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I disagree with you that these are not official Beneteau and Jeanneau company sites. While you are correct that Beneteau is a French owned company, they build boats in the US as well, and this is the company site for their US operations. Jeanneau is owned by Beneteau and the site that I posted is thier US headquarters as well.
As I understand it the Cyclades are built by a British company that has no connection to Beneteau, but I know very little else about them. I have no idea why there is no website for them but a lot of companies lack websites.
While I agree with you that a lot of companies state dimensions in what can be construed as a misleading manner (Island Packet being one of the worst offenders in my mind), it is really up to the Buyer to do due diligence. Numbers only tell a small piece of the puzzle.
When I say that "The 'real' size of a boat is a combination of LOA, LOD, LWL and displacement" I think meant that using the traditional US definitions. Add a sugar scoop may not add to useable interior, or storage space but it may add to a boat's speed or alter motion comfort, in which case it is a partial indicator of a boat's size.
Respectfully,
Jeff
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