Hope for the best, but plan for the worst.
for a seriously ugly boat
Simpler is better, except when complicated looks really cool.
True, dat...
Pretty cool rig engineering, though.
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Consider the employment opportunities their fabrication required.
Not only a whole new realm of engineering but new realms of sailing. Not only do they have request bridge openings but they also have to notify the local airport in advance of their passing.
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Will
Will
Better not be in the Caribbean July - November.Her carbon masts by Dykstra Naval Architects are the largest in the world and have been designed to withstand a Category 2 hurricane.
2 96-110 mph 83-95 kt 154-177 km/h
Enjoy a good rum on the rocks at sunset.
His pants are too tight.
Correct me if I am mistaken, but I understand that not many superyachts visit the Caribbean ports in hurricane season.
Hope for the best, but plan for the worst.
Through the Strait but not under the bridge -- this should be interesting.
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Where DOES one find spar spruce of that dimension THESE days?? <G>
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Eye bleach. Ouch, my eyes!
Why? Just... why?
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if the masts giver her an "air draft" of 100m.. how long are those booms? The way she sits right now, her rig looks too small
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"Her carbon masts by Dykstra Naval Architects are the largest in the world and have been designed to withstand a Category 2 hurricane."
That's not too difficult if the boat capsizes in a 45-knot wind.
Eight pop-out balconies on the port side, at least six on the stbd side. I think that side decks would have been less involved to build. Here she is under sail:
And bow-on:
A peek on deck (I guess that the owner's brief was pretty insistant on privacy):
And a group photo of probably the two most publicly reviled yachts, both named 'A', and owned by the same guy (I believe):
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If I had to pick one of these two I would (strangly enough for one who likes sailboats) the lower one in the picture.
Will
David G
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I was in Southern Spars factory recently, they'd just applied for a consent to lengthen their building to accommodate the making of a 124 metre mast that they had an order for, told me that would be the tallest yacht mast on the planet. They had a 90 metre one on the floor at the time. I could walk down the inside of it. Shaking my head.
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Sooo I would think it pollutes less, so what if it’s ugly.
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Ever bigger, eh? I must admit that, all things being equal, I would much rather have an 'arms race' for the biggest yacht than an actual arms race...
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Why more than any other 5000-ton ship?
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^ Really?
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Hope for the best, but plan for the worst.
sweet jesus.... that might be the ugliest structure i've ever seen.
why are the tops of the masts shaped like that? Is it an aesthetic thing or is the a purpose to the shape?
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Good grief that is a fugly boat!
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Aren't the masts usually limited to the height of a bridge across the Panama Canal? The limit is named after the bridge......
If you can't get through there, cruising options become limited - or lengthy.
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