Boat/yacht thread? Boat/yacht thread. Starting off with one

Damn, that's classy. You could get the ladies all tipsy topside then take them to a nice comfortable place below deck, and, you know, they can't refuse.

Because of the implication.

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>>739706

That's exquisite.


>>739753

If you just want to fuck whores, you could probably find ways to do so that don't involve buying a $27,000,000 bedroom.

Well, maybe not *you*...

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>>739768

Loves me some trimaran

>>739768

Dude, dude, think about it. She's out in the middle of nowhere with some dude she barely knows, she looks around, what does she see, nothing but open ocean. "Oh, there's nowhere for me to run. What am I going to do? Say no?"

>>739802

Does not appeal. What kind of pathetic loser needs a superyacht and a power dynamic just to get some pussy?

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>>739808

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>>739791
Always had a soft spot for the Waterworld tri

how does one get into boating/yachting?

It's something I've been keen to try, but I have no idea where to start

>>739867

Same way as anything else. Read relevant literature, take sailing classes, socialize with people who sail.

>>739869
huh

I don't know why, but it never occurred to me that it might me so simple

thanks

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Pic related is a boat, and was briefly a yacht in order to get certified by british naval authorities for its trip to San Fransisco from Newcastle.

all of my boat boners. every single last one of them.

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>>740244

all I want in life is to steam around the world in a 1900's tugboat. I am a man of peculiar tastes.

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Another exquisite sailboat by Wally, the 164' "Better Place"

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>>740482

>>740482
>>740485
>yfw this thing weighs only 250 metric tons

jesus christ, i'm scared to take my 16 ft boat to t he pier.
Is there any real consequence form taking a fresh water only boat to ocean water?
like if i clean it out and wash out the engine for 10 minutes is that enough?

>>740527
Clean it properly and you should be good. Just make sure your (outboard?) engine is OK with salt water.

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the Abu Dhabi dhow race

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it wasnt till the mid 1800s that europeans were able to make ships as fast as arabs had for a thousand years

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUXx7HP6Irg

>>739808
You some kind of jabroni, bro?

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Say hello to the "Azzam". Measuring a staggering 590 feet this is the world's largest yacht. Thanks to its 94,000 hp gas turbine jets, this 14,000 ton monster is capable of speeds above 30 knots. Owned by an Arab, of course.

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>>740719
To get a sense of the scale we're talking.

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the 256 ft aluminum yacht of the late Steve Jobs

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notice all the iMacs on the bridge

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>>740813
>>740815
Nice! Reminded me of this, the "Ester III" which is drawn and designed by my favourite naval architect, Espen Oeino.

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A yacht trend that has really made its mark over the lastest years, the "beach club". Here depicted by the 236' "Azteca".

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>>741288

Speaking of Azteca...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8-ZsXVX1VU

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tranatlantic crossing on the 100 ft Wally yacht Indio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0yto9Xalhk

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May I present the god of blue water cruising, the Alubat Ovni 435. Aluminum hull, flat bottom, hydraulic lifting centerboard and rudder for 2'4" of draft. Fast, affordable, good looking, beamy; the brick shithouse of the seas favored and made popular by the master of cruising, Jimmy Cornell.

Any other blue water cruiser is just a shit.

>>741853
OP here

More please

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>>741859

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>>741875
I want one so bad.
I just want to sail and sail and sail across the oceans on this bad bitch

>>741305
Awesome video. Got more?

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>>741878
>dat draft

>>741880
Hydraulic lifting for the win

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>>741880

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>>741882

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>>741883

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>>741885
>tfw you will never tuck into a quiet, 3-foot deep, electric azure bay in Tonga on your 44ft Ovni
why even live?

>>741894
I feel you.

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>>741894
all this big boat dreamin is stoping you from tiny boat being .
,, you dont feel so ba when you leave you little boat with pirates,, or you sink it!
, Every harbor has a "takeme" corner, its like a pile of old bikes needing rims, but there may be a GEM frame or a truely good boat.
,the fish dont care what you show up in! just show.
pic>2100$ CL, ready to sail!

>>739706
>143' "Esense" by Wally
How much does it costs?

>>739706
>this carbon fibre superyacht is (supposedly) sailable by a one-man crew.
How?

>>742787
>ready to sail!
Location?

>>746592
>How?
hydraulic winches

>>739706
That's the cruising range of those? Is it reasonable go around the world on it?

>>739791
Banque Populaire currently holds the 24 hour speed record, you have to see this boat in motion to appreciate what a trimaran this size is like
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKUwK4NOUs8

>>746592
About £17 million apparently.

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Esense has to have the most boring barebones interior Ive ever seen in a yacht...would not buy

>>746615
the price is higher than usual because of the carbon fiber hull

>>739819

Would the eggbeater turbine design work for a slow screwdrive system to facilitate easy port maneuvers without a trolling motor?

I remember reading about a Danish made sailing yacht that had a carbon hull and cost around €1m, but I can't remember the name of the builder, I don't suppose anyone here knows?

>>746609
sailboats have unlimited range, people live on sailboats much smaller than that and travel the world their whole life

>>746633
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voith_Schneider_Propeller

>>740677
>>740676
>>740675
>>740674

Minus the sails, it almost looks like that on a normal day in the Arabian Gulf. It's fucking thick with them out there. They are the most annoying thing in existence. Nets stretching miles in either direction.

"Captain, captain! Please my nets captain! Please, you alter your course to starboard! Captain, captain please my nets captain! Please you alter your course to starboard!"

Ad nauseam.

Followed by "fuck you I will cut your nets" in a thick Russian accent.

>>739706
Yum, I love it.

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I took these pics at the last americas cup

>>746592
>How much does it costs?
Estimated price tag of $25m. Yachts like these are usually sold with non-disclosure agreements.
>How?
Fully electronic and hydraulic winches. Everything is controllable and adjustable from the touchscreens at the helm. Note however that this is a very competitive and fast yacht if sailed like a ocean racer. Wally prides itself with 2 things: aesthetics and speed. Hence the very minimal interior displayed by >>746623. It's all done to save weight.

>>746615
Holy fucking shit.


>>749104
>Everything is controllable and adjustable from the touchscreens at the helm
What's about survivng after EMP?

>>746597

literally all over the place

> 2 seconds on CL

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/boa/4750569657.html

hey guys. Cruiser here with 4000 NMs sailed in the med, carib and one transat crossing with the ARC. I want to start racing, so I'm thinking of doing the Fastnet this year (2015). Never raced before though.

Is Southampton a good place to find a crew with their own boat and join them? If not Southampton (chose it because it's the biggest city near Cowes), then where? Portsmouth? Plymouth? I'm in my 20s, not a really interesting job, so this year I just want to relocate anywhere where I'll have a chance of joining a Fastnet crew.

Thanks!

>>750785
5 days later, still nothing

back to the top!

>>746612

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI2iIY61Lc8

>>750785
No replies on /n/ or /trv/, I'd just give up man.

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>>740482
>>740485
Better Place is stunning.

My favorite yacht is probably "Aglaia" by Vitters. Such simplicity and elegance.

I've always found sloop rigged yachts to be the most appealing, don't know why. Other ones I enjoy dreaming of are "Kokomo" by Alloy.

The exception to the rule above is the "Maltese Falcon" with its very interesting rigging.

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>>740719
I think it's a shame they just did another "layer cake" superyacht, and not something more like a PJ SuperSports for example.

I think PJ are on the leading edge of superyacht design, but with that said accommodation wont' be as good as a yacht the same length with two more stories.

Pros and cons!

>>741853
>blue water
>flat bottom
?

>>750785
try posting on SA, instead:

http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/

>>741853
>>759001

never mind, I googled. It's just a tiny flat section, just enough to keep the boat upright on the beach when the tide goes out.

I thought you meant flat enough to slam in big waves, common enough in shoal-draft island hoppers but pretty bad for blue water.

That's a really nice blend of qualities that boat has, man. I tend to dislike most things about the French, but boat design is def the exception.

>>754589

Incredible.

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>>759001
newsflash

yacht racers love flat bottom boats. even though the technology exists to use a heavy weight lead bulb at the bottom of the keel that would enable narrower boats, they would rather use wide boats that require them to sit on the rail

for those who love big boat racing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC-z5TiGH1c
the best yacht race on earth

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>>759072
Nice pic, I was on the build team for that boat.

The reason modern boats have wide flat bottoms is for initial form stability. The wider and flatter, the more it takes for the boat to heal over and on top of having a deep heavy keel means you can have a more powerful rig then a narrower boat.

>>760130
How did you get into the boat building industry?
Do you enjoy it?
If you don't mind me asking, is your salary comfortable?
Do you think with the skills you have it would be easy for you to relocate wherever there is a boat building industry?

I ask because I'm a cabinet and furniture maker, I've worked for companies that make high end furniture for super yachts, but recently I've been curious about the prospects of moving to boat building in the future (25 y/o atm).

>>760130

>Always fancied boat building
>Meet a guy at uni who used to work at Sunseekers
>don't wanna work in boat building any more

Hopefully not all companies are like SS though.

>>759072
context, my man. He said it was "the god of blue water cruising", and followed it up with a mention of flat bottom.

cruising and racing are completely different pursuits, with completely different priorities.

Flat wide bottoms are fast, especially downwind, but they pound like hell going upwind. Which wreaks havoc on cooking dinner, or mixing drinks.

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L14,,, much molesting happen there.
,good times,, GREATIME!
,,, carrys a big load and costs 1$, or so.

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>>739706
This is my former boat. I miss her

>>763734
>boat

>>763819
it was a coal powered steamship and had two open liferafts, one of them didnt even have a motor. it had sails. MFW i wont hear words like tricing penant and bowsing tackle again.

>>764858
I'll tackle your bowsing m8

>>764861
Yeah, nah thanks mate, that's heaps gay.

If I were to buy a boat, would it be legal to put fake torpedoes, rocket launches, and machine guns on it?

Has anyone here worked as a yacht broker? I have an opportunity to start with a pretty well known brokerage agency. It costs $595 to get started with my licensing and their MLS system. I know it's tough work, but is it viable? I'm in south Florida so we have a 12-month boating season. Just curios if anyone has first-hand experience with it.

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>>739753
With OP's boat? Yes, but smaller ones have a really low ceiling. Pic related: a small boat's toilet.

Sorry about the lack of clothes, pic was initially taken for a /fit/ thread.

>>739706

It looks so cozy and so pretty but although i live at the coast now i am a mountaineer/adventurer/explorer to the core :D.

Rapid river rafting, scearing off brown bears and wolves, fighting snowstorms and dangerous cliff paths at -20C even mountainbiking on the edge of whats possible - thats what i do.

Yes i am an occupational hazard :D.

>>768445

I should say i don't think i will survive 3 days at sea without help but in the mountains and wilderness i knpw what to do :D.

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Does this count? I've just volunteered to be a 3rd officer on board it (no pay, but food and travel paid). You need a CoC to do it, which I have, but I've not heard anything back yet. Crossing my fingers, as I'd really love to do it.

>>764858
Mate, was that the River something? Fuck, I can't remember the second part of the name. There were two of them around the great barrier reef when I was on the Bauxite trade round there. I talked to a guy who had worked on them at one point and he said they were brilliant.

>>768471
if you get on board, post some pics of how you climb the rigging and manage the sails

>>768716
Yeah, I will do. I tend to go on a bit of a browse of /n/ every couple of weeks and post in the ship threads, so if I do get a place on it I'll let /n/ know.

Not sure if this is the right place to ask, first time to this board.

I'm looking at getting a sailing license. The maximum I can get right now wouldn't let me go far from the coast, that's fine. I live in the EU, in a country touching the Mediterranean Sea. Could I possibly sail to neighbor EU countries without problems? Would I need to get some kind of international license?

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anyone know what this tool is?

>>739802
>implying she will get on your boat in the first place
only dumb bitch will get on ride and not suspicious.

Quick question, not worth starting another thread for.

How tall is the tallest mast, antenna, cargo box, anything on the tallest ship out there? Any ship type -- aircraft carrier, 1800s era "tall ship", modern container cargo ship, modern megayacht sailboat, whatever.

Five hundred feet? Six hundred? Two hundred? What type of ship is it?

>>767296
Fake, sure. Just don't be too surprised if a Coast Guard ship treats you harshly until proven helpless.

>>770774
>has not heard of boat bunnies

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>>739802

reading sucks. /lit/ is just a bunch of psuedo intellectuals

>>774041
Infinite Jest is terrible. even they are getting tired of dfw


>>758672
dayum son

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>>774042
>People actually get tricked into reading memes

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>>774041
they need to learn to lighten up and look at pictures of yachts. You can learn a lot about the world from the bow of a ship than with your face behind some dusty old papers

>>774043
>people actually think that Pynchon is a meme

>>774042
>>774043
>>774050
I've never actually posted on /lit/, visited once and never again, but I can't imagine any attempt to talk about Pynchon's work going well on 4chan. Lot 49 and Gravity's Rainbow are dope though.

>>740677
>it wasnt till the mid 1800s that europeans were able to make ships as fast as arabs had for a thousand years
So that's why the Arabs discovered America?
Worthless Euro's.

>>740813
>the 256 ft aluminum yacht of the late Steve Jobs
Christ, what an ugly looking boat.

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I can't believe there aren't any junk rigs in this thread.

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>>774133

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>>774134

Any liveaboard types/experience in here?

I have zero sailing experience but after looking at sites like hobosailer.com and perusing sailboatlistings.com I'm entertaining the fantasy of buying a project boat and someday doing some liveaboard sailing up and down the coast.

Stories, advice, ideas?

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>>774031
tallest mast on a sailboat is 292 feet from waterline on Mirabella V which is 246 feet long

Im sure the tallest floating structure is an oil rig or crane of some sort

>>774134
damn, wish my house was worth enough to sell and buy that.

>>774160
Thanks!

>>774135
Neat idea. How safe is something like that out in the open ocean?

>>774191
the hull is obviously designed like it is to be able to capsize and still float. but capsizing would probably break the masts

>tfw you will never afford a qt motorsailer

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Not sail powered but I do live on it for half of my time.

>>777576
How is NOLA?

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>>739753
thanks for the lulz anon

>>739808
>>>/lgbt/

>>777576
Are you a pilot on the Lower Mississippi? Those guys make some good money.

It's all good, especially since they gave this one to ride.

Where do you work?

>>778291
We use the term Captain for work boats and Pilot for local guys who assist navigating ships from their bridge...but, yeah, Lower Mississippi

>>777676
It's always good in NOLA but driving these makes it even better.

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>yacht thread
>not posting maltese falcon

>>778511
How long have you been a captain, then? What area do you typically work in? Port of New Orleans or further up the river?

>>778893
April will make 24 years working on the river. The type of work we do, ship docking and assistance, means we run from the Gulf of Mexico up to Baton Rouge. The ships that transit can't go any further north than that.

>>778893
And to answer the other part, my boat tends to stay between New Orleans and about half way up to Baton Rouge, which is about a 50 mile stretch to cover.

>>778907
>>778903
Gotcha'. So is the work at all seasonal for you? Do you get busier during grain season?

>>778919
The work is fairly steady and this segment of the shipping industry is really steady as far as economic tuturn-downs and such. We're very fortunate that the cargo facilities along the entire length of the river are pretty much split 50/50 grain vs petrochemical. The grain used to be seasonal like clockwork but the huge grain companies now harvest different types crops so they have something to ship/sell all year long.

The petroleum tankers run nonstop all year round. We have crude refineries, storage tank facilities, chemical additive refiners, plastics distillers....you name it.

Go check out Google Earth or something similar, type in Pilottown, Louisiana. That's pretty much where they start to calculate distances up river from. The Mississippi is measured in statute miles instead of nautical. Scroll northwest or zoom out from there. The furthest upriver we go is 230 miles from there to Baton Rouge. This place is huge and there are probably 100 facilities that take ships for import or export.

>>778931
Oh I know it's busy. I work for the railroad here on the east bank. Grain work is far more seasonal for us, though.

I know IMTT and Valero by Destrehan are really starting to pick up on our end, so I can only assume they're just as busy on yours.

I was always curious about how you guys gave location on the river. It's kind of cool that it's basically like an interstate with mile numbering.

>>778933
Ah, a fellow TWIC'r. Yeah, the petroleum stuff is always killing it. We're actually tied off at IMTT St. Rose today.

>>778935
Haha, that damn TWIC card. Good for just about nothing and hardly anyone ever checks it. I swear that whenever I'm buying ammo the cashier will ask if I'm a veteran because they see the TWIC card and assume it's a military ID. That might be the only thing it's good for.

>>740244
>>740245
Oh man, I know how you feel. I saw some absolutely incredible live-aboard tugs (even more so because prior to that the only tugs I'd ever seen were tiny little tenders) in marinas when I was in Alaska and ever since then I've been having this recurring fantasy of operating one as a tramper in the south pacific.

>>741853
There are other boats with it's-totally-not-a-daggerboard-we-promise keels out there and while I like metal more than glass for a hull I think that the lines of those boats (inside and out) are butt-fucking ugly. I have that same reaction to pretty much all French yachts (Beneteau, Jeanneau, Dufour, etc.); it's not just that one.

That said, if I win the lotto or come into an inheritance but don't come away with a sum of money that would let me buy something truly obscene I'd like to buy one and then have it ripped apart and re-built it because virtually all of my issues with it are little more than aesthetic; performance-wise it seems great as far as I can tell from secondhand experience and a draft that shallow in a 40+ cruiser really is exceptional.

How hard is it to get a licence to use a speedboat?
I was at the Secretary of State and saw a poster advertising that. Sounds fun.

I have a question. I've been becoming increasingly curious about boats lately but I know literally nothing about them.

Why do sailboats still seem to be the standard for moderately-sized pleasure use on the ocean?

I can understand the romantic appeal, I guess, but it seems like using an engine should be vastly preferable and easier for 90% of normal people who want to go out on the ocean. What gives?

>>788006
Because what exactly are you doing out in the ocean with a motor boat?

It's not like your moderately-sized please boat is a yacht.

If you want a sea-doo, buy a sea-doo. The reason why most people are out in small pleasure boats in the ocean is for recreational sailing or smuggling.

>>788006
>Why do sailboats still seem to be the standard for moderately-sized pleasure use on the ocean?
Why do people go hiking, or on scenic drives? The sense of isolation and freedom you get from sailing is, for my money, impossible to describe with words.

>I can understand the romantic appeal, I guess, but it seems like using an engine should be vastly preferable and easier for 90% of normal people who want to go out on the ocean. What gives?
First of all, do you know how much it costs to operate a powered vessel? If you're going to use your boat a lot, sailing is much, much more economical.

Secondly, sailing is much more relaxing and enjoyable than motoring for most people and if you don't have a boat to relax on then why the hell do you even have a boat in the first place?

>>788006
>>788150
I also forgot to mention that many people get an immense sense of satisfaction from sailing because how well the boat performs correlates directly with your skill as a skipper - you're in charge of every little detail and being a competent or better sailor is a point of pride just like for any other hobby.

>>788150
To explore.

>>739706
Fark, if more moderns look like that it would cure me of my wooden hull fetish

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I'd be happy with a dutch barge - puttering about the canals and with quiet weather perhaps coastal sailings.

>>788006
Fuel costs a lot. Noise. No fun in piloting it, with sails the feel of the wind transfers through to the tiller or wheel wonderfully, feeling the vessel stiffen when the breeze picks up, cutting through the water, it's beautiful. There's pride in the skill of sailing too.

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Would you a Pen Duick /n/ ?

>>792776
That much sail seems like a good way to get yourself into trouble in a hurry.

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>>739706
My sailboat I inherited when my father passed away. It's not the best boat but I love her.

(I don't tow it with my Jeep. I was just moving it around my driveway to clean it)

>>800194
What is that, a Cal 30?

>>739896
Well you also need to be rich.

>>746623
if you have the money to buy the really high end ones, you don't buy the cheapest model either. I bet for an extra million or two they'll put a whiskey bar or something similar down there, like Maybach with their ginormous luxury deathcages.

>>749255
For $25m, I want shielded electronics.

When WWIII happens, I'll be the last man standing. Well, sailing.

>>800229
>Well you also need to be rich.
No you don't. Not at all. You can get perfectly sound used daysailers for the price of a used car and the upkeep is usually pretty cheap if you're going to haul it, even seasonally.

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>>800232
If you believe James Howard Kunstler and his ilk, the minute that society falls over the oceans will be awash with pirates