Boat or Yacht ?

I had always hard that a "yacht" was anything 25' up, small yachts being 25'-45', large yachts 46'-85', and luxary yachts being 86' and up.

I see the difference between boats and yachts not as how long the craft is, but the liveaboard qualities it has such as watermakers, gens, and staterooms.
But thats just the opinion of a guy who grew up in the desert

Dan

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I don't believe there is a technical definition of when a boat becomes a yacht. The term yacht is used in England to denote a private vessel from a commercial or military one.

"yacht, from the Dutch jacht, which comes from another Dutch word, jachten, meaning to hurry or hunt, for the Dutch were the first to use commercial vessels for pleasure. The word also applies to large powered pleasure vessels, steam or motor yachts, as well as sailing vessels deemed too big to be called a boat or a dinghy."

Never have seen what "too big" is defined as.

Yacht: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yacht

Boat: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boat

I have found in my professional career in the Marine Industry that no matter how big or small , private with sails or commercial with engines the craft is there will always be an occasion when it is referred to as a boat.

In my opinion.... and with all due respect, the difference when a "boat" becomes a "yacht" is the person speaking.

A boat, is for people who love being on the water, sailing, traveling, exploring, enriching their lives with culture, salt water, food, the ocean, etc..

A Yacht, is typically someone speaking from the "I'm famous / your famous" club.

If it floats, it's boat, barge, or a ship.

To each their one I guess.

Someone in this forum once said:

I agree I am in the NW and it seem that people look at stange when you call your yacht a yacht. I just call it a boat. People daily even ask what M/Y on our shirts stands for. My boat

A Yacht is a pleasure craft. The term generally refers to a pleasure craft suitable for living aboard (stateroom, head, galley) enabling you to claim a 2nd home deduction. In older days these would more often be found on boats (term definitions overlap) over about 40' or so. Today they've squeezed all that into as little as 21'. (maybe less) So, if you're pretentious you wouldn't be incorrect to refer to even that as a yacht. You might just feel a little foolish. A boat is "a vessel that can be carried aboard a ship" per Chapman's. With today's transport ships that could now be quite large. All these terms are only loosely defined. Quite frankly I usually find myself referring to the vessels I'm on by quite different terms not really suited for print.

yachts

Yachts are for fun, irregardless of size

"irregardless"? (Just a non-word that always bugged me. Sorry.

One big boat!

After the USS Cole was attacked, they shipped it back to the United States aboard another vessel, the MV Blue Marlin. The USS Cole is 154 meters in length, has a beam of 20.4 meters, and a draft of 9.3 meters. Oh, and don't forget she has has a full load displacement of about 8,300 tons. Given the piggyback ride the destroyer got on Blue Marlin, the Cole is one big boat!

[QUOTE='roundthehorn]After the USS Cole was attacked, they shipped it back to the United States aboard another vessel, the MV Blue Marlin. The USS Cole is 154 meters in length, has a beam of 20.4 meters, and a draft of 9.3 meters. Oh, and don't forget she has has a full load displacement of about 8,300 tons. Given the piggyback ride the destroyer got on Blue Marlin, the Cole is one big boat!

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That's a very sad and sobering sight.

I think that's an incredible sight. To imagine, what we as humans, can do. At a measly 5'10" average, able to lift 80-150lbs average, to concievably create such a unimaginable boat such as the USS Cole even, and then, to have another boat on hand that can carry it completely out of the water. Simply unimaginable to me.

And I think you might have meant sombering.

"I never would have guessed that we'd have a submersible ship that could support and carry the weight of something of the USS Cole."

"We" don't. It was built by Taiwanese for Norwegians and is now owned by Dockwise Shipping.

Hi Marmot,

He was referring to "we" as humans.

And talk about lifting heavy things, Dockwise is lifting spirits with their monthly dock party Friday night. Going?