I agree. Much more practical for entertaining ... ;-)
Posted on 07/29/2010 7:39:19 PM PDT by paltz
Senator John Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, was sure to point out to me on Thursday that the "Isabel," his 76-foot $7 million luxury yacht docked in Rhode Island, is actually not a yacht, but simply "my sailboat."
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I was going to say...I’d like to see him sail the thing.
In one instant, he goes from tax cheat to plain old stupid. Why would anybody fork over a half-mil to the government if he wasn’t absolutely forced to?
Well we used to build them here till Clinton and the democrats (which included Kerry) passed the Excise rich tax, which prompted most of the large boat builders going out of business.
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The same MSM that went on and on about Sarah Palin’s 150k in clothes for campaigning for the 2nd highest office in the land is utterly silent about Kerry and his hypocrisy.
Assholes, all of them.
Especially Bill Maher.
Say what you want about Kerry, but the guy has exquisite taste in sailboats.
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Hypocritical leftists often know how to live very well indeed. They are often wealthy, travelled, and have a polished appreciation for the arts, fashion and cuisine. They have built a pyramid and put themselves at the apex. The sweaty, oafish dupes and proles that support them are to thick to see that they are the peasants enabling a new aristocracy.
Think Saruman and his doltish orc minions.
you can get a new Swan or Hinckley or .... for that(?)
my sailing days are dated now about 20 years
does this Friendship have a large kicker...sort of a motorsailer or is she pure sheet with a wee Yanmar or Perkins?
WOW... incredible boat. Thanks for the pics!
Crocodile Dundee would say, " Awww that 76-foot $7 million boat isn't a yacht. THAT'S a yacht."
Two years ago when the economy was good (BO-Before Obama)I was in the market to buy a yacht, my choice was an older heavy all fiberglass Hatteras in the 40-58’ range, almost bought a 58’ that needed some engine work and saw quite a few that were selling at very low prices, mostly requiring years of work to bring them back of course.
But this is a truly exquisite refined vessel and just looking at images like this it is telling me to start looking again at sailboats, only problem is so is everyone else since fuel went up, buying an old fuel hungry motoryacht is a buyers market now.
I am in my 50’s and would dearly love to have a boat such as this, I will dream on and wish upon a star.
Not a motorsailer. She's classified as an aluminum Sloop.
And, while Hinkleys are well less than that at the same length, I think you're right about Nautor Swans, they're priced closely to this, perhaps just a fraction less. But, I'd point out the Swans are composite, and this is aluminum, FWIW.
I was looking at powerboats back in the ‘80s and checked with a buddy of mine with a couple of boats and lots of experience.
He suggested I take the power boating course, and said it was required for a captain’s license for over 50’, not that I was looking that big.
It was a simple community college night school course, the minimum, not a pilot’s class required for larger boats. I also found out that here in the Chesapeake the freighters are piloted by Bay pilots not their captain. If the boat goes thru the Delaware canal to Philadelphia they swap over the a Delaware Bay pilot.
I haven’t looked into the buying a boat since and forget ever going near 50’. Biggest I was looking at was 25’.
Kerry (who served in Vietnam) is expected to charter the craft. We’ll see whether the brochure reads “”yacht” or “sailboat”.
Last one to the Monaco Boat Show is a rotten egg.
There’s a thing known as the “40 foot rule”. It’s widely considered the dividing line between “boat” and “yacht”.
Kerry.....*blech*
Good Lord. That is GORGEOUS!!
It would require a crew of 5 just to properly maintain!
Yes, you're describing the Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessels (OUPV) classes. It's a 62-hour program that is designed for people wanting to work as a charter-captain for vessels under 25 gross tonnes, and carry fewer than 7 passengers. You can obtain additional endorsements for such a license that allows you incrementally move up in weight and passengers.
Many people are under the misconception that it's a ship's length that set the parameters for how it's operated, or who may operated. It's not. In almost every state (perhaps all states), it's the vessel's weight (measured in gross tonnes), as well as its purpose - recreational of commercial, and whether or not its "inspected", which is a legal term that deals with it's registration.
In most states, if you are over the age of 18 (and in many states have the requisite but perfunctory "safety class"), you may operate virtually any uninspected vessel in territorial waters so long as you are only operating that vessel recreationally.
HOWEVER (there's always a "however"), while the state may allow you to operate that vessel, your insurance company may not. Many times - based on length, tonnage or value - the insurance company will mandate that the owner either secure for himself certain requisite certifications, or hire a professional captain, if the owner wants to obtain insurance.
Lastly, you're right about parts of the Chesapeake, and that's a similar circumstance in many different bodies of water. When a commercial ship enters a harbor, she boards a harbor pilot who takes the helm from the ship's captain. This is repeated in many canals, bays, rivers or straits where specific local knowledge is paramount to safe navigation.
Don’t even suggest that, I’d be broke.
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