I've seen that layout offered as an option. The reasoning is that if you're spending your time and eating your meals in the cockpit then this keeps you connected. Second advantage pushed is that then your salon is just more forward and closer to the pilothouse.
I think like all layouts it has pluses and minuses but wouldn't for me be a deal maker or a deal killer. I do know people who eat all meals in the cockpit and generally use the grill there. But for everything else she's running back and forth to the forward galley. On the other hand I know people who eat all meals on the lower deck (galley down) and sit down quietly and somewhat formally.
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