ShowBoats International — May 2017

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lthough yacht design is an ever-evolving

landscape, some things never change.

Here are some practical additions that

won’t go out of style, will make your lady

happier to be on board and, I am willing to bet, will

enhance your experience as well.

• Keep it dry! Have you ever seen a woman sprint
  through a parking lot despite heels and shopping
  bags at the sight of a raindrop? Women hate humidity
  and will take extreme measures to avoid frizzy hair.
  Make sure that your boat’s air system comes with
  a good dehumidifier. It sounds like a little thing,
  but when your lady is tossing her smooth locks and
  you slide into crisp dry sheets at night,
  you’ll thank me.


• Keep it stable! Do you have any idea
  how hard it is to apply make-up when
  the boat is rocking? We would relish an
  upgraded stabilizer so no matter where
  we are or what the weather forecast is,
  we can apply eyeliner without ending up
  with a pirate eye patch.


• While we’re on the subject, we’d love
  a separate make-up vanity outside the
  bathroom. Stateroom bathrooms can be quite small,
  even on large yachts, and get steamy from even a short
  shower. Unless you’re planning to install windshield
  wipers on the mirrors, give us an area where we
  can see clearly.

How can you make the yachting

experience more amenable to a

lady? Kristin Ducote dishes out a

second helping of advice for the man

who wants to get his wife on board

Darling

on Deck

• At the risk of sounding too picky, we’d also like full
  length mirrors and jewelry safes in every stateroom.
  At some point, guests will want to check out their
  new tan. And safes will allow guests to bring jewelry
  without worrying about it during day trips off the boat.


• Lastly, let’s discuss closet space. Granted, bikinis
  don’t take up a lot of room, but we still want a roomy
  closet to spread out our things. Trust me, a beautiful
  closet lights up pleasure receptors in our brains. And
  the better we can see what we have, the less we actually
  need to buy – or at least that’s what I tell my husband!
  I’m sure there are women out there with different
  requirements for boating bliss. The point is you need
  to talk to her. Get the dialogue going. Don’t leave her
  out of the negotiations of a boat build, purchase or
  charter. She will add little touches you never thought
  of. And each addition will make your time together on
  the water that much more enjoyable.
  Remember what they say: happy wife, happy life!
  Until next time... B

We would relish

an upgraded

stabilizer so

we can apply

eyeliner without

ending up with a

pirate eye patch

A

Sophia Loren:

proving that

glamor and

boating can go

hand in hand

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