Capt KC O'Dunn Here, I work on Yachts and Work Boats and I agree that one
can stretch the idea of yacht-dom BUT while there are some pleasure boats
that are considered yachts by their owners... a true yacht tells its station
when she stands into harbor. You can call anything by any name but if you
come along side a true yacht with a lesser vessel the whole issue becomes
obvious. I have a small fleet of boats and tenders but my sailboat is a
1968 cal 34. It sails sweetly and can take a lot of weather but there is no
way that my Cal34 is a yacht, even in her day she was no yacht. She is
Spartan and no true yachtsman would be able to handle the raw nature of the
hull or the tiller or the beating ya take when you're urging her through a
squall. I think the biggest difference is in the sailors, in my experience
a yachtsman is a pussy who has more money than sense and a lack of interest
in fundamentals, he knows he can buy his way out of most crap.




"Joe" wrote in message
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"Simple Simon" wrote in message
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Your vision was too lofty. Even your rusty old hulk can
be called a yacht. It has more to do with recreation than
the configuration of the vessel. A yacht is a vessel used
for pleasure sailing as opposed to any commercial activity.

So I can take an old beat up work boat and use it for pleasure and
call it a yacht. Yeah that make sence.


A ship can be large or small. A ship is a broader definition
of a vessel than a yacht.

I always heard a boat is a boat until it can not be carried by a ship.



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S.Simon - posting from the comfort of his yacht.


"Joe" wrote in message
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Donal said something like any sail boat over 18 foot is a yacht. And
if you sail a boat over 18 foot you can call yourself a Yachtie.

I thought yacht has nothing to do with power or sail.

I always thought of a yacht as something in the 100 footer range owned
by someone like Mr. Thrump, with a similar attitude. Something only
the super rich have as a plush toy complete with crew.

Has Donal cheapened the meaning, or was my vision to lofty.

And when does a boat become a ship? And could that have somethig to do
with defining a yacht?

Joe
MSV RedCloud