Is this not the most beautiful boat shape ever?

[Ayahuasca]

Clipper bow, counter stern, bowsprit, Bermuda ketch rig

tempted to raid the kids' piggy banks...

[thatone1967]

better than this?







I think not....

[Ayahuasca]

You, Sir, have no soul!

[louiebaby]

Sails for me. If the numbers came up, I woldn't be buying a gin palace...

[Chris71]

Sorry, I was thinking Volvo Bat Boat!

[Johnniem]

Ayahuasca said:

Clipper bow, counter stern, bowsprit, Bermuda ketch rig

tempted to raid the kids' piggy banks...

That is properly gorgeous but for me, it's POWER every time! It is a petrolheads site after all so, no offence. I just hope that beautiful boats, such as the one you posted, are still produced so that we can gaze at their lovely shape as we make our way safely around you!

[Pothole]

[Ayahuasca]

Johnniem said:

That is properly gorgeous but for me, it's POWER every time! It is a petrolheads site after all so, no offence. I just hope that beautiful boats, such as the one you posted, are still produced so that we can gaze at their lovely shape as we make our way safely around you!

And when you've run out of diesel you can gaze again as the she sails past you!

[Johnniem]

Ayahuasca said:

Johnniem said:

That is properly gorgeous but for me, it's POWER every time! It is a petrolheads site after all so, no offence. I just hope that beautiful boats, such as the one you posted, are still produced so that we can gaze at their lovely shape as we make our way safely around you!

And when you've run out of diesel you can gaze again as the she sails past you!

Good point! But diesel!! Wash your mouth out sir!!

See above picture for an iconic powerboat. Riva......

[Ayahuasca]

Quite nice!

Like the Riva too!

[Huntsman]

I'm very partial to this, it a baby Nicholson Gelyce.



Oh, and this I rather like

[pilchardthecat]

PW said:

Nearly, but the clipper bow doesn't do it for me.

http://www.syadele.com/

That is gorgeous.

Sails beat motors every time in the beauty contests every time IMO


and for fun too - i've always been a fan of the moth....

[hidetheelephants]

Huntsman said:

I'm very partial to this, it a baby Nicholson Gelyce.

Have you bought one yet?

Huntsman said:

Oh, and this I rather like

Showoff!

[Huntsman]

hidetheelephants said:

Have you bought one yet?

No.

There's only about 3 or 4 of the baby ones, I think the full size 50 footers are bigger than I'd want.

[DJFish]

Spirit Yachts, rather lovely!

[perdu]

Ayahuasca said:

Clipper bow, counter stern, bowsprit, Bermuda ketch rig

tempted to raid the kids' piggy banks...

reminds me of the old advert

"they came in search of paradise"

sexy bird in a bikini

hoping to find a chocolate bar

It is a bloody lovely boat, makes me wish I'd taken up sailing when my bro in law did...

[E31Shrew]

Pothole said:

These are lush

[IforB]

I need not make a comment.

[SpeedYellow]

J Class always look stunning but all of them running high tech sails to me always makes them looks like a C-Type Jag with 18" alloys on it... but once one owner did it the other have to follow to maintain pride when racing... as for Valsheda now having a Carbon rig... hum....

[Fishtigua]

The nice thing about yacht design, even yacht building, is that having curves and bends are natural. In nature very few plants, trees and animals have any straight lines in their structure.

When you see a slab of glass across the new Fairlines windscreen, you just know the computer did'nt want to do a curve. It just looks wrong.

I have spent most of my professional life working with large motoryachts but for pure beauty a wooden sailing yacht will always grab my heart.

Edited by Fishtigua on Monday 5th April 13:40