Boat or Yacht ?

It is incredible to see a vessel of that size being carried by yet another vessel. I would agree that Chapman's probably didn't have large surface warships in mind when defining terms relating to the yachting world. My point was to support NYCAP123's statement in the advancement in transport ship design and building.

By the way, as far as I can tell, there is no such word as sombering, and sobering is appropriate.

According to Merriam-Webster: sobering - "tending to make one thoughtful". As sober can mean - "marked by sedate or gravely or earnestly thoughtful character or demeanor", although the reference to intoxication is probably more commonly used today.

Somber relates to having a serious demeanor or conveying gloomy suggestions or ideas.

My mistake. I didn't realize that the -ing suffex was not appendable to the word somber, which would typically be more appropriate to pair with sad, more so than sad and sober at least, unless your at an AA meeting

Boat or Yacht?

Here is my brother,s definition: If it has a grand piano it is a yacht.

Does it have to stay tuned?

When people refer to my Bertram 28 as a yacht (and they do) ... I chuckle. It's a great boat but seriously .. not a yacht.

Now ... my new boat ... Bertram 54 ... the size of it is just incredible ... even though I'm already getting used to it ... I don't think it would be incorrect to refer to it as a yacht.

To me, it's just another awesome piece of machinery and ... my boat.

Hi,

Don't laugh. I was shown one on a 50 some ft Magnum a few years ago.

50' is a bit small, but I've seen more than a few on not much bigger. Have a Merry Christmas K1W1.

A yacht it is then...

Not having an answer to the boat/yacht question I made one up. A "boat" is washed by it's owner and a "yacht" is washed by its crew. Happy Holidays!!!

That's not bad.
AMG I hesitantly point out that it needs a galley and head. With that I fear the next picture.

Sorry, my next picture in store was this...

Now if you could get a shot of her cooking a hotdog over a bic lighter while...doing something else you'd have your yacht. Merry Christmas.

It didn´t work out really... Merry Christmas and good night from here!

All yachts are boats, but not all boats are yachts. The difference is in the application. If it is used strictly for pleasure, it is technically a yacht, even an Optimist.

Best description I have heard yet.

I think technically anything that u can live on can be called a yacht…. In the land down under, a yacht is usually referred to as something with a sail/s. something with motors as the main source of power, is usually called a motor boat, or power boat.

eg, a 50’ beneteau would be a 50’ yacht

eg, a 52’ viking would be a 52’ powerboat

someone calling that viking a yacht.... sounds like there still learning there port and starboards… and yes, pretentious (no disrespect, but that’s how it comes across)

anything say 125’ may grab the credentials of super ’yacht’… but who’s going to refer to there ‘boat’ as one of those…. Cheers

far

On a back canal in Las Olas Isles there once was a 23' sailboat, encrusted in barnacles. It had a potti and a hot plate and a guy lived on it. Yacht?
Joey Buttafucco (Amy Fisher) had a 34' cabin cruiser not good for much beyond the bay, but a good place for a rendezvous. The news constantly referred to it as a yacht. It was a way to make it sound more sensational. I think that, if you own it, it's a boat unless you're very pretentious no matter the size or power source. Yacht is a term for others to use as in 'I'm a yacht broker'. 'my friend has a yacht' or 'F.L. is the yachting capitol'. Use it to describe your own boat and you're subject to receiving wedgies...often.

Real easy question.

If 6 guys go out fishing, drink lots of beers and end up with a BBQ on the beach, that's boating.

If 6 guys go out fishing, drink beer, have a BBQ and then clean-up after themselves, that's yachting.

Close, but you have to change that last sentence to read 'and then have someone clean up after them'. Happy New Year Fish.

Main Entry: 1yacht
Pronunciation: \ˈyät\
Function: noun
Etymology: obsolete Dutch jaght, from Middle Low German jacht, short for jachtschip, literally, hunting ship
Date: 1557
: any of various recreational watercraft: as a : a sailboat used for racing b : a large usually motor-driven craft used for pleasure cruising