Cruise Reports Taking our yacht to Sweden for the summer - any 50m marinas?

alt said:
If this is true (and it's you), we have a lot in common.

I was offered a scolarship to MIT (I come from a Jesuit background, 1 person every few years from a Jesuit school in Ireland got the offer... lucky me) when in secondary school. Unfortunately I was recovering from a broken spine and could hardly walk, nevermind focus on MIT so I passed.

Ended up studying similar in Ireland (Systems, Networks & Digital Forensics, going on after to study Business Law and still trying to finish my Digital Forensics masters... time time time!) and daily life involves same, but on a much smaller scale than you.
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Sorry to hear about your spine, Alt. How are you doing these days?

MIT's a cool school. I always preferred it over Harvard, though that Harvard campus sure is something else. Especially their business school - good Lord. But if I'd do medicine, if probably try do it at Harvard. Not sure why.

You sound like a smart guy - I never got a scholarship anywhere, sadly. I was just a "good all rounder" - never actually great at anything. I always wanted to set up some scholarships to good schools for kids like I was. Problem is - it's hard to find a committee that can detect and pre-reward things like 'Grit and Resilliance and Always Wanting to Tinker With Things, and overcoming people who say it can't be done no matter how hard you try"... which are by far the traits that get you places in my experience; but I'll get around to it one day.

Hope that you'd be keen to join us in person.

Would be good to talk. Our Irish office may even be hiring if you're a capable white hat :-)
 
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Validation by Birds Custard is sadly the only way to placate doubters on an Internet forum. For all this talk of cyber security the custard test has yet to be bettered, MIT or otherwise.

The original Custard test was Jason Plato, certainly the first time I witnessed its use and Jason amazed all.

When you need berthing in Gosport let me know and I'll hook it up for you. I know the local Capitainerie du port very well. You'll need one of us to escort you round the town at night and if you're easily offended by women wearing very little in the freezing cold it may be better to remain onboard with a 6 pack of Boddingtons and some fish fingers. Whatever you do, DO NOT invite ladies, or indeed gentlemen if that's your thing that you have just met in Weatherspoons on board.

Should the worst happen there is a late night Pharmacy which stocks antibiotics & ointmen on Mumby Road.

I'm probably making it out to be worse than it is but I just don't want you thinking it's the South of France.

Henry :)
 
longjohnsilver said:
If, as you say, your boat is nowhere near the 400 ton mark, are you saying she's heavier or lighter? My assumption is lighter, but stand to be corrected.

Wrt fuel, you could look at the CIs, specifically Guernsey, Gibraltar and Montenegro, all offer duty (or much reduced tax) free diesel.
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T6, a very nice yacht, is of similar length to us. However... the volume specs are very different.

Looking at her - I'm starting to understand why everyone is confused. But I'll let you all make a final judgement when you all show up for this beer and BBQ.

http://www.superyachts.com/motor-yacht-3878/t6-specification.htm
 
henryf said:
Validation by Birds Custard is sadly the only way to placate doubters on an Internet forum. For all this talk of cyber security ...
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Henry!!

The best damn post yet. Thanks, mate. Made my day.

We'll find a way to make this custard tin thing happen. It's becoming a challenge now.

But nothing compared to the challenge of survival at Witherspoons it seems. My Ex-wife was of Geordie extraction. She was a surprised to see scenes like the ones you describe when Geordie Shore began broadcasting. I basically missed out on my 20s (neck deep in corporate struggles and boardroom battles) --- but am happy as it is. Kinda look at the night club scene as you might if you were considering a safari or something, these days.

See you soon.

R.
 
Capital_R said:
But nothing compared to the challenge of survival at Witherspoons it seems.
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Similar to yourself, I I sort of skipped my 20's, nightclub wise.

Sounds like a forum meet to Weatherspoons is in order! That could go down in history....
 
alt said:
There you go, Captain_R; another witness! :D :D

I can also advise you that Pinnacle is excellent crew, he'll even make you an anchor 'snubber' (Have I got that right??) for a few glasses of wine :D
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Outstanding.

I'm not 100% sure yet that the boat will make it to Gosport - but this Witherspoons venue is definitely intriguing.

I've still got no photos of the venue yet - captain is still on the continent collecting the RIB which he insisted he go collect himself in person...! :-) - but will oblige when the stars align.

:-)
 
NEW question:

GPS Compasses

Who knows anything about these?

I've never needed one - but my poeole say we do, because it ties all the Radars and Chart Plotters and (that's all I can think of but the list seemed longer) other things, together.

Seem to be between £1,799 and £5,200 each.

Aparantly we have the receicer. We just need the brain. Why that's different from a fiber optic gyro I don't know; but if seems to be a point of contention.

Is a GPS "Ultra-Compass" a requirement because the boat is steel, even though the super structure is aluminium? Im used to wood.

Thanks again,

R.
 
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Alt and scubaman. Just remember jfm does not see the need to use an anchor bridle, so Capital_R may not want one either.....:D:D
 
Pinnacle said:
Alt and scubaman. Just remember jfm does not see the need to use an anchor bridle, so Capital_R may not want one either.....:D:D
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I don't think it's possible to set up a bridle, unless you're crazy enthusiastic about getting in a crane and dangling over the bow....
 
So this is a 50m pleasure yacht, two of the decks are just for fuel and it can accommodate 200 people for 3-4 weeks? Wow, what classification would this fall under?
 
MrB said:
So this is a 50m pleasure yacht, two of the decks are just for fuel and it can accommodate 200 people for 3-4 weeks? Wow, what classification would this fall under?
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If this were a bookshop Mr B, the classification would be easy: fiction
Describing tanks as placed in/on a deck is comedy. A boat on which you can lawfully have 200 people whom you don't know is called a ferry. Posting up a picture and saying it represents your boat when in fact it is a crude photoshop of a picture grabbed from the 'net is called, er, never mind.

:encouragement:
 
jfm said:
If this were a bookshop Mr B, the classification would be easy: fiction
Describing tanks as placed in/on a deck is comedy. A boat on which you can lawfully have 200 people whom you don't know is called a ferry. Posting up a picture and saying it represents your boat when in fact it is a crude photoshop of a picture grabbed from the 'net is called, er, never mind.

:encouragement:
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:D;):encouragement:
 
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