Model or minger?

What do you think about Elaine Bunting's question on her Yachting World blog regarding the Island Packet SP Cruiser? I like the more conventional IPs, but this one, I must say, does nothing for me. What's the boating equivalent of doing 40 mph in the outside lane of the motorway?

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