[acnielsen guy]

That is where you slide the bodies overboard. It is a super self draining cockpit. As a matter of fact most of the smaller modern yachts have open sterns, and even some the largers ones have a similar, but modified, setup that can be used a bathing platform and also helps in boarding from small boats.

On sail boats waves usually come over the front or the side, not the back. If you ever got overwhelmed by one it would rapidly drain away. I addition, should you be sailing alone and fall overboard you could get back on board again unaided.

All in all a very sensible setup.

[grannie9]

Mt. Washington Hotel, NH