Unobtrusively brilliant

There is a time and place for being showy; and designing a 30 foot or so cruising boat probably isn’t the right time. Life itself can be much the same; Kim Kardashian is an example of a showy person and, while this serves her very well on Instagram, it probably does her little favours when she pops out to Tesco Express to buy a pint of milk. Another example, Boris Johnson, a natural showman, great at entertaining but perhaps someone you wouldn’t want to being doing a job any too serious. Ok, never mind.

Boat design is much the same. We boat testers all love a bit of showiness but there’s a time and a place. I vividly recall a contemporary of mine waxing lyrical about a chopping board that integrated beautifully into the galley worksurface on some boat or other he was testing. It was a neat feature believe