Superyachts......

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Superyachts......

Post by DuncaninFrance » Wed Jan 22, 2014 4:58 pm

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Post by Niner Delta » Wed Jan 22, 2014 5:53 pm

All of those yachts are longer than the USS Benewah, it was 328'.

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Post by Niner » Wed Jan 22, 2014 6:24 pm

And they probably cost more to make as well. :loco:
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Post by Aughnanure » Wed Jan 22, 2014 10:17 pm

and most are ugly!
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Post by DuncaninFrance » Thu Jan 23, 2014 3:28 am

Aughnanure wrote:and most are ugly!
That's coz most are owned by Arabs :mrgreen: Look how ugly the 'Ship of the desert' is :loco:
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Post by Niner » Thu Jan 23, 2014 5:37 pm

How about Henry Fords land yacht? It's on dry land and really just the front part of a Great Lakes ship that Ford had used to haul steel or whatever.

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