Now this is a yacht

[LVSteve]

Spotted this in the posh yacht basin at Barcelona. Looks like it has a helicopter deck and hangar. How the other half live.

 

[PeterJ]

Yeah, well,,, I've seen enough of those people to know that I don't want to be one of them.

 

[lihpster]

That's nice, but I'm a trditionalist.

 

[Eric300]

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTw5pk6dcX0[/ame]

 

[m75rlg]

Historical with two modern (at that time) chase boats.

(That was my unit,[PSD = Presidential Security Detail] but I wasn't in that particular photo.)

 

[bigwheelzip]

Vendetta, Billy Joel's boat, caught my eye when it went up for sale.

VENDETTA | 17.37m/57' Derecktor Yacht for Sale - Superyacht Tour - YouTube

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[Rustyt1953]

Yeah, but how many yachts can you water ski behind at one time?

 

[LVSteve]

This one used to belong to one Igor Makarov. He sold it in 2019. Just as well, he's now on the oligarch hit list.

 

[UncleEd]

Back in the day, the very rich
used to buy surplus naval
vessels such as mine sweeper
and convert them into yachts.

I remember reading that JW, more
a boater than a cowboy, did that.

 

[Autonomous]

JW was quite a yachtsman. He did a lot for the boating community, and he knew how to have fun too.
He used to have notorious pirate parties aboard in the San Juan Islands.
The check list included eyepatches, endless libations and topless starlets.
In the day the studios could control what the public heard but some of the old timers up here have good stories.

 

[Autonomous]

Aristotle Onassis had that converted minesweeper, the Christina O.
The bar was made with wood from an old Spanish galleon and the bar stools were upholstered with leather made from whale penises.
When pouring a drink for a lady he'd ask if she knew what she was sitting on.

 

[hsguy]

I am partial to the Forum Moderators yacht myself.

 

[Rudi]

A yacht! What does he want a yacht for? There's no money in yachts!

 

[Dougaz]

I can tell you who owns this but I don't want the speech police to ding me.

 

[boykinlp]

Wouldn't want to own one, but would love to visit one for about a week, all expenses paid, of course!
Larry

 

[STCM(SW)]

A real ship

I prefer one that I was the CMC on that is faster than any of them plus has weapons....

 

[chief38]

NICE! Maybe in the next lifetime!

 

[Kevin G]

Spent 35 years going to sea on ships. Want nothing to do with hauling cargo that talks.
Kevin G

 

[steelslaver]

If I ever win a lottery my first stop after an tax lawyer would be a boat yard. But a 58' is plenty for me. That is big enough to comfortably hold as many people as I want to deal with at one time.

 

[ladder13]

I'd trade it for a private island in the Pacific.

 

[old tanker]

"When the war is over, and If I live through it, Bea and I are going to sail her around the world." - General George S. Patton

General (Then colonel) George S. Patton commissioned John Alden, one of America's greatest designers, to conceive him a boat to be build by F.F Pendleton of Wiscasset, Maine in 1939

Many have seen a copy of the letter the then LTC Patton sent from Fort Shafter in Hawaii to S&W when he ordered his Registered Magnum.

http://smith-wessonforum.com/139054709-post7.html

If you were wondering how Patton made the PCS move, he bought a 52-foot schooner, had it shipped from New England to California, and spent a month sailing with friends to his new post in Hawaii.

 

[gjgalligan]

Yeah, well,,, I've seen enough of those people to know that I don't want to be one of them.

Good thing, the competition to be one "of those people" is pretty stiff.

 

[Old_Cop]

A boat is a hole in the water that you fill with money.

 

[snubbyfan]

Closest I'll ever get to a yacht.

 

[PALADIN85020]

Closest I'll ever get to a yacht.

Been there, done that! In my college days I was King of the Verde River in Arizona! I was tidy, tool Saved my empty beer cans in a sack to dispose of at the end of a "cruise."

John

 

[LVSteve]

I can tell you who owns this but I don't want the speech police to ding me.

Not sure what is wrong with Jan Koum, co-founder of WhatsApp.

 

[snubbyfan]

Been there, done that! In my college days I was King of the Verde River in Arizona! I was tidy, tool Saved my empty beer cans in a sack to dispose of at the end of a "cruise."

John

I drank beer in cans that I'd squish when empty and put back in the cooler to take home and recycle.

 

[Greyman50]

This was nice, very nice.

 

[ameridaddy]

Spotted this in the posh yacht basin at Barcelona. Looks like it has a helicopter deck and hangar. How the other half live.

In spite of the money and luxury, that thing is UGLY!

 

[Murphy's Law]

Twenty two years in the Navy has taught me I don't want to go to sea nor kiss my wife goodby on the pier. In fact, if I was ever lucky enough to win the Lotto, a boat/ship would be the last thing I would buy period.