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mhazrin3
10-07-2008, 11:25 PM
help me...
what is the difference between yacht and boat...:confused:
BHOFM
10-08-2008, 12:28 PM
Well a boat is a boat and a yacht is a boat, but not all boats
are yachts and not all yachts are boats.

Land yachts, for racing on salt or sand.
Ice yachts, for racing on ice. DUHH!
Large RV's are called yachts.

In the 15th century German, a jacht {yacht} was a hunting
ship, or jachtschip!

Was I any help??:P :P
RHP
10-08-2008, 01:20 PM
Í take it you´re too darn lazy to pick up a dictionary?

Being the case, here´s an electronic version to stimulate your imagination.

Enjoy

http://www.merriam-webster.com/
Design_1
10-08-2008, 01:25 PM
That is an odd(lazy) question indeed. They must live in the hills!
Butch .H
10-08-2008, 01:43 PM
When I get up in the morning she is a yacht.After a houre or so and coverd in epoxy with holes in my hands and blue fingernails she is a f'''''' g Boat. Mood I guess:D
Design_1
10-08-2008, 02:04 PM
I'll agree with you there Butch!! Sometimes I wonder why I don't muck horse stalls for a living!
PAR
10-08-2008, 08:32 PM
It's a boat if it's paid for and a yacht if it requires a mortgage.
mhazrin3
10-08-2008, 10:09 PM
thanks for the information :D
-lazy-
Design_1
10-09-2008, 08:31 AM
That is the best definition I have heard of PAR. I will have to remember that.
But I know some guys with mortgages on their fishing boats!
daiquiri
10-09-2008, 09:42 AM
If you are allowed to moor it in Montecarlo, then you're sure to have a yacht.
Geoh
10-09-2008, 01:21 PM
"Can it ever be called a yacht??"

It IS a Yacht , a boat used for pleasure , rather than trade or fisheries.

Yacht is USE , not mere size.

But I'm not sure you would be too welcome in Cannes in high season.

FF
This was the answer i recieved from Fast Fred about a year ago when i asked the question about my boat...

Geoh
Design_1
10-09-2008, 01:31 PM
"Any of various relatively small sailing or motor-driven vessels, generally with smart graceful lines, used for pleasure cruises or racing."

As per the dictionary. They would probably run my "yacht" out of any marina...
I could however join the redneck yacht club :P :D
dgerr
10-09-2008, 01:54 PM
Westlawn has a complete set of definition of terms such as boat, yacht, ship, pleasure craft, etc. at:

http://www.westlawn.edu/student_center/definitions.asp

Dave Gerr
Director
Westlawn Institute of Marine Technology
www.westlawn.edu
Design_1
10-09-2008, 02:04 PM
but dgerr, the definitions we come up with are much more fun! :D
TeddyDiver
10-09-2008, 03:13 PM
In a yacht they got kinds of glasses for drinks, aperatives etc.. In a boat I can take "one" (occasionally a second one) from the bottle.. hik...
daiquiri
10-09-2008, 04:33 PM
I love the way this thread is developing. :D
PAR
10-09-2008, 10:29 PM
If you take your alcohol out of a glass container, it's a yacht, if it comes from a carton or can, it's a boat . . .
daiquiri
10-10-2008, 06:00 AM
If you can walk into the cabin with two Playboy mates by your sides, it's a yacht.
If you can enter inside only by moving sideways like a crab, it's a boat.
daiquiri
10-10-2008, 06:04 AM
A generalization of the above:

If there are a bunch of Playboy mates suntanning at the upper deck, it's a yacht.
If there are only a couple of unshaved fishing mates guzzling beer and burping on the one and only deck you have - it's a boat.
Design_1
10-10-2008, 08:11 AM
This is really going well...lol.
marshmat
10-10-2008, 08:10 PM
From Henry Beard & Roy McKie - "A Sailor's Dictionary".

Yacht:
Any recreational craft whose owner or user is not responsible for her upkeep, or whose owner recognizes sufficient tax benefits from his ownership to defray all operating expenses. Also commonly used to describe any boat prior to its purchase, and by many boat owners to describe their vessel to persons who have never seen it and are never likely to do so.
daiquiri
10-10-2008, 08:23 PM
From Henry Beard & Roy McKie - "A Sailor's Dictionary".
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That one was great!. :D :D :D

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