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Four days on a mega yacht
Well, that was interesting. Lots of polished metal, hand rubbed varnish on
exotic woods, acres of teak deck. Nothing for me to fix here. The whole d%^*ed thing was computerized! Big screen TVs in the staterooms that got a more channels than I get at home and could link to the ship's systems to display everything from the GPS charts to the EGT. I wouldn't be suppressed if the heads monitored what I had for dinner the night before. Talk about feeling useless, I couldn't even keep my wine glass empty. The upper decks were nice but the engine room was a thing of beauty and a wonder to behold. A pair of V20 MTU 4000s surrounded by enough pumps, gensets, A/C compressors and water makers to keep a small city running. I could retire on what one of those exhaust elbows cost. Even a full machine shop that opened up to the "dinghy" hanger. The down side was that we didn't up anchor but once and smoking only on the swim platform. Oh, it was 30F in ATL when I got off the plane last night and Spirit lost my bag with jacket and long pants. -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com |
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