Ugly Yacht in our marina

johnalison

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I don't find the hull particularly ugly. It looks like a wave-piercing half of a catamaran ferry and maybe this is why it is that shape. I don't like the styling details though, neither the rectangular nor the 'swish' windows. It looks better than the inverted steam-iron types though.
 

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I dont think it looks ugly but the colour ruins it..
Kind of reminds me of this smaller one that lives around the English south coast..
 

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Insufficiently reactive, so no. But it would get nicked, along with any critters hanging on, so I suppose that counts as working...

Seeing your avatar reminded me of the heavier metals. Not entirely depleted radioactive metals are often highly toxic, so they should work, plus they would save on heating and dehumidifying costs ;0)
 

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Insufficiently reactive, so no. But it would get nicked, along with any critters hanging on, so I suppose that counts as working...

Seeing your avatar reminded me of the heavier metals. Not entirely depleted radioactive metals are often highly toxic, so they should work, plus they would save on heating and dehumidifying costs ;0)
The late Eric Tabarly used depleted uranium as ballast for the keel of one of his Pen Duick yachts. I don't know about any antifouling properties, but he did get disqualified from the race.
 

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The late Eric Tabarly used depleted uranium as ballast for the keel of one of his Pen Duick yachts. I don't know about any antifouling properties, but he did get disqualified from the race.
Note: "depleted uranium" is uranium from which most of the U235 has been removed, for bangy or other purposes, leaving almost entirely U238. Since this has a half-life of 4.5 billion years (as opposed to a mere 700m year for U235) it's about as un-radioactive as anything which is, technically, radioactive can be, Half of all the U238 which was around when the earth formed is still here.
 
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