Erik C
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Not the most exiting video but her size and the polish of the hull are impressive.
Octopus leaving Canary Wharf
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diligaf
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An amazing piece of kit, love her.
I thought the hull looked a bit bleached and patchy though
I thought the hull looked a bit bleached and patchy though
longjohnsilver
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She's huge!
NoviceRod
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That's big!!
I thought wow, they know how to manouvre her, then there was a crunching noise that sounded like some polish was coming off somewhere!
I thought wow, they know how to manouvre her, then there was a crunching noise that sounded like some polish was coming off somewhere!
stuartwineberg
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Yep and there's an impressive fender pop towards the end of the video which the voice over credits to "a bad driver - definitely a man". Wikipedia credits the vessel to Paul Allen co-founder of Microsoft - scarily he has another megayacht as well
jfm
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Great stuff. Quite a machine! When you see a ship that size going thru a gap like that you have to have some respect for the skipper. I've seen plenty in the flesh bumping the concrete or the neighbouring boat in situations like this, and there are plenty on Youtube
Yes it's well known that is PA's boat. He has two others Tatoosh and Meduse. Tatoosh is now offered for charter (and sale) and I think but might be wrong that Octopus can now be chartered - at about a bar per week I guess (US dollars)
Canopy Locked
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rwilson
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exactly, not to mention plus fuel and tips!
SailorBill
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I saw Octopus at Canary Wharf about a year ago. Has she only just left? I dread to think how much the berthing costs are 
but I should imagine Paul Allen isn't short of a bob or two.
but I should imagine Paul Allen isn't short of a bob or two.
Robert Wilson
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Can't be THAT big - he signalled "turning to starboard" when in the lock.........................
jfm
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Sorry, but just to be clear I meant a million. I've no idea why a bar is slang for a million by the way - anybody know? A gold bar is worth less than half a million dollars these days and at the all time record high price of gold a standard 400oz gold bar was worth only 3/4million (US dollars), so it cannot be anything to do with a gold bar. Come to think of it, I've no idea how money slang like ponies and donkeys etc came about either. The only one I know the history of is a Jeffrey (Archer). Anyway, despite all that, a "bar" is a millionI guess if you have to ask how much a "Bar" is..... you can't afford it
newWave
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Might have to do with the weight of money. 
Or it might be derived from 1 Bar = A unit of pressure equal to one million (106) dynes per square centimeter.
Or it might be derived from 1 Bar = A unit of pressure equal to one million (106) dynes per square centimeter.diligaf
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I doubt East End wideboys gave it THAT much thought
RobWales
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Sorry, but just to be clear I meant a million. I've no idea why a bar is slang for a million by the way - anybody know? A gold bar is worth less than half a million dollars these days and at the all time record high price of gold a standard 400oz gold bar was worth only 3/4million (US dollars), so it cannot be anything to do with a gold bar. Come to think of it, I've no idea how money slang like ponies and donkeys etc came about either. The only one I know the history of is a Jeffrey (Archer). Anyway, despite all that, a "bar" is a million
In your world maybe J...
In mine it's a place I go to slake my thirst!.....
Often dream about owning both types though....lol
newWave
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Can you explain that to me ?
I looked up "East End wideboys", but don't understand what you mean here.
Are you saying that "bar" originated with some east end criminals?
RogerRat
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Sorry, but just to be clear I meant a million. I've no idea why a bar is slang for a million by the way - anybody know? A gold bar is worth less than half a million dollars these days and at the all time record high price of gold a standard 400oz gold bar was worth only 3/4million (US dollars), so it cannot be anything to do with a gold bar. Come to think of it, I've no idea how money slang like ponies and donkeys etc came about either. The only one I know the history of is a Jeffrey (Archer). Anyway, despite all that, a "bar" is a million
Terrible thread drift but interesting all the same...
U.S. Million Dollars:
- A million dollars is sometimes called a "rock", popularized by several TV shows and movies, most recently The_Sopranos Tony Soprano: "So adjusting for inflation I'm looking at half a rock?"
English slang:
bar - a pound, from the late 1800s, and earlier a sovereign, probably from Romany gypsy 'bauro' meaning heavy or big, and also influenced by allusion to the iron bars use as trading currency used with Africans, plus a possible reference to the custom of casting of precious metal in bars.
archer - two thousand pounds (£2,000), late 20th century, from the 'Jeffrey Archer' court case in which he was alleged to have bribed call-girl Monica Coughlan with this amount.
Couldn't find anything more as an origin. Still... plenty of dosh to charter!
rwilson
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I always liked the slang in FX markets which was a 'Sherpa', which is 10 million USDSGD (dollar/sing) ie Sherpa Tenzing.
aplos for drift!!
aplos for drift!!
jfm
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Haha! I like all those theories, especially the pressure one. I think it is City slang as in red braces bankers, rather than east end boys (though I accept some people are both...)
I'm just off for a beer with a bloke who works in the City (poster on here, mate of Jimmy_the_architect) who does bars (of the money kind) and also plans to own a nightclub (which is one up from a bar surely). He'll know. I'll ask him
I'm just off for a beer with a bloke who works in the City (poster on here, mate of Jimmy_the_architect) who does bars (of the money kind) and also plans to own a nightclub (which is one up from a bar surely). He'll know. I'll ask him
vas
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blimey!
so JTB is an architect and not a bricklayer that I was assuming from his old avatar then?
further drift:
any other around?
V.
longjohnsilver
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blimey!
so JTB is an architect and not a bricklayer that I was assuming from his old avatar then?
further drift:
any other around?
V.
Hey Vas, stop wasting time on here and get on with your boat. We need updates asap!
