2006-10-31 10:42:06 · 15 answers · asked by Rolo 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating
Technically, a yacht is any boat used for pleasure. Legally (Coast Guard rules & regs), it is any boat longer than 16 feet with mechanical or wind propulsion (i.e., skulls are not yachts, nor is your 17 foot Winona). Colloquially, yacht is a mid to large sailboat. So, motorboats longer than 16 feet are yachts. For most people, yacht implies having sails, which is easier and sounds nicer than saying "my 44 foot sailboat". Motor cruiser implies a boat w/o sails that contains provisions for sleeping. A Fountain Fever or Wellcraft Scarab with a long couch but no bed are not referred to as cruisers.
The usual terms are runabout, open bow, cuddy cabin, cabin cruiser, flying bridge, motor yacht (implies large multi-story), and super yacht. For sailboats; ketch, yawl, schooner, , yacht. The name indicates types, number, and style of sails.
2006-10-31 13:34:20 · answer #1 · answered by diesel_pusher2 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A yacht is a large boat - there is no specific size. I have a 43' boat that is defined as a Motor Yacht. They can be sail or Motor.
A Motor Cruiser is any size boat powered by a motor, not sail.
Many people confuse the term "Yacht" with a massive ship...this is not necessarily true. There is no specific size to determine what a yacht is.
2006-11-02 00:41:28 · answer #2 · answered by grudgrime 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A motor cruiser is usually only up to about 30 feet in length and never has sails. A yacht is a really large boat , a smaller yacht of course has sails.
2006-11-01 18:41:47 · answer #3 · answered by Robins 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A motor cruiser is usually only up to about 30 feet in length and never has sails. A yacht is a really large boat , a smaller yacht of course has sails.
2006-10-31 10:53:47 · answer #4 · answered by Social Science Lady 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A motor cruiser is powered by motor alone.
A yacht is powered by wind and sails...... But usually has an auxiliary small motor for wind-less days or emergencies.
2006-11-01 00:21:45 · answer #5 · answered by World Wise 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A cruiser has its living quarters only below the hull line. A yacht has living quarters above (in addition to below) its hull line. Living quarters are where the galley, bunks and/or state rooms are. The whole "yachts have sails" thing is obsolete.
2013-10-21 07:19:48 · answer #6 · answered by cadster_3d 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically a yacht has sails and uses the wind for propulsion. The cruiser people just like to use the term, it sounds better.
2006-10-31 10:54:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
So a yacht only has sails, otherwise it is called a "motor cruiser"? Ha ha ha. Tell that to Steven Spielberg who has an 86 meter "cruiser"!
2015-08-03 05:16:20 · answer #8 · answered by Bare Dog 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The yacht is the one with two beauty women on the bow in swin suits.
LOL
2006-11-01 10:11:26 · answer #9 · answered by carpet guy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A yacht has no engine
2006-10-31 11:24:03 · answer #10 · answered by El Lobo 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋