted for "curves"

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And as for appeal and re-sale…

         I’ll let you decide what’s worth more.

regards

Mark

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