Sailing Yacht A

[vas]

re helicopter landing - I would have thought that at the press of a, er, glass touch screen the masts would fold down a la Thunderbirds/Wallace and Grommit.

no, cannot possibly do that!
Don't forget there's a room halfway up (or thereabouts) mast #2. Imagine what a move like that would do to the bar and scatter cushions up there...

V.

 

[benjenbav]

I was, indeed, amazed when I saw pictures of it.

I wouldn't say it looked amazing though.

Design obviously derivative of the mighty Tamar 24!

re helicopter landing - I would have thought that at the press of a, er, glass touch screen the masts would fold down a la Thunderbirds/Wallace and Grommit.

tbh I wondered if Philippe Starck had been binge-watching Pirates of the Caribbean.

On stranger tides, to coin a phrase.