On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:45:56 -0400, "Roger Long"
wrote:

Just an innocent question from a boat designer's point of view:

Why are heavily framed thick glass ports in the hull side, which can be
fitted with deadlight covers, bad while those gigantic superstructure
windows are OK?

They maybe ain't OK. Just how far into a wave are those big windows
likely to end up?

Casady