Congratulations - I have been following and lusting after Domino for a while — I just could not get passed her layout— I wanted the second stateroom to be more substantial than the bunk arrangement she has (it may be perfect though) and while I haven’t nt owned a boat longer the 36’, I have built a classic car or 2 and was worried that if I bought the boat with the idea of straight off changing her to what I think I need and want — it would rapidly spin out of control in both time and money.
Are you planning on changing any of their layout? She is in a class by herself from what I can see. Congratulations!
Great question, and gets at the core of 'why Domino' for us.
First, the physical reason that Domino is configured this way with spartan guest quarters: Up this string you can see how the ama were designed to have total immersed volume with strikingly little water plane. I agree completely with DDW on this. If you want unparalleled efficiency especially at speed, and comfort in the ride at this beam, you must accept the narrow ama. Narrow ama mean smaller guest quarters, no way around that.
Now then, why is that OK for us, and perhaps not others? Use case, or what is important to this boat buyer.
First, I am always going to more concerned about the quality of my surroundings when I am awake and conscious than when I am sleeping. I go to a stateroom to sleep and am not concerned much about my surroundings there except that the bed is comfortable enough. I am a good sleeper, especially on the water.
Domino has a great helm area and an awesome back porch, which combined, is where I expect to spend most of my conscious hours. Decent galley, moderate to poor head situation. I love the fact that in the master stateroom, which for us seems ample, the first thing you will see when you open your eyes is the sea, directly out the sizeable windows on the main level. Priceless.
Since near 98% of time overnight will not include guests when we are on board, the compromise that is the guest quarters is not much of a compromise. When we do have guests of a dear nature, it would be likely of us to offer them the master while we sleep downstairs. No hardship.
I walked away from a boat with 3 massive staterooms including the lower level master, to buy Domino. Eyes wide open. Half of that vessels interior volume was staterooms and we thought that was why we were looking at her. In the end, no thanks. Sea keeping, efficiency, solid well found systems, and fun on deck were a much higher priority. Did I mention fun on deck while stationary?
Domino wins hands down.