super yachts 60million+

[Burwood]

Speculatore said:

PushedDover said:

ecsrobin said:

Always a fan of Bystander the tender to Velshelda.

I wonder if you could have both for the price of the instigator of this side discussion 'Speculatore' ...

The 3 carbon fibre masts alone on Black Pearl were £25m

Really. Not much surprises me but I suppose it’s breaking new ground and being the best in the game. I can understand that. It’s a one of a kind.

[NickCQ]

XJSJohn said:

A few mates of mine campaign TP52's and they recon just the one-off costs of a single regatta for one is $30 - 50k with sails, crew, flights, entry fees, (local) delivery costs etc.

Someone claimed to me that top level TP52 teams track the # of tacks each jib does and replace it after about 30.

[Chris Stott]

NickCQ said:

Someone claimed to me that top level TP52 teams track the # of tacks each jib does and replace it after about 30.

Pretty sure that’s not correct... at least for the super series. TP52’s are allowed a maximum number of sails (Like engines in F1)... I think it’s around 20 over a race series (60 races in total).

That’s still well over £300k on sails.

[NickCQ]

Chris Stott said:

Pretty sure that’s not correct... at least for the super series. TP52’s are allowed a maximum number of sails (Like engines in F1)... I think it’s around 20 over a race series (60 races in total).

Yes, that does make sense. I guess you can rejeuvenate a sail by recutting it without needing new tags though.

[Speculatore]

Burwood said:

Speculatore said:

PushedDover said:

ecsrobin said:

Always a fan of Bystander the tender to Velshelda.

I wonder if you could have both for the price of the instigator of this side discussion 'Speculatore' ...

The 3 carbon fibre masts alone on Black Pearl were £25m

Really. Not much surprises me but I suppose it’s breaking new ground and being the best in the game. I can understand that. It’s a one of a kind.

Yes, Made by MAGMA in Portchester. The owner has purchased the actual moulds in case he wants to build another one. MAGMA also made the CF masts for 'Sail Assisted Motor Yacht 'A'

[TheJimi]

Speculatore said:

The 3 carbon fibre masts alone on Black Pearl were £25m

*thud*

Wasn't expecting that, if I'm honest - even in the scheme of superyacht costs.

[Bonefish Blues]

TheJimi said:

Speculatore said:

The 3 carbon fibre masts alone on Black Pearl were £25m

*thud*

Wasn't expecting that, if I'm honest - even in the scheme of superyacht costs.

What are their dimensions (asks the bloke used to waggling 9ft of it around)?

[p1stonhead]

TheJimi said:

Speculatore said:

The 3 carbon fibre masts alone on Black Pearl were £25m

*thud*

Wasn't expecting that, if I'm honest - even in the scheme of superyacht costs.

I actually thought that sounded a bit cheap to be honest.

[Chris Stott]

Those 3 masts alone cost more than an entire Wally Cento

[TheJimi]

p1stonhead said:

TheJimi said:

Speculatore said:

The 3 carbon fibre masts alone on Black Pearl were £25m

*thud*

Wasn't expecting that, if I'm honest - even in the scheme of superyacht costs.

I actually thought that sounded a bit cheap to be honest.

Only on PH

[RevsPerMinute]

Chris Stott said:

Those 3 masts alone cost more than an entire Wally Cento

or two 2nd hand ones....
https://www.wally.com/exclusive-brokerage/wallycen...

[Talksteer]

p1stonhead said:

TheJimi said:

Speculatore said:

The 3 carbon fibre masts alone on Black Pearl were £25m

*thud*

Wasn't expecting that, if I'm honest - even in the scheme of superyacht costs.

I actually thought that sounded a bit cheap to be honest.

Its really a factor of low/no production rates and engineering hours.

A 10MW wind turbine comes in at about £10 million, the blades which are ~100m long each come in at around £1 million for all three.

[DeltonaS]

Ragnar by Icon Yachts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hhwVGjdwM8

Edited by DeltonaS on Wednesday 9th September 14:09

[SpeckledJim]

Won't that be bloody uncomfortable, smashing up and down right at the front?

Stunningly effective-looking thing though.

[XJSJohn]

SpeckledJim said:

Won't that be bloody uncomfortable, smashing up and down right at the front?

Stunningly effective-looking thing though.

doubt the owner will be onboard when its doing the "smashing up and down" bit.

i do love these expedition style vessels being adapted from O&G offshore vessels, they look much more purposeful.

[normalbloke]

DeltonaS said:

Ragnar by Icon Yachts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hhwVGjdwM8

Edited by DeltonaS on Wednesday 9th September 14:09

Isn’t this just one of the posh chase boats? I hear the new trend is to have a chase boat, with the big helicopter on, cars,sub,decompression chamber etc etc all kept on that.

[pidsy]

DeltonaS said:

Ragnar by Icon Yachts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hhwVGjdwM8

Edited by DeltonaS on Wednesday 9th September 14:09

Much prefer these expedition style yachts - Black Pearl, any J class are beautiful things but for me - I’d love to turn up in Ragnar just to upset the balance a bit.

I’d definitely want to be on board for the bouncy bits!

[TheJimi]

normalbloke said:

DeltonaS said:

Ragnar by Icon Yachts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hhwVGjdwM8

Edited by DeltonaS on Wednesday 9th September 14:09

Isn’t this just one of the posh chase boats? I hear the new trend is to have a chase boat, with the big helicopter on, cars,sub,decompression chamber etc etc all kept on that.

Even in the world of superyachts, I'd be amazed if that was "just" a chase boat.

[Burwood]

Talksteer said:

p1stonhead said:

TheJimi said:

Speculatore said:

The 3 carbon fibre masts alone on Black Pearl were £25m

*thud*

Wasn't expecting that, if I'm honest - even in the scheme of superyacht costs.

I actually thought that sounded a bit cheap to be honest.

Its really a factor of low/no production rates and engineering hours.

A 10MW wind turbine comes in at about £10 million, the blades which are ~100m long each come in at around £1 million for all three.

Aren't we comparing steel to carbon fibre/exotic construction? Although I agree re the bespoke one off nature

[Europa1]

TheJimi said:

normalbloke said:

DeltonaS said:

Ragnar by Icon Yachts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hhwVGjdwM8

Edited by DeltonaS on Wednesday 9th September 14:09

Isn’t this just one of the posh chase boats? I hear the new trend is to have a chase boat, with the big helicopter on, cars,sub,decompression chamber etc etc all kept on that.

Even in the world of superyachts, I'd be amazed if that was "just" a chase boat.

I think they're called support vessels. Super Yacht Captain did a tour of one on one of his YouTube videos, and it was quite a size.