The brilliant Capt's boat is yellow for the same reasons Patton's helmet was
chrome and his pistol handles were ivory.

Olympian, brilliant thinker, sailor of note there are so many similarities
between the good Capt and the Great General.

http://members.ozemail.com.au/~mickay/patton.htm

contains such gems:

" By 1935 Patton had risen to the permanent rank of lieutenant colonel and
had returned to Hawaii, this time sailing all the way there on his own boat.
"

"According to Patton, "A man of diffident manner will never inspire
confidence."' Patton's hard-nosed discipline and flamboyance succeeded in
"waking up'' his men and won him their respect. He always wore his
ivory-handled revolvers and medals, partly because he was a great showman,
but primarily because having his men see all the trappings of rank let them
know they were commanded by a fighting general. Patton also knew that
loyalty to a leader would inspire men to take on objectives against all
odds; his troops proved this theory correct again and again. "

Obviously he did not mince words to spare the sensibilities of the thin
skinned or ignorant:

"One congressman even proposed that Patton be made Secretary of War, but
Patton's lack of diplomacy guaranteed the suggestion was never taken
seriously."

Lloyd