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forrest
Joined: 02 Nov 2003 Posts: 382 City/Region: Chehalis
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2007
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Vessel Name: Long Story
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journey on
Joined: 03 Mar 2005 Posts: 3597 City/Region: Valley Centre
State or Province: CA
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C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: journey on
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2021 7:16 pm Post subject: |
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If that's Bezos new sailboat, it looks like he doesn't like sailing. That's like being on a container ship and saying "I like being on the water." You'd need a map to find the water.
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Peter & Judy
Joined: 03 Dec 2014 Posts: 552 City/Region: Olds
State or Province: AB
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Mistaya
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2021 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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At least is doesn't look like a sex toy, unlike his other toy. _________________ Peter & Judy Haase
Buffalo Horn Ranch
HMCB Mistaya
"Mistaya" (Grizzly Bear in Cree)
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Catman
Joined: 30 Oct 2003 Posts: 1528 City/Region: Seattle
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2017
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Vessel Name: Songbird (Bambina, 16')
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2021 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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It's a very satisfying feeling to be so comfortable with a capable, well build boat of modest length. |
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pcg
Joined: 31 Aug 2018 Posts: 411 City/Region: Sherwood
State or Province: OR
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2021 9:43 pm Post subject: |
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He will also need to hire a very capable captain. I've met the captain of the Black Pearl, who was then captain of the Maltese Falcon. I had a brief but very interesting conversation with him. Yes, a lot of stuff is automated, but these are still sailboats, and very big ones, and they have a lot of high tech gear that you have to get comfortable with. Most of his time, though, is spent hanging out in some European port, while the boat is docked. _________________ Paul |
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Peter & Judy
Joined: 03 Dec 2014 Posts: 552 City/Region: Olds
State or Province: AB
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Mistaya
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2021 10:44 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | Most of his time, though, is spent hanging out in some European port, while the boat is docked. |
Like 350+ days a year. |
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NORO LIM
Joined: 24 Apr 2008 Posts: 875 City/Region: Olympia
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2006
C-Dory Model: 23 Venture
Vessel Name: NORO LIM (sold 12/12/14)
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2021 11:56 pm Post subject: |
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pcg wrote: | . . . I've met the captain of the Black Pearl, who was then captain of the Maltese Falcon. .. . |
I took some photos of the Maltese Falcon off Cap Ferrat, near Monaco, a couple of years ago.
In many ways, these boats are ridiculous toys of the rich and famous, but I have to admit I am fascinated by the technology. Then too, I can't get my knickers in too big a twist over how Jeff Bezos wastes his money when I know people who squander what little they have on things a lot less useful and more damaging than a boat. The Maltese Falcon is theoretically capable of being single-handed. But as you say, that single hand really has to know its stuff! _________________ Bill, Formerly on NORO LIM
2001 CD 16, 2001-2006
2006 CC 23, 2006-2014 |
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dotnmarty
Joined: 03 Nov 2003 Posts: 4196 City/Region: Sammamish
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C-Dory Year: 1993
C-Dory Model: 16 Angler
Vessel Name: LIZZIE II
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Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 9:32 am Post subject: |
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If I were rich I would buy the new 16 footer at Master Marine in Mt. Vernon.
($45,000). Then I would have it put in dry stack at the Coal Creek ramp in Bellevue. They would put it in the water for me and I would cruise passed Bill Gates house where we would exchange a friendly wave. Then I'd putter under the 520 bridge and tie-up at Ivar's Salmon House for dinner. The next day I would leave home and fly first class to NJ. I would then punch "diner" into the gps in my Ford Focus rental. Yup, if I were rich that's what I'd do. _________________ MartyP
"...we're all in the same boat..." |
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NORO LIM
Joined: 24 Apr 2008 Posts: 875 City/Region: Olympia
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2006
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Vessel Name: NORO LIM (sold 12/12/14)
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Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 10:33 am Post subject: |
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dotnmarty wrote: | If I were rich I would buy the new 16 footer at Master Marine in Mt. Vernon.
($45,000). Then I would have it put in dry stack at the Coal Creek ramp in Bellevue. They would put it in the water for me and I would cruise passed Bill Gates house where we would exchange a friendly wave. Then I'd putter under the 520 bridge and tie-up at Ivar's Salmon House for dinner. The next day I would leave home and fly first class to NJ. I would then punch "diner" into the gps in my Ford Focus rental. Yup, if I were rich that's what I'd do. |
Sounds like heaven. I might splurge on a 26 and risk being labelled a philistine. Of course, it's hard to know how I'd really act if I had 10's of billions of dollars, but I'm pretty sure it wouldn't involve buying a boat or house big enough to cover a football field.
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thataway
Joined: 02 Nov 2003 Posts: 20841 City/Region: Pensacola
State or Province: FL
C-Dory Year: 2007
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: thataway
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Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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Or you could charter Maltese Falcon for the princely sum of only $500,000 a week, plus expenses (I have no idea of how much that is...but suspect food, beverages and mooring, plus fuel etc...). I suspect you could drop a cool million a week entertaining your closets 10 friends....
Or. by a really nice C Dory and live happily ever after.. _________________ Bob Austin
Thataway
Thataway (Ex Seaweed) 2007 25 C Dory May 2018 to Oct. 2021
Thisaway 2006 22' CDory November 2011 to May 2018
Caracal 18 140 Suzuki 2007 to present
Thataway TomCat 255 150 Suzukis June 2006 thru August 2011
C Pelican; 1992, 22 Cruiser, 2002 thru 2006
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NORO LIM
Joined: 24 Apr 2008 Posts: 875 City/Region: Olympia
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C-Dory Year: 2006
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Vessel Name: NORO LIM (sold 12/12/14)
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Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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thataway wrote: | ....
Or. buy a really nice C Dory and live happily ever after.. |
Ain't that the truth, Bob!
Through a really bizarre set of circumstances involving a New York relative's winning bid at a charity auction, we ended up spending a week in an apartment in the little town of Villefranche on the Cote d'Azure. Our visit coincided with the Monaco Yacht Show, just next door up the coast. I saw more big boats and more Russian Oligarch's than you can imagine. What I didn't see was very many happy-looking people getting on or off the mega yachts.
Bill, Formerly on NORO LIM
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ssobol
Joined: 27 Oct 2012 Posts: 3384 City/Region: SW Michigan
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Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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Peter & Judy wrote: | Quote: | Most of his time, though, is spent hanging out in some European port, while the boat is docked. |
Like 350+ days a year. |
And of those 15 days or so at sea, how many are actually under sail vs. engine power.
The hull listing from sailing probably causes the billionaires to roll off their piles of money so they don't do it very often. |
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hardee
Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 12633 City/Region: Sequim
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C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Sleepy-C
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Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 1:17 am Post subject: |
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dotnmarty wrote: | If I were rich I would buy the new 16 footer at Master Marine in Mt. Vernon.
($45,000). Then I would have it put in dry stack at the Coal Creek ramp in Bellevue. They would put it in the water for me and I would cruise passed Bill Gates house where we would exchange a friendly wave. Then I'd putter under the 520 bridge and tie-up at Ivar's Salmon House for dinner. The next day I would leave home and fly first class to NJ. I would then punch "diner" into the gps in my Ford Focus rental. Yup, if I were rich that's what I'd do. |
Marty, I remember well the day we did part of that trip with you, and I still feel rich just remembering the good time we had.
Thank you.
Harvey
SleepyC
_________________ Though in our sleep we are not conscious of our activity or surroundings, we should not, in our wakefulness, be unconscious of our sleep. |
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dotnmarty
Joined: 03 Nov 2003 Posts: 4196 City/Region: Sammamish
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C-Dory Year: 1993
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Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 10:51 am Post subject: |
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Harvey- your kindness blows me away. I guess we are really rich already. Like the hymn says, " I was blind but now I see." |
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