Would you live in a yacht?

[moshquerade]

I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus's garden in the shade

 

[feralkid]

Huge difference living on a yacht (luxury by definition of size) and a boathouse.

Eh?

A yacht can be 20 feet, or hundreds of feet in length.

 

[shortylickens]

I lived on a Ticonderoga cruiser for 3 years and managed all right.
Seriously doubt a hundred foot luxury boat would be so bad, especially because the way the OP puts it, I could spend as much time as I want at the pier. Also, I'd need to be able to exchange the females at will. Soon as they start getting uppity, they leave.

 

[skyking]

at 100 feet, yeah that would be doable. Here is an example:
http://www.yachtforums.com/forums/mega-yachts-100-149/11803-2006-100-hatteras-motoryacht.html

 

[darkxshade]

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Better nate than lever?

If living on water is an issue, just have the whole thing brought on land, live on it 2 years... profit.

 

[meltdown75]

in the deepest ocean
the bottom of the sea
your eyes
they turn me

 

[IceBergSLiM]

Absolutely. If I wanted to go somewhere I would just rent it out to rich people.

 

[bobdole369]

I work on them (>100ft yachts) occasionally - not live aboard, but do onsite support and installations. Not only would the scenario never ever happen, but you would be living aboard with a number of other folks.

You need at minimum 4 folks to skeleton-run a boat.
Capt, Engineer, Mate, Chef/stew.

Are those folks also aboard? Are they also permanent?

You have no clue the amount of money it costs to refuel the boat. It's pretty much the entire truck that comes to refill your gas station.

The conditions listed are essentially retarded. There are far bigger issues at hand besides who pays for the 'gas' if you move it. Such as who pays the $10k/month electric bill or the $100k/yearly salaries of all the folks needed to run the boat.

You pretty much have to charter it a few times a year to pay for its upkeep.

 

[Jzero]

Have you tried ginger?

How will a red head prevent seasickness?

I have a former coworker who moved aboard a sailboat when he retired. I think maybe 55'. Very small. The maintenance is definitely a bear. I have read his logs and he definitely spends a lot of time fixing things that break and waiting around for replacement parts to be shipped to whatever island he happens to be stranded on.

That said, I don't really mind maintenance/repairs or being stuck for a week on a caribbean island with nothing to do but read books and play cards with other floaters.

The hardest part for me would be that I am quite the packrat and it would be a big challenge to reduce my clutter/personal belongings even to fit on a 100' boat, let alone a smaller one.

 

[skyking]

I work on them (>100ft yachts) occasionally - not live aboard, but do onsite support and installations. Not only would the scenario never ever happen, but you would be living aboard with a number of other folks.

You need at minimum 4 folks to run a boat.
Capt, Engineer, Mate, Chef/stew.

Are those folks also aboard? Are they also permanent?

Aw come on Bob, I could run that with a single deckhand. He makes the sammiches.

 

[bobdole369]

Holy shit ruby, I'm convinced I know you. What yacht are you working aboard? Ever make it back to ole FLL? What monitoring system is onboard?

 

[bobdole369]

Aw come on Bob, I could run that with a single deckhand. He makes the sammiches.

You ain't running that one with a single deckhand.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

I work on them (>100ft yachts) occasionally - not live aboard, but do onsite support and installations. Not only would the scenario never ever happen, but you would be living aboard with a number of other folks.

You need at minimum 4 folks to skeleton-run a boat.
Capt, Engineer, Mate, Chef/stew.

Are those folks also aboard? Are they also permanent?

You have no clue the amount of money it costs to refuel the boat. It's pretty much the entire truck that comes to refill your gas station.

The conditions listed are essentially retarded. There are far bigger issues at hand besides who pays for the 'gas' if you move it. Such as who pays the $10k/month electric bill or the $100k/yearly salaries of all the folks needed to run the boat.

You pretty much have to charter it a few times a year to pay for its upkeep.

I assumed those costs were rolled into the "maintenance" he specified.

 

[surfsatwerk]

only if he's the captain

 

[skyking]

You could stack the bodies 9 deep along the rail and it won't do a damn thing for you if you have a bad hand at the helm. They'd just get squished. It does have a shit-ton of windage to deal with at the dock, but the one I linked had twin screws and both bow and stern thrusters. Cake I tell you

 

[K1052]

I'll take this http://www.yachtforums.com/forums/royal-huisman-yacht/3738-review-royal-huismans-athena.html and the men with rippling abs plz.

 

[Damn Dirty Ape]

Huge difference living on a yacht (luxury by definition of size) and a boathouse.

yea, not even relevant from a 20ft boat or whatever the are describing to a 100+ft boat.

tl;dr FTL

 

[MotF Bane]

I'll take this http://www.yachtforums.com/forums/royal-huisman-yacht/3738-review-royal-huismans-athena.html and the men with rippling abs plz.

Too many ropes! HALP!

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You ain't running that one with a single deckhand.

Damn, that's big. Do you know the name?

 

[K1052]

Too many ropes! HALP!

That's what the speedo clad men with rippling abs are for.

 

[DnetMHZ]

My boss has a 65' yacht and I could EASILY live on it. 3 Bedrooms, Washer/Dryer, full kitchen, leather couches, flat screens..

Yeah..that would be terrible.

 

[hanoverphist]

Some very good friends of ours moved into a 30' sailboat permanently several years ago. They love it. They sail everywhere.

one of my in laws crazy relatives moved himself, his wife and 3 kids under the age of 11 into a motorhome and travel across the country permanently. home schooling and everything. i feel sorry for those kids. the dad sold literally everything they owned to do this, so they have no "base" to go back to. havent heard from them in 3 years, they just disappeared.


id live on the yacht if it were self maintained, but it wouldnt leave that slip at the harbor. free rent for 2 years would be a great thing for my savings account. my stepdads cousin has a 45 or 50 ft yacht in green bay, their house has a dock on the fox river. he told me the cost of taking it out for an afternoon picnic is about 1500 bucks for fuel alone. i didnt ask for a ride in it.

 

[seemingly random]

You ain't running that one with a single deckhand.

That is a thing of beauty.

A single person could run it, he just couldn't dock it. It's not like it has a boiler to feed or nuclear reactor to mother. Something this size will have [redundant] autopilots and radar and satellite navigation.

 

[Cookie]

I'll take this http://www.yachtforums.com/forums/royal-huisman-yacht/3738-review-royal-huismans-athena.html and the men with rippling abs plz.

Me too!!!

Too many ropes! HALP!

They're called 'lines' not 'ropes'.

 

[JDub02]

sure. it's gotta be better than a nimitz class carrier.

 

[MotF Bane]

They're called 'lines' not 'ropes'.

Fine, fine. Too many lines! HALP! :awe: