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To: nickcarraway

Not sure a 55 footer can really be classified as ‘Huge’


5 posted on 05/02/2022 1:22:22 PM PDT by chaosagent (Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
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To: chaosagent

I think the Mayflower was larger.


8 posted on 05/02/2022 1:24:08 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (I pledge allegiance to Hedy Lamarr)
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To: chaosagent

It’s huge for a dinghy or tender, smallish for a yacht.


10 posted on 05/02/2022 1:33:20 PM PDT by Two Kids' Dad (((( When tyranny becomes law, resistance becomes duty. ))))
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To: chaosagent

The cut off is 54’


15 posted on 05/02/2022 1:40:59 PM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: chaosagent

Not sure a 55 footer can really be classified as ‘Huge’>>> Yeah rally but maybe it is 55 feet long and 5 stories high.


16 posted on 05/02/2022 2:09:25 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2
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To: chaosagent

Yeah. Over at Yachtworld this nice 57’ houseboat is under 25K.

https://www.yachtworld.com/yacht/1949-naiad-gordy-miller-houseboat-7214339/


19 posted on 05/02/2022 2:48:55 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: chaosagent

Just my thought.


24 posted on 05/02/2022 3:00:33 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: chaosagent
"Not sure a 55 footer can really be classified as ‘Huge’"

According to both the AP and Chicago style guides, it would be superfluous in a news story (and ESPECIALLY in a news story headline) to use "YUGE" in a description of any sort other than to distinguish it from a similar thing that WASN'T yuge.

Ipso facto, using "YUGE" in reference to a 55-foot ship is superfluous unless there alternatively is a "TINY" 55-foot ship it might otherwise be confused with.

And is that 55 feet from stem-to-stern, or 55 feet at the waterline? Because the story does not make that detail clear, and the two are very different things.

26 posted on 05/02/2022 3:09:27 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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