Seems to me that a 150-170' with range in mind all but says steel hull at the very least with aluminum superstructure to keep the metacentric...
Zzzzzzzzzz.....HUH!? Sorry, gang, been on serious vacation and preparing for a Smokies expedition as well. Responding to Carl's well-aimed kick...
Lars, doesn't the 5000th person win a small bag of gold Krugerrands?:D
CaptChris: As an old Fort Lauderdale boy, I can tell you that I never heard of any laws regarding cross-tieing. More common sense and...
Ben So, your wife really likes that Meridian, eh? That faint sound you hear is the crescendo of a thousand husbands out there who have already...
Blue NAV/COM station lighting At the risk of being castigated by Carl ( "This ain't Big Honkin' Military Ships Forums, it's Yacht Forums"), I...
Well, blow me down. Who knew that the old Jimmies had a Norwegian cousin?
That's what we need here-- a real computer whiz. Sorry :D
Let me be the first to welcome you to Yacht Forums, Fred. I don't know of that SF yard that you mentioned, but someone here will be along...
mp-willow, do I sense that you would entertain the thought of investing in a boatyard in order to acquire a vessel built in said yard? You would...
You guys really know your, er, stuff. ;)
How much will it cost to live under the flight deck of an aircraft carrier? I think Ben hit the nail on the head... the emperor not only has no...
Pssssst! Livio! 'Come-arrest-me-red' -- yes! 'Canary yellow'-- tutto bene! Maple? Kinda looks like my neighbor's kitchen table. And, are...
...Separated from the foredeck by a (generally) waist-high bulwark.
Great stuff, techmati, but are you quite sure they're going racing? I saw absolutely no Heinekin cases on the docks or anywhere :eek: .
Amen to that, outmywindow, amen. In further support of your thinking, it seems that following an economic downturn, the yact biz just seems to...
I concur with C4ENG and CaptTom and nod my head reading K1W1's numerous examples. A blanket statement is really in order here, to wit: Virtually...
What a great thread here with a lot of food for thought. I would posit, airship, that there are growing stormclouds here in the U.S. which will...
Lazy CEOs or lazy writers? I found the SLATE article interesting in it's cherry-picking of facts--to the exclusion of other facts--- to suport...
Another case of a boat suffering from excessive humidity. I'll bet dollars to doughnuts that someone's heinie is catching royal heck.