If you want to call your boat a yacht, you'll have to hold your light beer can with your pinky out.
What makes a boat a yacht?
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Definition of cruising: sailing your boat to exotic places to work on it.
Definition of yachting: sailing your boat to exotic places to pay other people to work on it.
Definition of yachting: sailing your boat to exotic places to pay other people to work on it.
If I were chatting up a woman, it's a yacht. If I'm talking to the tax man, it's a boat. (Maybe even a dinghy.)
(Disclaimer: I'm very happily married, so I would not chat up a woman other than my wife.)
(Disclaimer: I'm very happily married, so I would not chat up a woman other than my wife.)
"Hey, you scratched my anchor!"I think you can call your boat a yacht when you stand at the bow in your White pants,Blue blazer, White Captains hat, with pipe in hand, while someone else docks your boat
to me, i have a lot of sweat and tear in my boat, i am proud of it and of my work that has gone in it, i take time to keep her ship shape. to me my small 23 foot sailboat will always be my very own yatch, it is sized to what i can afford, and the next one when i can get bigger will be the same.
my oppinion is that if you feel your boat is serving you well and you are living your dream and getting the return of investment that is all the peace and quiet and sea life you get with it, you can call your boat a yatch, you have to be in peace with yourself and not care about how pretentious or stupid you migth sound to someone else, but still my boat bring me peace, quiet time, nature and serenity, therefore i will call my boat a yatch.
thank you very much , i rest my case...
my oppinion is that if you feel your boat is serving you well and you are living your dream and getting the return of investment that is all the peace and quiet and sea life you get with it, you can call your boat a yatch, you have to be in peace with yourself and not care about how pretentious or stupid you migth sound to someone else, but still my boat bring me peace, quiet time, nature and serenity, therefore i will call my boat a yatch.
thank you very much , i rest my case...
There is a 34-foot wooden yawl across the creek...
...I would call a yacht. Very pretty, yet understated. The maintenance is impeccable.
I wouldn't know how else to differentiate her from the thousand (literally-Deale has a lot of marinas) of boats next door that just don't move the soul. It's not the size. It's not that I would want to own her. It's not even that I like monohulls so much.
She catches my eye an holds it.
...I would call a yacht. Very pretty, yet understated. The maintenance is impeccable.
I wouldn't know how else to differentiate her from the thousand (literally-Deale has a lot of marinas) of boats next door that just don't move the soul. It's not the size. It's not that I would want to own her. It's not even that I like monohulls so much.
She catches my eye an holds it.
Is this a yacht? http://www.sailingtexas.com/scapecodfrosty100.html. I sailed one for 3 seasons. I think it was hull # 17 or there abouts.
Wikipedia gives a nice summary of the history of the word "yacht".
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Yacht ( /ˈjɒt/, from Dutch/Low German jacht meaning hunting or hunt, compare Standard German/High German Jagd) was originally defined as a light, fast sailing vessel used by the Dutch navy to pursue pirates and other transgressors around and into the shallow waters of the Low Countries. They were also used for non-military governmental roles such as customs duties and delivering pilots to waiting ships.
The latter use attracted the attention of wealthy Dutch merchants who began to build private yachts so they could be taken out to greet their returning ships. Soon wealthy individuals began to use their 'jachts' for pleasure trips.
By the start of the 17th century 'jachts' came in two broad categories - speel-jachts for sport and oorlog-jachts for naval duties.
By the middle of the century large 'jacht' fleets were found around the Dutch coast and the Dutch states organised large 'reviews' of private and war yachts for special occasions, thus putting in place the groundwork for the modern sport of yachting. Jachts of this period varied greatly in size, from around 12 m (39 ft) in length to being equal to the lower classes of the ship of the line. All had a form of fore/aft gaff rig with a flat bottom and lee boards to allow operations in shallow waters. The gaff rig remained the principal rig found on small European yachts for centuries until giving way to the 'Bermudan sloop' rig in the 1960s.
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The word "yacht" like all words evolves over time. I suspect that when yachts were used for racing around 1900-ish, only the very wealthy could afford to own one. Other people who had boats used them for work. Hence the "elitist" tone of the term "yacht" that carries over to the "yacht club" term.
Fortunately, most of the yacht clubs I have visited are full of normal unpretentious people. But there are always a few individuals...
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Yacht ( /ˈjɒt/, from Dutch/Low German jacht meaning hunting or hunt, compare Standard German/High German Jagd) was originally defined as a light, fast sailing vessel used by the Dutch navy to pursue pirates and other transgressors around and into the shallow waters of the Low Countries. They were also used for non-military governmental roles such as customs duties and delivering pilots to waiting ships.
The latter use attracted the attention of wealthy Dutch merchants who began to build private yachts so they could be taken out to greet their returning ships. Soon wealthy individuals began to use their 'jachts' for pleasure trips.
By the start of the 17th century 'jachts' came in two broad categories - speel-jachts for sport and oorlog-jachts for naval duties.
By the middle of the century large 'jacht' fleets were found around the Dutch coast and the Dutch states organised large 'reviews' of private and war yachts for special occasions, thus putting in place the groundwork for the modern sport of yachting. Jachts of this period varied greatly in size, from around 12 m (39 ft) in length to being equal to the lower classes of the ship of the line. All had a form of fore/aft gaff rig with a flat bottom and lee boards to allow operations in shallow waters. The gaff rig remained the principal rig found on small European yachts for centuries until giving way to the 'Bermudan sloop' rig in the 1960s.
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The word "yacht" like all words evolves over time. I suspect that when yachts were used for racing around 1900-ish, only the very wealthy could afford to own one. Other people who had boats used them for work. Hence the "elitist" tone of the term "yacht" that carries over to the "yacht club" term.
Fortunately, most of the yacht clubs I have visited are full of normal unpretentious people. But there are always a few individuals...
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