Small ship or big dinghy?

[ChrisE]

How do you think about your craft?

Me, a small ship.

The sailing part is *interesting* but not the be all and end all, it is a means to getting to the destination. Accordingly, we have a fair array of instruments, auto pilot, self steering, etc to basically set the boat up and let her sail or drive us to the far bank, whereever the far bank happens to be.

I know others for whom the sailing is main reason for owning the craft.

No ulterior motive other than interest.

 

[jimi]

Bit of both really, I love sailing but I need motivating to go out to sail in a circle, if there is a destination I get quite focussed.

 

[Zagato]

Begs the question when does a small boat become a yacht? I consider my Cornish Cutter 24 to be a small boat!

A lot of the charm of sailing for me is being able to get away from it all in dramatic but beautiful surroundings whether it be rain or shine coupled with the challenge and thrill of it all

 

[lw395]

Begs the question when does a small boat become a yacht? I consider my Cornish Cutter 24 to be a small boat!

A lot of the charm of sailing for me is being able to get away from it all in dramatic but beautiful surroundings whether it be rain or shine coupled with the challenge and thrill of it all

A forty footer becomes a small boat as soon as you get out in big waves.

24ft is a big boat to a dinghy sailor trying to moor it in a small space.

I like many aspects of sailing, from dinghy racing around short courses, to going somewhere new in a yacht, or simply just being afloat on a sunny day. All these things blur together, it's not either/or.

 

[telford_mike]

Begs the question when does a small boat become a yacht? I consider my Cornish Cutter 24 to be a small boat!

A lot of the charm of sailing for me is being able to get away from it all in dramatic but beautiful surroundings whether it be rain or shine coupled with the challenge and thrill of it all

As I understand it, a yacht is any boat fitted with sleeping accommodation, the primary purpose of which is leisure.

 

[Sandgrounder]

As I understand it, a yacht is any boat fitted with sleeping accommodation, the primary purpose of which is leisure.

That would exclude many of the greats of the past. I think most would agree that an International 6 or 12 SqM was/ is a yacht. Perhaps the definition needs refining to something a little more subtle?

 

[BlackPig]

last boat privateer 20 big dinghy with a lid. current boat heard 23 small yacht. Weight and build quality difining factor.

 

[Seajet]

I am an ex-fast dinghy sailor, and I have generally regarded my 22' cruiser as a means to going places, but fast and enjoyably, I certainly don't regard her as a means to an end, I enjoy sailing her.

However it took a daysail around Chichester Harbour with a keen dinghy type to remind me what I'd forgotten, and it was huge fun treating the boat like a big dinghy around the racing fleets and creeks.

She's really a fast cruiser with the idea of seeing somewhere different each time one opens a hatch, but bimbling around like a dinghy now and again is great fun and a good reminder of ones' roots, I recommend it in any size boat.

 

[onesea]

As a kid won a competition with the answer a boat becomes a ship when it has more than one deck...

To me its about a mind set we go to the boat, to go sailing although some times will refer to others like us as yachties but talk about there boats.

For a boat to be a yacht/ ship it has to have the X Factor, if some one calls there a boat a yacht or ship and it does not. Sorry tend to think of them as snobs...

 

[Skylark]

I think of my boat as a ticket to a high quality of living.

There are few things more enjoyable than walking up and down a pontoon holding a conversation with someone new about a shared interest.

How about meeting friends on a Staurday night at a remote beach for a bbq.

I enjoy the challenge of servicing, maintaining and continuously up-grading my boat and it's equipment.

Passage planning and navigation, especially offshore towards new ports, is extremely rewarding.

Cruising at 5kts is very relaxing compared to 5mph in congested traffic during the week.

How about putting the washboards in place, turning up the heat on the Webasto and watching a DVD while the cold front blows through

Sailing, almost forgot. How about a week's holiday at Sunsail Vounaki to race dinghy's. Folk lore has it that where ever you sail on the NW coast, the wind will always be on the nose. That's what Volvo Penta invented their MD2030 for.

 

[Bru]

Definitely a small ship ... there's no way a big dinghy could cost me this much mioney!

 

[Seajet]

Definitely a small ship ... there's no way a big dinghy could cost me this much mioney!

Brigantia,

a small ship probably coulnd't even carry the money we spend on our pride and joys; it always makes me smile / wince when they say golf is expensive !

 

[Bru]

a small ship probably coulnd't even carry the money we spend on our pride and joys; it always makes me smile / wince when they say golf is expensive !

Absolutely!

 

[Uricanejack]

A Ship has boats
A boat has a dingy.

I have a dingy. I use it to get to and from may sailboat. When not using I keep it on my dingy on my sailboat.

A small yacht is posher than my small sailboat.

A big yacht can have boats I have even seen helicopters on yachts.
Some big yachts are bigger than some small ships.

 

[stevebrassett]

I consider my 23-footer to be a small yacht.

It has most things a 40-footer has - berths, a head, a galley - it's just smaller. I like the suggestion that a ship has more than one deck. I think it has to be a proper deck, though - not just a raised saloon, with a cabin under it.