Motion compensating ship personnel transfer gangway - GIF

**ranald** · Sep 9, 2018, 03:50 PM

Money speaks all languages! How the other half live? Every time a v8 4by4 goes by, my other half exclaims "there goes a block of land" so every time we see a top end sports car (lotus, lambo, ferrari & the like) i exclaim "there goes a house". There's some big bucks just floating in marinas & hardly ever used but that's the owners privilege & most of them have earned it, so it would seem.

**Frank S** · Sep 9, 2018, 06:01 PM

Never had any problem with the Have mores. Most that I have known were down to earth folks. It was the want-a-be's I encountered who thought they were above everyone else.

**Moby Duck** · Sep 9, 2018, 07:04 PM

This Racing Yacht doesn't make any sense to me. Don't stand by the sink or kettle when it is moving or it will knock you off your feet.

**Frank S** · Sep 9, 2018, 07:46 PM

When you are taking into the wind and the boat is in a 38° list you figure out that the only reason you were asked to help crew was because of your ability to hang on and act like a side car rider in a motorcycle race.

**ranald** · Sep 9, 2018, 08:54 PM

Of course Frank. I totally agree; I guess I didn't express that correctly. I know quite a few who have earned their place at the top ( and I have seen & found them very generous to loyal staff & family) & I know many others who live on credit-yuppies we call them. A chap to example was earning 100 + grand a year (in late 70's) & was leasing a Porsche, about his annual salary value, & had to borrow the full 100 odd grand to buy his family a reasonable home. In the meantime the most of us were earning $12 p.h. (in similar admin) and working more than one job to try to get ahead. "You earn it, you spend it" was an old adage. My dad used to reinforce "take care of the pounds & the pennies will look after themselves"-still said it after decimal currency conversion in 1966. Others say the opposite "take care of the pennies and..........". "Penny wise & pound foolish" was another of my father's favourites but then he lived through the two world wars & the great depression etc.
Cheers

**ranald** · Sep 9, 2018, 08:58 PM

When there is no wind you are invited to plot the course in the engine bay, breathing in the diesel fumes. I just KNEW they wanted me along for some reason other than my magnetic personality! LOL

**Frank S** · Sep 10, 2018, 12:13 AM

Originally Posted by ranald

When there is no wind you are invited to plot the course in the engine bay, breathing in the diesel fumes. I just KNEW they wanted me along for some reason other than my magnetic personality! LOL

That's funny have we met? Did you ever sail from Galveston to Veracruz or an open water sail from St Petersburg Fl. to Veracruz? I'm glad I wasn't on the one in 1988 when 33 boats went missing 50 MPH winds 20 ft + seas. All of the gimmicky gadgets in the world cannot protect a yacht from that stuff.

**Loose Ctrl** · Sep 16, 2018, 09:06 AM

That's not for a racing yacht. It's to heavy with many things to break down and change the balance of the boat. That's lux for nothing. Gimbel mounts work better and require no power or other systems to operate.

**Jon** · Sep 16, 2018, 09:46 AM

I wonder if it's a response to the "catamarans are faster than monohulls" argument.

**Frank S** · Sep 16, 2018, 10:22 AM

There are many different classes of yachts used in racing Not always designed for the fastest point a to point b race. There are regattas in which only the very high end lux yachts enter, aimed at the billionaire boys/ girls clubs. after all what is the purpose of owning a 200 million dollar yacht if the only thing you can do with it is to sail leisurely from port to port