Stop the Yachts

The luxury yacht may be the world’s most exclusive form of transportation. But there are only a hundred or so that meet the definition of a gigayacht—a pleasure craft 295 feet or longer. Their opaque ownership records offer a glimpse of modern wealth and power...Take a cruise through the history of the vessels and their more modest sister ships.

Mother Jones.com

In 1988 Donald Trump acquires Nabila, which previously belonged to the Saudi arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi and was featured in the James Bond film Never Say Never Again. He renames it Trump Princess, adds a disco, and changes the helipad’s “H” to a “T.” In 1991, after one of Trump’s casinos files for bankruptcy, he sells Trump Princess to his bank—which flips it to a Saudi prince. A new yacht, the Trump Princess II, which he boasted would be “something in excess of 400 feet long, closer to 500 feet,” is never built.
 
Never heard the term giga yacht. A 300 footer would be a mega yacht.
 
The length overall of a boat - for both powerboats and sailboats - is the first clue to how it is named in the yacht-industry nomenclature. Many maritime businesses will use the term super yacht for vessels at least 80 feet (24 meters) in length, while some consider super yachts to be a minimum of 100 feet in length (30 meters).

Many people use the terms super yacht and mega yacht interchangeably, while others believe a mega yacht starts at 200 feet (60 meters). There is also some consensus that an extremely high level of service from the onboard crew can bump a superyacht into the megayacht realm.

But as the largest of the yachts continue to grow in length, even the term mega yacht seems insufficient. Faster than the largest yacht in the world can be crowned, plans are already drawn up to exceed its length. Should the largest, nearly 600-foot-long yacht fall into the same naming category as the 200-foot yacht? Probably not. For this reason, many more in the maritime industry will put the largest of the large luxury yachts into the giga yacht group. Similarly, the immense vessels that are still in the idea/discussion phase are called giga yacht concepts.

So, with no "official" rules in play, you can use your own judgement and preference when calling a vessel, a boat, a yacht, a super yacht, a mega yacht, or a giga yacht.


Allied Marine.com

It's a bloody big boat, whatever the term you use to register such a craft. I thought it amusing that a man who swore to 'build the wall' couldn't even get his bigly boat built at all.
 
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[This] ship is part of OI's new "Armada" - a fleet eventually of 23 vessels - that will survey the seabed for offshore wind farm operators and check underwater infrastructure for the oil and gas industry. Strikingly for a ship that's 78m (255ft) in length there are only 16 people on board. A traditional ship carrying out the same kind of work would need a crew of 40 or 50. OI believes it can reduce the numbers still further.
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So, once they've reduced the crew to just the cook and his cat what will we do with the drunken sailor?
 
parked next to this "super yacht" at the weekend - Sunseeker 100. though I paced it out size wise and recon its only 98ft.
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. 4000 hp and 20kts top speed holds around 12,000 litres of fuel which my estimate gives it an "economy" range of about £17 per mile and at top speed about £60-80 `
 
On a calm and beautiful morning off the coast of south Devon last week, George Monbiot was watching a small pod of dolphins from his kayak. He had spotted them from half a mile away, feeding and playing on the surface. They were heading his way, so he sat on the water and waited.

But from round the headland, at top speed, came a giant twin-engined maritime w**kpanzer. Though the dolphins were highly visible and it had plenty of time either to stop or avoid them, it ploughed towards them at full throttle. As it passed, missing them by a few metres, the driver turned and glanced at them, but never checked his speed. The dolphins dived. They briefly reappeared much farther from the coast, after which I didn’t see them again. I could hear the boat long after it disappeared: it sounded like a jetliner. God knows what distress it might have caused the dolphins, which are highly sensitive to sound.

Drive more carefully next time, eh, @motorbiking
 
I suspect George Monbiot is exaggerating as usual. He has a hatred of many things. I regularly see Dolphins off the south coast and more commonly porpoises (small top fin). They are very smart and will use a sailing yacht to hunt with, by driving the fish towards the boat. It is well known in the Med that they are attracted to the sound of the motor on a calm day as they know it disturbs the fish.

So this boat had 2 engines, how did he know? It was also at top speed, and full throttle again how did he know? yet it had plenty of time to stop? doesn't sound like it was going that fast. It missed them by a meters (yet he was 1/2 a mile away). Boats do have a habit of looking like they are going to crash into each other when in fact they are many meters apart from a distance.

I suspect it caused the Dolphins no distress at all. As I said they are attracted to the noise of the engine. Though I suspect my 50-75hp diesel Sail drive doesn't sound the same as a twin engine 10,000hp w**kpanzer, though still most of the sound waves he could here passing through the air would not have travelled through the water very far.

Apart from that it sounds like he may have been a little too far off-shore on his personal water craft.

I am trying to imagine what a twin engine w**kpanzer looks, like.. Is it a poorer mans version of this, with less engines. Maybe he saw an Axopar? In which case I agree.. these are truly the XR3is of the water.

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motorbiking said:
According to the above an oyster 100 is a superyacht
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Its worse than that. According to the manufacturer it's a super yacht.

The Oyster 100 by Dubois is designed with the specification, features and classification of very much larger yachts - and provides a sophisticated entry into superyacht ownership
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oysteryachts.com

Oyster 100 | 100 Foot Sailing Yacht | 100ft yacht | Oyster Yachts

The Oyster 100 is a stunning 100 foot sailing yacht, providing a sophisticated entry into superyacht ownership. Explore this stunning heritage model with Oyster Yachts.
oysteryachts.com oysteryachts.com
 
If you have to call your super yacht an entry level super yacht, it kinda missed the point.

The Oyster 100s are amazing however, yours used starting from around £3.5M
 
motorbiking said:
I suspect George Monbiot is exaggerating as usual. He has a hatred of many things. I regularly see Dolphins off the south coast and more commonly porpoises (small top fin). They are very smart and will use a sailing yacht to hunt with, by driving the fish towards the boat. It is well known in the Med that they are attracted to the sound of the motor on a calm day as they know it disturbs the fish.

So this boat had 2 engines, how did he know? It was also at top speed, and full throttle again how did he know? yet it had plenty of time to stop? doesn't sound like it was going that fast. It missed them by a meters (yet he was 1/2 a mile away). Boats do have a habit of looking like they are going to crash into each other when in fact they are many meters apart from a distance.

I suspect it caused the Dolphins no distress at all. As I said they are attracted to the noise of the engine. Though I suspect my 50-75hp diesel Sail drive doesn't sound the same as a twin engine 10,000hp w**kpanzer, though still most of the sound waves he could here passing through the air would not have travelled through the water very far.

Apart from that it sounds like he may have been a little too far off-shore on his personal water craft.

I am trying to imagine what a twin engine w**kpanzer looks, like.. Is it a poorer mans version of this, with less engines. Maybe he saw an Axopar? In which case I agree.. these are truly the XR3is of the water.

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That thing looks like a threshing machine! George never tells porkies about these matters. I believe him. You're a bloody menace to those poor dolphins. They're always so pleased to see us...look at his happy face.

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Speed kills. Don't take it.
 
motorbiking said:
parked next to this "super yacht" at the weekend - Sunseeker 100. though I paced it out size wise and recon its only 98ft.
View attachment 337085. 4000 hp and 20kts top speed holds around 12,000 litres of fuel which my estimate gives it an "economy" range of about £17 per mile and at top speed about £60-80 `
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That looks like a Sunseeker 95? Its not a super yacht, they sell for around $10 million new I think?

I thought the 100 was brand new.
 
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