2006-12-31 01:27:23 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Water Sports
A sailing yacht can vary in overall length (Length Over All - LOA, in yachting parlance) from about 6 m (20 feet) to well over 30 m (98 ft), where the distinction between a yacht and a ship become blurred. However, most privately owned yachts fall in the range of about 7 m to 14 m (about 23-46 ft). In the US sailors tend to refer to smaller yachts as sailboats.Day Sailing yachts are small sub-6 metre (20 foot) vessels. Sometimes called dinghies, they often have a retractable keel, centerboard, or daggerboard.
2006-12-31 01:46:01 · answer #1 · answered by dave a 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You really don't have an F#@KING IDEA what you are talking about do you? You are one of those people who call every boat a YACHT because it sounds so impressive and you DON'T KNOW WHAT A YACHT IS.. it's a boat 85 FEET LONG or OVER 100 TONS and a YACHT will get maybe 3 GALLONS TO THE MILE if you run on ONE engine (most YACHTS have 2 engines). You don't buy diesel fuel for YACHTS by the GALLON you buy it by the TON.. but by the GALLON with diesel fuel at $3.50 a gallon in the US and nearly $8 a gallon in the Caribbean and a 1000 GALLON TANK you are looking at $3500 to $8000 to fill the tank and 1000 GALLONS will take you about 900 miles if you don't push it. As a PRACTICAL MATTER, most YACHTS have a 3000 to 4000 gallon tank.. some even more.. so a 4000 gallon tank would cost between $14,000 and $32,000 TO FILL THE TANK The FIRST THING you need to do is learn something about BOATS and BOATING and BOAT HANDLING and NAVIGATOION because right now, you don't know SH*T about boats OR boating. At the very LEAST you need to learn how to do BASIC MATH because your life can depend on it. For an 18000 MILE VOYAGE at 3 GALLONS A MILE for your YACHT you would use about 54,000 GALLONS at $8 a gallon that would be just $432,000 for your 18,000 mile trip.. that is a lot of money for someone who has been out of a job as long as you have and has no financial resoruces.
2016-05-22 23:29:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Small Yacht!!
2006-12-31 01:35:12 · answer #3 · answered by ramall1to 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A keel boat, an example of which could be the Flying Fifteen class, so called because the waterline length is 15 feet but the actual length of the boat is 20 feet.
2006-12-31 08:24:48 · answer #4 · answered by solo4069 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some terms used lately are sailboat, pocket yacht, weekender
2006-12-31 04:37:59 · answer #5 · answered by science teacher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cheap
2006-12-31 01:31:05 · answer #6 · answered by nagant39@sbcglobal.net 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Schooner
2007-01-01 00:29:11 · answer #7 · answered by Ray H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dinghy?
2007-01-01 06:32:30 · answer #8 · answered by CLARABELLE 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We used to call ours Eric.
After Eric Sykes, it used to be a bit of a joke trying to tack.
2006-12-31 01:36:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Dinghy?
2006-12-31 01:31:59 · answer #10 · answered by Fluke 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋