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KCook · 09-14-2005, 11:33 AM

While it may have been used in expedition type voyages, I really can't see Méduse as an expedition type yacht at all!

I wonder if this whole expedition theme is traveling the same path as 4 wheel drive Sport Utility Vehicles? In the beginning only hard core off-road drivers bought them. Then they became a "statement", and moms were buying them to run to the grocery store.

My view is that the keys to "expedition" are full displacement hull, high bow, and shortened superstructure. Absent any two of these clues, it's a motoryacht, not an expedition yacht.

Kelly

09-14-2005, 11:33 AM	#18
KCook Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Phoenix Posts: 1,172	While it may have been used in expedition type voyages, I really can't see Méduse as an expedition type yacht at all! I wonder if this whole expedition theme is traveling the same path as 4 wheel drive Sport Utility Vehicles? In the beginning only hard core off-road drivers bought them. Then they became a "statement", and moms were buying them to run to the grocery store. My view is that the keys to "expedition" are full displacement hull, high bow, and shortened superstructure. Absent any two of these clues, it's a motoryacht, not an expedition yacht. Kelly