"otnmbrd" wrote in message
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Considering the easy availability of weather forcast, especially
nowadays, I'd suggest you may want to take a course in weather and
storm
avoidance

Actually, I'm doing just the opposite. I'm currently having a yacht
built that is stout enough to survive the worst hurricane ever imagined
and the worst seas it can produce. It consists of a 90 foot steel hull
on the outside, then comes three feet of floatation foam, then comes an
inside steel hull. Between the two steel hulls are ribs welded to each
hull. Inside the inside hull there's a gimbaled and padded accommodation
that sleeps six. It has four, watertight, transverse steel bulkheads and
it's heavily ballasted with moderately deep fin/bulb keel. There's
three, free-standing masts that telescope so in the retracted position
they only protrude 20 feet above the deck. The hatches are all like
submarine hatches, sealed and able to hold pressure. It has air tanks so
it can be sealed up for up to 12 hours. It has an apparatus that can
draw in outside air when it's sealed up. Of course it is self-righting
to the max.

The plan is for the ultimate survival sailing adventure. Purposely sail
out and put the vessel in the path of a hurricane and then ride it out
in safety. Clients would have bragging rights. "I sailed Hurricane
Dennis when it was Cat 5."

What do you think?

Wilbur Hubbard

"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
anews.com...

Snip usual delusional bull****

..... padded accommodation that sleeps six.

Snip more delusional bull****

You should feel right at home then.

Wilbur Hubbard wrote:


What do you think?


If this is real and not some imagined adventure, I think you can sell
tickets. I doubt you can recoup the cost of the boat, though.

"Paul Cassel" wrote in message
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Wilbur Hubbard wrote:


What do you think?


If this is real and not some imagined adventure, I think you can sell
tickets. I doubt you can recoup the cost of the boat, though.


I think people will pay. Did you know it costs about 100,000 dollars to
climb Everest? They have a waiting list for guided climbs. Few people
are foolish enough to try climbing Everest on their own. There are,
indeed, lots of rich bored people around these days. Some are already
paying millions of dollars a pop for a ride into space and back for a
couple days.

I figure to sail a hurricane and enjoy the ultimate survival adventure
rich people would be willing to pay maybe 20 thousand dollars - for a
one week cruise. Let's say six passengers - that makes 120 grand a
hurricane, if there are eight reachable hurricanes a season that would
be almost a million dollars the first year alone. Of course there will
be expenses but two years should be the break-even point for the build
barring unforeseen circumstances.

Wilbur Hubbard

On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:14:30 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:


"Paul Cassel" wrote in message
...
Wilbur Hubbard wrote:


What do you think?


If this is real and not some imagined adventure, I think you can sell
tickets. I doubt you can recoup the cost of the boat, though.


I think people will pay. Did you know it costs about 100,000 dollars to
climb Everest? They have a waiting list for guided climbs. Few people
are foolish enough to try climbing Everest on their own. There are,
indeed, lots of rich bored people around these days. Some are already
paying millions of dollars a pop for a ride into space and back for a
couple days.

I figure to sail a hurricane and enjoy the ultimate survival adventure
rich people would be willing to pay maybe 20 thousand dollars - for a
one week cruise. Let's say six passengers - that makes 120 grand a
hurricane, if there are eight reachable hurricanes a season that would
be almost a million dollars the first year alone. Of course there will
be expenses but two years should be the break-even point for the build
barring unforeseen circumstances.

Wilbur Hubbard

A word to the wise ain't necessary, it's the stupid ones who need
the advice. - Bill Cosby:

Bruce in Bangkok
(brucepaigeATgmailDOTcom)

On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 19:01:10 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:



Actually, I'm doing just the opposite. I'm currently having a yacht
built that is stout enough to survive the worst hurricane ever imagined
and the worst seas it can produce. It consists of a 90 foot steel hull
on the outside, then comes three feet of floatation foam, then comes an
inside steel hull. Between the two steel hulls are ribs welded to each
hull. Inside the inside hull there's a gimbaled and padded accommodation
that sleeps six. It has four, watertight, transverse steel bulkheads and
it's heavily ballasted with moderately deep fin/bulb keel. There's
three, free-standing masts that telescope so in the retracted position
they only protrude 20 feet above the deck. The hatches are all like
submarine hatches, sealed and able to hold pressure. It has air tanks so
it can be sealed up for up to 12 hours. It has an apparatus that can
draw in outside air when it's sealed up. Of course it is self-righting
to the max.

The plan is for the ultimate survival sailing adventure. Purposely sail
out and put the vessel in the path of a hurricane and then ride it out
in safety. Clients would have bragging rights. "I sailed Hurricane
Dennis when it was Cat 5."

What do you think?

I think you should name it Titanic


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