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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2020 11:59:53 GMT
The Benetti is a bit too boring.
I mean it might sound good having a 60 metre superyacht with staff and yes the boy servants but at the end of the day it's not particularly interesting.
I yearn for a boat I can helm by myself around Monaco rather than having a bloody skipper to do it.
They even make the tea! I quite like making my own tea.
This is why I feel that the Polish ice breaker LIS would be my ideal boat because I would be happy to handle it without crew. Anything much bigger and it gets complicated.
Also it just needs one extra letter on the end to make a girls name, which all quality yachts should have.
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Post by naughtyfox on Oct 6, 2020 12:03:14 GMT
Interesting about it being Polish thanks for that comment. It wouldn't be the only ex working vessel out there actually. I quite like this one for example which is off the coast of France and does move around a lot. It's an ex fishing vessel converted to a luxury motoryacht. Nice. Yes there are plenty of shiny white superyachts as well but you are actually allowed to have whatever boat you want if you have the money I think my Polish icebreaker would fit in quite nicely one tidied up a little. That looks like a Japanese fishing boat, well like it used to be one. Who fishes for Japanese? Tastier than shrimps? Not sure what's going on here, but get the harpoons ready!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2020 12:05:29 GMT
"Japanese ship names follow different conventions from those typical in the West. Merchant ship names often contain the word maru at the end (meaning circle), while warships are never named after people, but rather after objects such as mountains, islands, weather phenomena, or animals." Since Ross chose not to cite the wiki article he quoted, I've done it for him. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_ship-naming_conventions
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2020 12:06:34 GMT
I think he meant a fishing boat "from Japan".
American shrimper is what it was.
If the builder had been clever he would have put the exhausts in the vertical parts of the lifting A frame. That's what Ted did with Dulcinea. Stainless steel liners inside the vertical parts so exhaust is directed away from the decks and high up.
I suppose there would be an issue with silencer placement and the engines on Pink Shrimp are slightly larger than my BMC 1.5s.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2020 12:08:21 GMT
"Japanese ship names follow different conventions from those typical in the West. Merchant ship names often contain the word maru at the end (meaning circle), while warships are never named after people, but rather after objects such as mountains, islands, weather phenomena, or animals." Since Ross chose not to cite the wiki article he quoted, I've done it for him. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_ship-naming_conventionsI didn't realise they named shrimps.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2020 12:10:39 GMT
Only the ones they fancy.
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Post by bodger on Oct 6, 2020 12:14:57 GMT
Yes there are plenty of shiny white superyachts as well but you are actually allowed to have whatever boat you want if you have the money not quite sure about that.
brother has a classic 1955 Clyde-style racing/cruising yacht - never been painted - varnished topsides and cabin.
very smart.
the only way he could get a berth in Lorient (Brittany) was by producing the photos and history, otherwise he would have joined a 7-year waiting list.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2020 12:15:43 GMT
Sounds like a load of molluscs to me.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2020 12:16:22 GMT
Yes there are plenty of shiny white superyachts as well but you are actually allowed to have whatever boat you want if you have the money not quite sure about that.
brother has a classic 1955 Clyde-style racing/cruising yacht - never been painted - varnished topsides and cabin.
very smart.
the only way he could get a berth in Lorient (Brittany) was by producing the photos and history, otherwise he would have joined a 7-year waiting list.
I did mention LIS was going to be a continuous cruiser May be wrong but I think if you live on the hook off shore then you don't need to prove anything to anyone.
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Post by kris on Oct 6, 2020 15:41:19 GMT
not quite sure about that.
brother has a classic 1955 Clyde-style racing/cruising yacht - never been painted - varnished topsides and cabin.
very smart.
the only way he could get a berth in Lorient (Brittany) was by producing the photos and history, otherwise he would have joined a 7-year waiting list.
I did mention LIS was going to be a continuous cruiser May be wrong but I think if you live on the hook off shore then you don't need to prove anything to anyone. It can get very boring and lonely living alone on the hook. It’s a bit better now you can get apps that let you know when your anchor drags. The Caribean is full of bachelor boaters, they go ashore half a day a week maybe for supplies and a drink. I suppose it’s a bit like the cut really, but the next financial level up.
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Post by naughtyfox on Oct 6, 2020 15:59:11 GMT
The Caribbean? Pirate country! I expect they are all really wishing they had stayed in Sowerby Bridge where they can get a decent breakfast in The Commercial (Wetherspoon) and experience the Once-In-A-Hundred-Years storms every Thursday. True.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2020 16:00:21 GMT
If you want to know more about how it might actually be, have a leaf through this website: www.noonsite.comThe weather is better but there seems to be a lot of theft.
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Post by lollygagger on Oct 6, 2020 16:14:00 GMT
If you want to know more about how it might actually be, have a leaf through this website: www.noonsite.comThe weather is better but there seems to be a lot of theft. When a friend bought a 45ft cat, the owner had just bought a bargain 70ft monohull replacement. It had been untended for a couple of weeks on a mooring off Cannes and stripped of anything valuable but the classic wood fit out was intact and fantastic. That was 25 years ago. There be pirates.
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Post by kris on Oct 6, 2020 16:17:44 GMT
In the caribean they come out in little boats with the pretence of selling you fruit or what ever, but when your not aboard they help themselves. It’s not so bad when you’ve got crew and can take it in turns boat sitting.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2020 16:19:09 GMT
Canne! Jesus. I thought all the trouble started in the poorer countries.
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