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Boats are a great way to enjoy nature. I'd love to get something affordable so I could go fishing, diving etc. Or whale watching, like these two guys. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFf74QHAFrE The guy not filming says he can see bubbles all around them. Then suddenly...
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Tekne posted:SS Delphine, Horace Dodge's personal yacht, is still seaworthy and providing voyages for lucky bastards. Oh my god. I've always thought the high tech luxury yachts that superstars and CEOs get are ridiculous but this baby is something else. If I ever make it big etc.
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TheFluff posted:I sail on a 10-meter plastic sailboat from the 70's in the Baltic sea. Lovely! The Baltic sea is quite brackish, isn't it? At least I know shipwrecks are very well preserved there, is there less growth (and perhaps less maintenance) on the hull as well?
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This is probably one of those ridiculous debates like motor oil or whatever, but I've heard that catamarans on the big ocean was a no-no since they won't right themselves if they capsize. How does it rate between 1 and 10 on the bovine scatometer?
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Right, so it's more of (or just as much) a wind catch thing than a rolling upright thing. Still, if you go under with your monohull mid-Atlantic and roll upright again, I bet it's still not a great day out.
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Cool video. http://www.tu.no/tutv/industri/2014/12/17/se-maskinen-kutte-84-mm-kjetting-pa-1-sekund It's an emergency chain cutter which eats through 84 mm (3.3") of chain in one second. I assume it has been developed in reponse to a capsizing during anchor handling a few years ago, which caused several fatalities. Pretty impressive!
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