On Mar 28, 9:47*pm, "mgg" wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message

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On Mar 28, 12:53 pm, Wayne.B wrote:
Right now we are in a place that I call "Paradise Found", which is
more commonly known as "The Marina at Marigot Bay" in St Lucia. *We
are dock neighbors with a 122 ft Feadship called "Our Toy" among other
nice boats. *Everyone is "Med moored", stern-to-the-dock, which is
common down here. *In our case we either rig a plank off the stern or
back in close enough to make the big step. *That would not do on a
mega yacht of course so they all have these fancy hide-away gang
planks called a Passarelle allowing them to walk off the stern in
style.

http://www.cooneymarine.com/frames.p...sserelles.html

Last night I was sitting on the flybridge before dinner when a good
looking blonde appeared on the deck of the Feadship, strolled to the
stern of the boat, lifted up a recessed panel, pushed a button, and
the Passarelle magically lifted itself high into the air, like raising
the drawbridge over a castle moat. * Very cool indeed. * The rich are
in fact just like us but they do have more money and more toys.

http://marigotbay.com/themarina/

Here's what's next to you, Wayne.

http://www.yachttrails.com/yachtspec...toy--1483.html

10.5 thousand gallons of fuel... holy crap. 40-50 grand just to "fill her
up." How does a boat like that get fueled? Off shore by a tanker?? lol

--Mike- Hide quoted text -

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I was watching a deal on the Queen Elizebeth II and they were fueling
the thing up.

There was a massive and I do me MASSIVE hose craned over to it, and
people were watching the meter on the pump as it clicked off like you
would a the older gas pumps with the numbers rolling away and at a
pretty good clip. 146...147...148... etc.

The the commentator said. "Those arn't gallons, those are tons..."

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On Mar 28, 9:47 pm, "mgg" wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message

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On Mar 28, 12:53 pm, Wayne.B wrote:
Right now we are in a place that I call "Paradise Found", which is
more commonly known as "The Marina at Marigot Bay" in St Lucia. We
are dock neighbors with a 122 ft Feadship called "Our Toy" among other
nice boats. Everyone is "Med moored", stern-to-the-dock, which is
common down here. In our case we either rig a plank off the stern or
back in close enough to make the big step. That would not do on a
mega yacht of course so they all have these fancy hide-away gang
planks called a Passarelle allowing them to walk off the stern in
style.

http://www.cooneymarine.com/frames.p...sserelles.html

Last night I was sitting on the flybridge before dinner when a good
looking blonde appeared on the deck of the Feadship, strolled to the
stern of the boat, lifted up a recessed panel, pushed a button, and
the Passarelle magically lifted itself high into the air, like raising
the drawbridge over a castle moat. Very cool indeed. The rich are
in fact just like us but they do have more money and more toys.

http://marigotbay.com/themarina/

Here's what's next to you, Wayne.

http://www.yachttrails.com/yachtspec...toy--1483.html

10.5 thousand gallons of fuel... holy crap. 40-50 grand just to "fill her
up." How does a boat like that get fueled? Off shore by a tanker?? lol

--Mike- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I was watching a deal on the Queen Elizebeth II and they were fueling
the thing up.

There was a massive and I do me MASSIVE hose craned over to it, and
people were watching the meter on the pump as it clicked off like you
would a the older gas pumps with the numbers rolling away and at a
pretty good clip. 146...147...148... etc.

The the commentator said. "Those arn't gallons, those are tons..."



Reply:
I read somewhere that the QE2 gets 6" per gallon.

On Mar 29, 10:37*am, "Bill McKee" wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message

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On Mar 28, 9:47 pm, "mgg" wrote:





"Tim" wrote in message

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On Mar 28, 12:53 pm, Wayne.B wrote:
Right now we are in a place that I call "Paradise Found", which is
more commonly known as "The Marina at Marigot Bay" in St Lucia. We
are dock neighbors with a 122 ft Feadship called "Our Toy" among other
nice boats. Everyone is "Med moored", stern-to-the-dock, which is
common down here. In our case we either rig a plank off the stern or
back in close enough to make the big step. That would not do on a
mega yacht of course so they all have these fancy hide-away gang
planks called a Passarelle allowing them to walk off the stern in
style.

http://www.cooneymarine.com/frames.p...sserelles.html

Last night I was sitting on the flybridge before dinner when a good
looking blonde appeared on the deck of the Feadship, strolled to the
stern of the boat, lifted up a recessed panel, pushed a button, and
the Passarelle magically lifted itself high into the air, like raising
the drawbridge over a castle moat. Very cool indeed. The rich are
in fact just like us but they do have more money and more toys.

http://marigotbay.com/themarina/

Here's what's next to you, Wayne.

http://www.yachttrails.com/yachtspec...toy--1483.html

10.5 thousand gallons of fuel... holy crap. 40-50 grand just to "fill her
up." How does a boat like that get fueled? Off shore by a tanker?? lol

--Mike- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I was watching a deal on the Queen Elizebeth II and they were fueling
the thing up.

There was a massive and I do me MASSIVE hose craned over to it, and
people were watching the meter on the pump as it clicked off like you
would a the older gas pumps with the numbers rolling away and at a
pretty good clip. 146...147...148... etc.

The the commentator said. "Those arn't gallons, those are tons..."

Reply:
I read somewhere that the QE2 gets 6" per gallon.- Hide quoted text -

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Which probably translates out to be about a gallon per piston stroke.
Maybe more!

On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:46:56 -0400, wrote:

Someone I know has a boat that holds 18,000 gallons. They probably
never run them down to "nothing", but to fuel up, a tanker truck or
two comes to their dock in Old Saybrook, CT. I think a tanker truck
only holds about 5 - 8,000 gallons.

We have a fuel truck service that comes to our house in Florida so I
have gotten to know the guys who run the operation. The largest
tanker trucks on the road hold about 9,000 gallons but due to local
weight limits they frequently run lighter with about 8,000.

On Mar 28, 12:53*pm, Wayne.B

http://marigotbay.com/themarina/

"The Marina can accommodate 40 yachts from 30 ft to 250 ft LOA with a
maximum draft of 16 ft and a maximum beam of 44ft."


Good Lord! I think my 27 ft. Cavalier could have probably fit in the
master closet with room to spare!

On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:12:30 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Mar 28, 12:53*pm, Wayne.B

http://marigotbay.com/themarina/

"The Marina can accommodate 40 yachts from 30 ft to 250 ft LOA with a
maximum draft of 16 ft and a maximum beam of 44ft."


Good Lord! I think my 27 ft. Cavalier could have probably fit in the
master closet with room to spare!

Some of the folks that hang out there obviously have giga bucks. Since
they could go where ever they wanted, that tells you something.

It really is a great place and the marina is reasonably priced, at
least for boats in our size range.