I am a real fan of all this BUT... The problem is three fold that hampers this in yachts: First is mass and volume... simply multiple gen....
Ultimately, these organizations are good old boys clubs which operate on symbiotic relationships... that do four important things: 1. Protect...
For the Sissi Navi set...
True, and due to the commercial exemption... no VAT! Usually us snailboaters end up with the white elephants... but are too true blue stupid,...
Thanks... anyway woke up very tired but being old cannot get back to sleep... might as well just stay up and comment here... and go surprise...
See... in explanation... I am considered a card carrying member of the mafia anglasie... and occasionally have to apply the language and thinking...
A comment... after some explanation for Anglos If you all remember Tom Perkins (original owner Maltese Falcon) was in a regatta some years ago in...
Have not you guys heard of Tramp Steamers.... Now it Tramp Yachts plying the waters and lining the shores of far off third world seas...
I don't think the French are too picky about how, how many or where as long as they are all elegant penetrations.... inward. En français ... Je...
Not if its French...
Had to add the statement "and you pay the bills" to prevent navy ships from being considered...
If you sail and maintain it by yourself it is a boat if it takes a crew and you pay the bills it is a yacht.
Remind me next time I build a boat to be sure to have the yard install a bunch of thru hull fittings to the bilge bottoms capped on the outside in...
Some of these French moguls are questionable people (meaning questions surround them... you know the laws in France are strict about saying...
Avoiding yaw / broaching in following seas - Boat Design Forums Some interesting comments herein...
Facts which are clear... 1. The crew did give up the ship... too easily... 2. The crew did not operate the ship properly... 3. The crew was...
Yes, I did... and actually I would be more comfortable dealing with that in the great Volvo 70s than this yacht as I understand the situation. You...
How this "hull vane" works is by modifying the flow and induced drag conditions at the stern of the boat. If you think of the bow bulb concept it...
I think, like Nilo, the key is the lower declared speed and engine loading contrasted with the facts. I believe the yard was correct in their...
As is the simple question why the boat sunk. Reread everything... other than my surmises from reading between the lines in my previous post the...
