Superyacht ablaze at the Ao Po Grand Marina in Phuket

[Just Weird]

3 minutes ago, geoffbezoz said:

Well of course something you can not quote , how inconvenient. But hey just tell me the the date of the Bangkok post when it was published as the article I read in it gave no such details but perhaps I missed one.  Many thanks.

Today's online BP.  You're welcome.

[geoffbezoz]

3 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

Today's online BP.  You're welcome.

Thanks, not read today's yet, but given the events and the fact it has been for sale for 5 mill, then insurance job perhaps ?

[mike787]

NOT my problem...don't worry, if they can buy it, they can afford to fix it.

[sxgun]

Not a great loss. Just an old American mud boat. There are a lot more of them in Louisiana, cheap.    

[laocowboy2]

20 hours ago, smedly said:

probably near to retirement, old vessels like this become very expensive to maintain

 

I wonder how much it was insured for 

That thought had already crossed my mind also

[hotchilli]

21 hours ago, webfact said:

Responding firefighters discovered the “Lady D” was out of reach, as it had parked 500 metres beyond the furthest extremity of the port

So no marine firefighting vessel at the port then.. hmmmm

[Rimmer]

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[AhFarangJa]

3 hours ago, Just Weird said:

I'd bet that it was more of a superyacht than you'll ever step foot on, never mind own.

That's mine in the photograph......

[Redline]

If they had proper fire equipment, they probably could have saved it.  Maybe it was an insurance scam-the owner could not make payments 

[maddox41]

Super yacht aha maybe in 1970... 

Its a converted supply ship or reseach vessel. 

The thing is ancient.  

 

[katatonic]

23 hours ago, wendyfromoz said:

dont yachts have sails and are propelled by wind?

No. Sailing yachts have sails and auxiliary engines, motor yachts have engines. A yacht is just a pleasure vessel.

[geoffbezoz]

9 minutes ago, katatonic said:

No. Sailing yachts have sails and auxiliary engines, motor yachts have engines. A yacht is just a pleasure vessel.

Actually;

 

yacht

/jɒt/

Learn to pronounce

noun

 

1. 1.

   a medium-sized sailing boat equipped for cruising or racing.

   •  

      

verb

 

1. 1.

   race or cruise in a yacht.

[Old Croc]

21 hours ago, hotchilli said:

So no marine firefighting vessel at the port then.. hmmmm

It's a marina, not a port.

 

[Joe Mcseismic]

46 minutes ago, geoffbezoz said:

Actually;

 

yacht

/jɒt/

Learn to pronounce

noun

 

1. 1.

   a medium-sized sailing boat equipped for cruising or racing.

   •  

      

verb

 

1. 1.

   race or cruise in a yacht.

The Oxford English dictionary and Websters dictionary mention both sail and motor yachts.

I think these dictionaries have more credibility than the one you used.

[geoffbezoz]

5 minutes ago, Joe Mcseismic said:

The Oxford English dictionary and Websters dictionary mention both sail and motor yachts.

I think these dictionaries have more credibility than the one you used.

I assume you state that to dispute that you were wrong .  Or else you can not be bothered to quote anything.

 

Let me help you, something from the Oxford English dictionary you appear to have misplaced. By the way that is not the concise edition.

 

"a large sailing boat, often also with an engine and a place to sleep on board, used for pleasure trips and racing a yacht club/race a motor yacht a luxury yacht "

[Joe Mcseismic]

1. (Nautical Terms) a vessel propelled by sail or power, used esp for pleasure cruising, racing, etc

 

a : a sailboat used for racing

b : a large usually motor-driven craft used for pleasure cruising

 

As a person that works at sea, I know that there are motor yachts.

Try typing into Google Motor yachts.

You're wrong. Yacht is a pleasure craft that can be powered by sail, or, motor.

[geoffbezoz]

1 minute ago, Joe Mcseismic said:

1. (Nautical Terms) a vessel propelled by sail or power, used esp for pleasure cruising, racing, etc

 

a : a sailboat used for racing

b : a large usually motor-driven craft used for pleasure cruising

 

As a person that works at sea, I know that there are motor yachts.

And exactly what word are you quoting the meaning off ?   Nothing in your quote, (cut and pasted by the looks of it due to the changes in font ) , definitively describes it

[Joe Mcseismic]

Just now, geoffbezoz said:

And exactly what word are you quoting the meaning off ?   Nothing in your quote, (cut and pasted by the looks of it due to the changes in font ) , definitively describes it

Yes, cut and pasted from the two dictionaries. The search word I used was just YACHT.

[geoffbezoz]

15 minutes ago, Joe Mcseismic said:

Yes, cut and pasted from the two dictionaries. The search word I used was just YACHT.

So your previous post;

 

1 hour ago, Joe Mcseismic said:

The Oxford English dictionary and Websters dictionary mention both sail and motor yachts.

I think these dictionaries have more credibility than the one you used.

 

On 8/8/2019 at 2:52 AM, wendyfromoz said:

dont yachts have sails and are propelled by wind?

 

You are unable to support by factual direct quotes rather,  you use incorrect quotations.   Which means that Wendyfromooz statement, rather question,  was 100 % correct rather than your false quoting to suggest otherwise.  However enough of this stupidity. Yachts have sails and motor boats have motors and motor yachts have both sails and motors. End off.

 

American bastardisation of the term yacht still does not make it correct English.

 

 

[Joe Mcseismic]

13 minutes ago, geoffbezoz said:

So your previous post;

 

 

 

 

 

You are unable to support by factual direct quotes rather,  you use incorrect quotations.   Which means that Wendyfromooz statement, rather question,  was 100 % correct rather than your false quoting to suggest otherwise.  However enough of this stupidity. Yachts have sails and motor boats have motors and motor yachts have both sails and motors. End off.

 

American bastardisation of the term yacht still does not make it correct English.

 

 

You are soooooo wrong (and stubborn). Those cut and pastes are direct from dictionaries. How much more direct do you want?

Just type in to Google Motor Yachts for sale. Loads. You can't sell a non-existent item, now, can you?

Many of these vessels have M/Y in front of their names (just like SS used to mean Steam Ship). I'll let you guess what M/Y means, or, if you need a link.....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_prefix

[geoffbezoz]

Just now, Joe Mcseismic said:

You are soooooo wrong.

Just type in to Google Motor Yachts for sale. Loads. You can't sell a non-existent item, now, can you?

Clearly you can not even remember your earlier post quoting dictionaries, now you suggest looking at Google ads , you for real or suffering from a debilitating memory loss.   I hope neither really and that you are just trolling , so appreciate your nonsense posts and would suggest that has given many of us a good laugh but please please don't not go any further by suggesting adverts provide proof of a dictionary meaning of a yacht., as that would suggest you are bickering also.

[Joe Mcseismic]

Just now, geoffbezoz said:

Clearly you can not even remember your earlier post quoting dictionaries, now you suggest looking at Google ads , you for real or suffering from a debilitating memory loss.   I hope neither really and that you are just trolling , so appreciate your nonsense posts and would suggest that has given many of us a good laugh but please please don't not go any further by suggesting adverts provide proof of a dictionary meaning of a yacht., as that would suggest you are bickering also.

OK, fine. Check the Wiki link.

[alan grice]

Why do School Teachers delight in making fools of themselves. Was your Royal Yacht Britania powered by Wind n String and a Crew with wet bums...We are Not Amused.!.


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[Joe Mcseismic]

4 minutes ago, alan grice said:

Why do School Teachers delight in making fools of themselves. Was your Royal Yacht Britania powered by Wind n String and a Crew with wet bums...We are Not Amused.!.


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Excellent example......but, I bet he's sticking to his guns judging by the "sad" emoticon he just added to my post.

Some people, eh?

[metisdead]

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[cornishcarlos]

I work on a yacht..

It's a motor yacht..

I have a yacht engineers ticket, it's a Y ticket..

This is the yacht I work on..

No dictionary required ????

 

 

 

[alan grice]

So Carlos you are well aware that S.V. Whatever. Is the way Sailboats announce themself on entering Port. [emoji569]️


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[Old Croc]

14 hours ago, cornishcarlos said:

I work on a yacht..

It's a motor yacht..

I have a yacht engineers ticket, it's a Y ticket..

This is the yacht I work on..

No dictionary required ????

 

 

 

Not a good pic, it's a bit hard to see your yacht behind the "White Rabbit"

[thaipod]

And I’m sure it was it was insured. 

[cornishcarlos]

18 hours ago, alan grice said:

So Carlos you are well aware that S.V. Whatever. Is the way Sailboats announce themself on entering Port. ️


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Don't know, we are M/Y White Rabbit when entering port.. That's Motor Yacht ????