The end of the world is near....... what Yacht will you build?

Discussion in 'All Things Boats & Boating' started by Wellydeckhand, Jun 16, 2006.

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What u will choose if seawater rise 50M and u need to find other land but............

  1. Monohull Sail Yacht

    29.3%
  2. Monohull Motoryacht

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  3. Monohull Motorsailer

    12.3%
  4. Catamaran Sail yacht

    17.1%
  5. Catamaran Motoryacht

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  6. Catamaran Motorsailer

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  7. Trimaran Sail Yacht

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  8. Trimaran Motoryacht

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  9. Trimaran Motorsailer

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  10. Dont Know?

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  11. Stay at land and hang on something

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  12. Find a submarine........ hopefully

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  1. peter radclyffe
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  2. wmonastra
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    Hi Brian, In some cases you maye right, however i have wanted to sail of for many many years, and always (like so many others) had an excuse to delay things.... (house,family business etc etc) well i now have none of the above so i feel now my business in gone, and i have a 2nd chance to do something great with my life, then why not?? I can just as easy use that money to go buy another cafe or bar, but then i fall back into te business life (again).. working 7 days, huge hours, staff issues etc etc...when i now for pretty much the first time in my life am a free agent...if i dont do it now, then ill become yet another armchair sailor and i dont want that....when it finally comes time to settle i want my future kids to know that there is more to the world than business, deadlines, stress etc etc....that is why im looking fo a yacht and thats why im wanting to sail the seven seas....
     
  3. brian eiland
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    I can fully appreciate that. I'm quite a bit older now, and if I hadn't taken that plunge to avoid the normal working world early on I likely may not have experienced that adventure I got to go on either. As you say the other demands in later life sometime trump our ability to 'cut loose'. So I applaud your decision to give it a go.

    BTW, there are a LOT of used vessels here in the USA at some extremely good prices. Then you could start your exploration in the Bahamas...the down to the Caribbean, and.....
     
  4. Boston

    Boston Previous Member

    30K would be a nice start and you really can use alternative fuels for a huge savings, no reason you couldn't make it happen. I've been side tracked on my own build with car troubles but I'm getting close to starting again, Your idea sounds like it could work for you, its pretty much just a mater of making the decision and going for it.

    cheers
    B
     
  5. wmonastra
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    I hear both loud and clear, and even as we speck im going through emails from real estate agents trying to sell me cafes/bars and the like and they do look really stunning, and i can see how fast id be dragged down into the business abyss once again...and looking at whats happend in the last few months its so easy to go back to... so if i was to look for as yacht in the US where is a good place to start? (take of $5k for the plane ticket there to look round)...Im open to any ideas...and can leave at a moments notice :)
     
  6. brian eiland
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    I'll see what I can see as I'm kind of looking for a vessel my Thai wife and I can live on for half the year.

    The whole of the east coast has potential as there are many harbors etc. the west coast is more barren, although Settle area has lots of wooden vessels. Whats you min size for liveaboard?

    BTW. I can usually get an econo fair from Bangkok to Dulles airport at Wash DC for around 1100 to 1300 dollars round trip. The Korean airline offers some of the best deals now I believe.
     
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  8. edik
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    edik Junior Member

    Bornrif 33

    I'm new here, but I already love this forum. I found Bornrif 33 here. It's a beautiful and very capable boat. I would only prefer if it were 3-4 feet longer and Alu instead of steel. Otherwise, nearly perfect.
     
  9. wmonastra
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    Hi Brian, Id be keen to see what you end up with, and perhaps you could forward me the link of any firms you buy your boat from? Im pretty much free to grab the next flight (im working partime as a chef to kill time) so if you see anything that maybe good by all means send it to me, id love to have alook.

    Thanks

    Wayne
     
  10. RSALVAREZ
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    when i was a child

    When i was a child i use to have 3 or 4 dreams, was the same movie on my nights
    the first was a machine that was used to drill the ground. in mi dreams i build it, the other thing that i build on my dreams was a fire fighter robot it was a machine, autonomus that was able to produce water mixing gases also this robot have like hand granade that extiguish the flame, the 3 rd was a kind of gun that converts the light in air in mi dream i build this to get propultion from light,to stop falling objets, and things like bullets, in my dream the air can be presurised at a apoint when it turns on light all this when i was an 7 years old child, the dream of flight still from many years ago ,in this case i can fly when the air fill my body and take me off the ground ( like when we are diving and fill our lung with air and return to the surface, other dream that i have is the
     
  11. RSALVAREZ
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    RSALVAREZ Junior Member

    i still with the sphere

    this morning i was looking the water surface on a lake,with an small breze the plastic ball and empty botles was the fastest things over the water

    i am not a designer and here is were you can help me

    think on a espherical hull, the outer part will work as the hull, inside the other sphere will be the control room or the cabin this is in place with suports that let the outer hull move independient of the inner hull, we can control the water level or float level to control the exposed surface to the air also in our control legs will have the outer shell rotation ( please search the sketch that our friend felipe draw on rhino on this post)

    How i can calculate the hydrodinamic eficiency of an spherical hull with an spherical sail???
    after the drum sub this is the more easy to build project
     
  12. philSweet
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    The end is near

    Surely not a sailing yacht
    For lumpenproletariat
    Nor motorsailor nor motoryacht
    On neither shall my carcass rot

    A sunset cruise on schooner swift
    A glass of wine and then a fifth
    Shall give my salty spirit lift
    When at last it’s cast adrift

    For if instead of seventh Heaven
    Fickle fate imparts Perdition
    It’s better suited to my mission
    Old Kharon’s got some competition

    I’ll pack the deck and sell ‘em booze
    Acheron’s only sunset cruise
    No more hassles, no one sues
    And best of all no yacht club dues
     
  13. rwatson
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    rwatson Senior Member

    Everyone wants to go to sea
    To feel the oceans sway and roll
    The curving sail, and being free
    is the cure for a pressured soul.

    The first of the steps required to enroll
    is to buy a suitable boat
    be sure to ask the kindly old salt
    if the battered old hull will float.

    All of the vessels you visit with hope
    Are the gem of the owners eye
    They only reason that they want to sell
    Is their poor mum's about to die.

    They laugh at the thought that a boat is hard work
    They scorn the chandlery's bill
    The mooring fees, fuel, repairs and new gear
    Are all part of the true sailors thrill

    The price of the boat as a very small sum
    It'd cost fourfold for a new one
    As a favour to you, they will throw in some sails
    And replace the green rope with a blue one

    The mornings so cold that you cant go on deck
    The waves so big that you might break your neck
    The sanding of varnish, the repairing of sails
    The rusting of fittings, getting snagged on old nails
    The smell of the bilges, declogging the head
    The cleaning from salt, the decay of the lead
    The painting of wood, the shining of brass
    The caulking of portholes where the goo joins the glass
    All this is the cause of the most wonderous glee
    For all of the souls who seek freedom at sea.

    Ignore the distress of the pitch black dark night
    Where the sound of the surf on the rocks
    Cannot be seen by your beams feeble light
    It's just one of lifes sharp shocks.

    The huge tankers horn sounding loud and quite near
    But unseen in the fog and the spray
    Is nothing important for you to fear
    You're too small to get in it's way.

    If you're peturbed by this list of endless long tasks, you can do what most sailors do
    Find a cheap mooring to anchor your boat
    Visit each month to make sure its afloat
    And clean up the seabirds vile poo

    And when you get weary of finding a crew
    And you hear of an impending gale
    Do what all of the old salts do best
    Advertise "Great Boat for Sale"
     
  14. wmonastra
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    wmonastra Junior Member

    Its 2012 people....is anybody any closer to having the boat that will survive the end of the world???? Or has this post given up???....
     

  15. Boston

    Boston Previous Member

    Depends on what form the end of the world takes.

    if its a collision with a celestial object then not much survives anyway

    if its global warming then the oceans go anaerobically stratified and are toxic anyway

    If it WW3 then there's a chance you could escape to the water but you'd also want to escape detection.

    If its political upheaval then there's also a chance but you'd better be damn self sufficient and find a small island to haul out on every once in a while.

    I'm sure there's lots of other potential end of the world scenario's but each will have its most survivable escape rout.
     
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