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Specific differences in >24m flagged boats.

Discussion in 'General Yachting Discussion' started by Danvilletim, Jan 31, 2016.

  1. Danvilletim, Jan 31, 2016
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    Danvilletim

    Danvilletim Senior Member

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    Just got back from an amazing shopping trip in France and Italy. We are looking at 86-100' flybridge motoryachts. All are 6-10 years old, flagged, and classed. I believe the boats up to 90' claim to have a less than 24m waterline.

    I'm told there are increased manning and saftey requirements for boats over 24m imposed by the flag state and as outline in the Large Yacht Code 2/3. However I'm not finding specific examples. Cayman refers to filling out a form to get a safe manning doc..

    What are some examples of changes once you go past 24m?

    Personally, the 82-88 boats ( <24m waterline) all have 2 crew and 2 bath, but you are crawling through a hatch. Big step up in crew space once you a go 10' more. The goal is to charter a bit when we are not using it. ( commercially registered).

    Appreciate the input and learning what pains an extra meter or two get you.
  2. Marmot, Jan 31, 2016
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  3. jfm, Feb 29, 2016
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    The 24m is not waterline length; it is load line length, which is rather different. You can broadly speaking get a 100 footer under 24m LLL, the principal techniques being transom gates and removable nosecones

    Below 24m, except on charter, there are almost no rules. On charter there are some. Above 24m, and depending on flag state, you have manning regs and other more detailed LY code requirements, whether on charter or not. I've always bought just under 24m to avoid this quite considerable hassle and I recommend that, even if you want a 95 footer