Superyacht Christopher going up the Thames

[MoodySabre]

Gulp
http://www.superyachts.com/sail-yacht-4621/christopher-photos.htm

That's one BIG sailyboat.:encouragement:

 

[Bru]

****!

Pardon the asterix but ******* ****!

Surpisingly pretty actually, most things that start with "Super..." are pug ugly but that actually looks like a proper yacht ... on steroids!

 

[ex-Gladys]

Just passing Tilbury according to Marine Traffic... May wait at the desk and see whether I can get a pic...

 

[Koeketiene]

Gulp
http://www.superyachts.com/sail-yacht-4621/christopher-photos.htm

That's one BIG sailyboat.:encouragement:

Now, there's an East Coast boat: draft - 9.40m (30'10"ft)

 

[sailorman]

Now, there's an East Coast boat: draft - 9.40m (30'10"ft)

So there`s no holding you now with a mere 7` :encouragement:

 

[pyrojames]

Got to be an error. 9.4 feet maybe. Wing keel in the slings, nothing like the beam.

EDIT

Err, looking at full specs, she has a lifting keel. Min 12'5", max, yep 30+

 

[Bru]

Burnham Yacht Harbour , Burnham Yacht Harbour , yacht Christopher over

Christopher, Burnham go ahead

Morning Burnham, any chance of a visitor mooring tonight over?

What's your length an beam over?

My length is one hundred and fifty one feet, beam thirty one feet over....

Bet that'd make Phil and Bruce splutter a bit!

 

[lpdsn]

Burnham Yacht Harbour , Burnham Yacht Harbour , yacht Christopher over

Christopher, Burnham go ahead

Morning Burnham, any chance of a visitor mooring tonight over?

What's your length an beam over?

My length is one hundred and fifty one feet, beam thirty one feet over....

Bet that'd make Phil and Bruce splutter a bit!

I think she's the same one who got into Belfast Marina without any probs a month or two back.

Clearly things aren't as well set up on the other East coast.

 

[Bru]

Belfast have one hell of a big marina!

 

[lpdsn]

Belfast have one hell of a big marina!

Actually, it's quite small. But it's in a former commercial dock, and has a long pontoon for large visitors. I believe, the grant they used to put it in was obtained on the basis of a tall ships festival.

 

[Bru]

They needed a grant?????

 

[LittleSister]

Presumably the performance penalty of its ketch rig is a price worth paying for ease of sail handling when single handing? ;-)

 

[ex-Gladys]

I got a picture or 2 will try and post later.

 

[Greenheart]

Here's a pic. If anyone was wondering why Pendennis built her as a stubby little ketch rather than a sensibly efficient sloop, believe me, at 175ft high that is a towering rig.