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A metal boat so it will be very noisy inside.

Did you see the Volvo 70 DVDs?, it cant be much worse than carbon. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
Everytime they would ease the gennaker sheet from winch the entire boat was like a giant oildrum (not good for light sleepers).