Me likey!
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June 11, 2009 2:37 p.m. pinchvalve UltraDork
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June 11, 2009 3:38 p.m. cwh Dork
Your soul ain't worth that much. I see similar yachts all the time here in Ft.Lauderdale. Nobody can afford that. Except robber barons and druggies.
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June 11, 2009 4:00 p.m. jrw1621 HalfDork
Buy a boat like that is the cheap part. It is the keeping it that costs soooo much.
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June 11, 2009 4:16 p.m. procker New Reader
Da-amn! what kind of boat is that?! i thought that Wally ( not board member Wally ) made some sick nasty nautical craft, but this one is sweet!
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June 11, 2009 4:27 p.m. ManofFewWords Reader
Is it me or does the bow wave look photoshopped.
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June 11, 2009 4:45 p.m. Keith UberDork
That looks like one of those R/C toys that's designed to roll end-over-end and keep going. Not a good feature in a yacht, I'm thinking.
Wow, yacht is a hard word to spell properly!
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June 11, 2009 4:46 p.m. Salanis UltraDork
I don't think selling a crappy Kia will net you enough funds to afford a boat like that.
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June 11, 2009 5:27 p.m. NYG95GA SuperDork
Looks like it would be at home in a James Bond movie!
Nice.
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June 11, 2009 5:36 p.m. TJ Reader
I am not a fan of the look at all - not that it matters since I'm sure that costs more than the subdivision - it's a little out of my league.
Not grassroots watersports - not even close.
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June 11, 2009 7:15 p.m. EastCoastMojo Dork
Um, yeah. I think it's going to take more than one soul to buy that thing.
Count me in!!!
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June 11, 2009 9:16 p.m. neon4891 UltraDork
i think we would have an easier time buying a gearhead commune AND the viper factory than that thing
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June 11, 2009 9:24 p.m. RexSeven HalfDork
NYG95GA wrote:
Looks like it would be at home in a James Bond movie!
Nice.
Needs moar .50cals and Tomahawk missile launchers, but I see it...
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June 11, 2009 9:54 p.m. PHeller HalfDork
dont forget the little port for the black jetskis...
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June 11, 2009 10:17 p.m. Strizzo Dork
TJ wrote:
Not grassroots watersports - not even close.
there is no such thing, unless its human powered, and not really even then...
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June 12, 2009 12:01 a.m. ReverendDexter HalfDork
Strizzo wrote:
TJ wrote:
Not grassroots watersports - not even close.
there is no such thing, unless its human powered, and not really even then...
Human powered grassroots watersports?
/me backs slowly out of thread...
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June 12, 2009 5:19 a.m. foxtrapper SuperDork
Different strokes for different folks. I think it looks ugly and stupid.
And yes that's a photoshopped picture. The boat doesn't exist, it's a concept. Read about it here: http://www.yachtplus.com/40-signature-yacht-series.html
Personally, if I win the lottery and want a boat, I'd be more inclined to go the Captain Nemo route with something from US Subs. Say like this one:
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June 12, 2009 5:54 a.m. 924guy HalfDork
Look! its got secret covert spaces for assault craft!
it also appears theyve built (still building?) at least two of those suckers... http://www.yachtplus.com/gallery.html
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June 12, 2009 6:30 a.m. Luke Dork
You know you have too much money when....you've just hired a "Lifestyle Management team" consisting of 7 people.
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June 12, 2009 6:49 a.m. 914Driver SuperDork
Hell I couldn't put gas in it....
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June 12, 2009 6:51 a.m. 914Driver SuperDork
Bwahahahaha. Look at the transom shot; get drunk and fall down the stairs and you roll right off the back!
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June 12, 2009 6:53 a.m. petegossett Dork
If Darth Vader had a yacht, I'm pretty sure it would be one of those.
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June 12, 2009 9:05 a.m. RX Reven' Reader
I’m not a nautical engineer but it seems to me that the non functional, esthetic super structure is going to raise the center of gravity a lot forcing you to either widen the beam = slow, or add ballast down low = draft, or accept a lot or rolling movement = barf.
Only time will tell how well the slow-draft-barf concept catches on.
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June 12, 2009 10:45 a.m. TJ Reader
Strizzo wrote:
TJ wrote:
Not grassroots watersports - not even close.
there is no such thing, unless its human powered, and not really even then...
Kayaks and canoes can be had on the cheap...how about if one builds his own kayak from a kit?
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June 12, 2009 11:11 a.m. mistanfo Dork
Better yet, build one's own small craft from plans. Admittedly, I will be going the kit route, for at least the first boat. I'm going to build it with my nephew, whom will then receive it as a gift (provided that he DOES assist in the build). I figure that it lets both of us learn, and I don't generally see him enough, so this will be a chance for family bonding.
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June 12, 2009 11:13 a.m. Chris_V SuperDork
foxtrapper wrote: And yes that's a photoshopped picture. The boat doesn't exist, it's a concept. Read about it here: http://www.yachtplus.com/40-signature-yacht-series.html
That page has contruction pics of a few of them from last year. It has 3D images, as well, and unless they got someone REAL good (excuse me a large staff of someones who are REAL good) to do the 3D modelling and rendering sometime after the concept 3D stuff was done, I'd say the 3 or 4 in-water shots of it are real. (I do 3D animation for a living and am up on the tech and state of the art for it).
These are typical renderings: More shots of it.
