Boat Porn

[mrryde]

Octopus cost Allen over US$200 million and has Permanent crew of 60, including several former Navy Seals. It has two helicopters, seven boats, a 10 man submarine and a remote controlled vehicle for crawling on the Ocean floor. The submarine has the capacity to sleep eight for up to two weeks underwater.

On average, owners must spend a minimum of 10 percent of the purchase price every year to keep these yachts in good working condition and cover crew salaries. Therefore “Octopus” which cost Allen US$200 million requires a US$20 million annual budget.



Wonder what kind of gas mileage he gets?

[mrryde]

I haven't seen any Riva's, but we do have a few 40'+ cruisers. Cuz you need to have full radar arrays and all the bells and whistles on lake norman, its a mile wide in spots

[warthog]

I haven't seen any Riva's, but we do have a few 40'+ cruisers. Cuz you need to have full radar arrays and all the bells and whistles on lake norman, its a mile wide in spots

I know, I get a kick out of it every time I am up there. I do love seeing mostly Wakeboard boats over at the Marina by the Rusty Rudder, though- that is new to me.

[FrankZappa]

Repeat. But how can you have boat porn without a Gar Wood?

...
28' 1937 Gar Wood Triple Cockpit
Type: Runabout
Year: 1937
Length: 28'0"
Location: California
Price: $295,000

Boat Details
Engine: Scripps V-12 Model 302, 894 cu.in.
Condition: Mint
Engines: Single
Engine Hours: 57
Drives: IB
Hull Material: Wood
Horsepower: 316
Beam: 6'10"
Fuel: Gas
Draft: 2'7"
Hull ID#: 5925

AMERICA IS ONE OF ONLY TEN 28 FOOT TRIPLE COCKPIT RUNABOUTS ORIGINALLY POWERED WITH THE SCRIPPS MODEL 302 V-12 ENGINE. THE FIRST WAS DELIVERED IN AUGUST, 1934, AND THE LAST IS “FORTY PINES” WHICH SOLD (8/04) FOR $350,000, (exclusive of Commissions and pending bottom restoration costs.) EIGHT OF THESE TRIPLES ARE STILL KNOWN TO EXIST. SIX WERE SOLD BY JAKE OBEXER AT LAKE TAHOE. AMERICA WAS ORIGINALLY SHIPPED TO THE WISCONSIN TRANSPORTATION CO. IN LAKE GENEVA, WISCONSIN ON JUNE 8, 1937. AMERICA IS THE 343rd of 352 28’ FOOT CUSTOM RUNABOUTS ALL TOLD FROM THE 1920’s TO 1941.

[mrryde]

I know, I get a kick out of it every time I am up there. I do love seeing mostly Wakeboard boats over at the Marina by the Rusty Rudder, though- that is new to me.

Next time your up this way lemme know. I am not winterizing the boat for at least another month

[warthog]

Next time your up this way lemme know. I am not winterizing the boat for at least another month

6 week old baby says it won't be till spring at least.

We'll try it some time again. Last time I was picking up my Jeep, and was just around for a night.

[The Suit]

Octopus cost Allen over US$200 million and has Permanent crew of 60, including several former Navy Seals. It has two helicopters, seven boats, a 10 man submarine and a remote controlled vehicle for crawling on the Ocean floor. The submarine has the capacity to sleep eight for up to two weeks underwater.

On average, owners must spend a minimum of 10 percent of the purchase price every year to keep these yachts in good working condition and cover crew salaries. Therefore “Octopus” which cost Allen US$200 million requires a US$20 million annual budget.



Wonder what kind of gas mileage he gets?

He needs to chop out that helipad and replace it with a cradle to winch a sport boat into.

There was a famous mothership/gameboat operation that came up for sale in the past year. I tried to convince my wife that it would be a really good idea to buy it, but she didn't agree.

[mrryde]

hey warthog - http://charlotte.craigslist.org/boa/451038155.html

[likwid]

There was a famous mothership/gameboat operation that came up for sale in the past year. I tried to convince my wife that it would be a really good idea to buy it, but she didn't agree.

Its still for sale.
And 2 others like it.

[The Suit]

Its still for sale.
And 2 others like it.

The 2 others is even mo' money. I don't think I can talk my wife into any of them. They're kind of overkill for bonefishing.

[warthog]

The 2 others is even mo' money. I don't think I can talk my wife into any of them. They're kind of overkill for bonefishing.

Anything more than a kayak can be considered overkill for Bonefish.

Oh, and Mrryde- in my worst nightmares. I need another project like I need, well you know. The boat I have my sights on needs a couple of cosmetic touches. Just what I need right now.

[likwid]

Guide friend just ordered one.

[warthog]

Mmmm- Gause Built.

Expensive hull, for an Aquasport.

They are really sweet boats. Just a bit out of most normal people's price range. For a guide, they make a lot of sense.

Where does he guide? Rhode Island/Stripers would be my guess.

[likwid]

Where does he guide? Rhode Island/Stripers would be my guess.

Outer cape.
Gonna be absolutely fantastic for fishing Barnstable Flats and the like.

[mrryde]

i used to live next to a grady white dealer on long island.

[mrryde]

[likwid]

No tuna door no wear.
I guarantee that boat has never seen fish.
Just like 90% of the "sportfishers" out there.

Nice fucking outriggers you douches.

[The Suit]

No tuna door no wear.
I guarantee that boat has never seen fish.
Just like 90% of the "sportfishers" out there.

Nice fucking outriggers you douches.

The no wear part isn't really meaningful. We fished the crap out of my Merritt and she still looked brand new when I sold her.

I don't understand how you can run a boat from an enclosed flybridge, but a few captains do so successfully. The one thing that's completely stupid on that boat is the railing on the mezzanine in the cockpit. Why would you put in something that makes it harder for the angler to reach the rods?

[likwid]

To look pretty.

Also, no center rigger.
No rigging station.

I can't tell but it looks like it has a console up on the flying bridge outside the enclosed bridge.
That'd explain how they fish it with the enclosed flying bridge.

Poor skipper having to come out in the heat from the A/C.

[mrryde]

[skibuminwyo]

how do they work in the river though?

[ak_powder_monkey]

It's official- everything in AK is ugly, 'ceptn the mtns.

All I see in that boat is dollar signs and full holds of sockeye, two very pretty things

[hop]

The 2 others is even mo' money. I don't think I can talk my wife into any of them. They're kind of overkill for bonefishing.

You mean like the Lady J? Back in 2003 she was owned by the same guy that owned the Beauport, but I believe they have both changed owners at least once since then. Both are fully decked out as you'd imagine. Beauport, though somewhat ugly, has a shit-ton of character, and I was stoked to help deliver her from Roche Harbor to San Diego a few years ago. The Lady J was formerly the Quest of the Discovery Channel series.

Lady J/Quest


Beauport

[The Suit]

You mean like the Lady J? Back in 2003 she was owned by the same guy that owned the Beauport, but I believe they have both changed owners at least once since then. Both are fully decked out as you'd imagine. Beauport, though somewhat ugly, has a shit-ton of character, and I was stoked to help deliver her from Roche Harbor to San Diego a few years ago. The Lady J was formerly the Quest of the Discovery Channel series.

Lady J/Quest


Beauport

I was actually thinking of French Look and the C-Condo/Freedom combination that the Chouests are selling. The one I tried to talk my wife into was the Hooker/Madam (I can't bear to use their current names).

The Beauport looks like a cool boat. Lady J looks like it has the yacht/game boat ratio all wrong.

I have this idea that someday I'm going to be a boat owner again. Sometimes I think I want a 40 foot open-bulkhead flybridge boat based in Baja, Guatemala, Costa Rica, or Panama. Other times I think I want to get an 80 foot trawler style boat with a boat deck big enough to hold a flats boat and a good sized center console, and use it to roam the Pacific.

Then I remember that my wife gets seasick, and my last boat was unconscionably expensive to own.

[hop]

I've found that the best boats are the ones you don't own but can use just about as you like. Gov't-issue ones at that.

The Beauport IS a cool boat. She's was a Cdn. Coast Guard sounding vessel before she was converted into a yacht. Icebreaking hull, heli pad, 31' Blackfin, 26' and 19' RIB, jetskis, the whole deal. And more character than all of those generic bar-of-soap Feadships and other gelcoat shinejobs could ever have. The only bummer is the lack of effective water-level back deck.

I think that someone should convert this sweeeet gal to a nice yacht when she gets de-commissioned.


I also wouldn't refuse one of these.