Custom Built or Aftermarket Indoor Jacuzzi / Spa

Two problems leap to mind and both are water. 1) Even at the dock you risk spillage from rocking (You'd certainly have to empty it when cruising). 2) Mold. You'll be creating a very damp environment inside your salon. A third problem would be getting the hot water since you'll pretty much have to fill it and heat all that water when you want to use it.

Think resale.

Judy

As NYCAP says, damp and mould will be your biggest issues and they are a nightmare to deal with. Unless you turn your salon into a head, you will have never ending problems with this. Water has its place and the salon isn’t one of them. I strongly recommend that you don’t do this.

As for resale, you'd be one of the first people I've seen in a long time to keep a 60' yacht for 20 years. Those who can afford a $4M yacht usually prefer not to have an old moldy boat, and seem to want the latest and greatest (and bigger) about every 3 to 5 years. They can also afford a nice land base (that often includes at least one jacuzzi) or a weekend at a resort.
As for a watertight lid, it would weigh about 300 lbs. to have a beefy enough seal. You'd never be able to get it off much less find a place to store it. You'd also need a massive exhaust fan and several dehumidifiers. Then there are the inevitable leaks. BTW, who gets the stateroom below all that water? Since you don't have much boating experience let me suggest that you hitch a ride on a 60' yacht in 10' seas. Then imagine the affect of having 80 to 500 gallons of water at 8.35 lbs. per sloshing about. No, this is like the limos with hot tubs out back. Great attention grabber, but nobody really wants to own one.
A better idea if you can afford a 60' Sunseeker is a cruise to a nice resort where you'll have 85* water all around to swim in and a jacuzzi next to the swimming pool and more than a few nice ladies lying about. Then you can invite them back to your yacht. Trust me, they won't ask if you have a jacuzzi.

Hi,

I can't think of any yachts off hand where the swimming pool and or jacuzzi are fully enclosed.

I am doing a study to put a 8000 lts pool on the sundeck of an 80m steel motoryacht right now.

The structural mods are quite something in themselves. There will have to be 4 x 125mm sand filled steel poles all the way down through the boat to the top of frames that are attached to the shell plating. It has also been clearly stated by the Naval Architects and Shipyard that the pool is only for use at anchor or alongside.

I have worked on other big yachts with Jaccuzis and am yet to see one that can be used when the boat is underway in a seaway.

I you have the will, there is a way. It's just a really bad idea, which will cause you more trouble than the benefit is probably worth (although that is your decision to make).
My guess is that some day you'll be sitting in the salon of your 60 and will chuckle when you look back and think about what would have been if...

Hi,

Have you actually been out on the type of boat you are planning on putting this pool into?

Charter one and go for a ride in it, see if you can move around freely when it is underway, if possible also ask the Captain to run it into a head sea and see what it's like then. Sit in it at anchor with your food and drinks sitting on the table in a busy anchorage with other boats roaring past.

You might change your mind on what you want to have as a platform for a pool after that.

A whirlpool bath is probably something more likely to be accommodated on a 60 ft speedboat, just not sure when you could fill it given the small size of the water tanks on one.

I fish the tournament circuit and there is a guy from Texas that has a Sonny Briggs with a hot tub located under the master bed.

How about wearing a drysuit, fitting a hosepipe, fill it up and eating lots and lots of beans and pickled onions?

Fish

Hi,

Have you ever heard it has been used by the Owner and if so in what conditions can it be used?

Is this the boat?

http://uk.boats.com/listing/gallery...Unknown/21738801?r=21738801&entityid=21738801

It mentions the tub but doesn't seem to have a photo of it even though there are two of the pink main engines.

Yes, that is the boat. I don't have a pic of the actual tub, but it is under the master and I have heard that it doesn't get used much. In addition, the outriggers are carbon fiber, this is a highly customized battle wagon.

His answer when asked why are the engines pink is that "all women are pink on the inside"....only in TX.

Here's where you can get a 50 footer with a jacuzzi (although on the upper deck). http://foreverhouseboats.com/?gclid=COXdkaXG7aACFSJ25QodwUEhGw

Cap= You are slipping that ain't a boat it's a caravan that floats

This post got me to go back and reread the review, and I just happened to notice someones calculator must be broken

I was formerly the 2nd owner of Oz, a Don Brooks 80' motorsailor. The 1st owner was the director of The Deep (and later Rainman). The Deep was filmed off the coast of Cuba, but the US director needed a "residence" nearby. He bought Oz new with an inset Jacuzzi on the aft deck. I heard of many movie star parties where the Jacuzzi was enjoyed.

We purchased Oz a few years later and spent several years cruising from Bahamas to Alaska enjoying the aft deck Jacuzzi at anchor. There were the occasional calm passages where I could enjoy soaking although obviously we lowered the water level when underway.

Subsequent owner had the LOA extended and the Jacuzzi got deleted in the process. Was really too bad.

Obviously generator and watermaker were essential.

Judy