On deck the house is a bit of an obstruction, which in this case is exaggerated by putting the helmsman down in a shallow well behind the wheel. This makes no sense to me on paper. The blocky house goes well with the blocky short ends of the hull and the near straight sheer. The hull shows the extra fat fanny we have come to associate with French designs. Here it buys us huge accommodation volume aft and an immense cockpit.
Cockpits often get short shrift in cruising boats.
The deck is punctuated with teak decking to give the boat a rich look. Teak decks can become a problem down the line, but they look great when they are new, and teak does make an excellent nonskid surface. There is a well in the foredeck for lines and fenders, but the windlass is mounted at deck level. The lazarette is tiny as is the forepeak. This is a beamy boat.