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Majesty of the Seas, down scaled

Discussion in 'General Yachting Discussion' started by absys, May 18, 2006.

  1. absys, May 18, 2006
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    The biggest small scale ship has been achieved by a french guy, far away from the sea, in his backyard after 11 years of determination...

    Mr. Francois Zanella repoduced in scale 1/8 in his garden the Majesty of the Seas totalling 11 years of hard work to get a 33.5 meter in length ship with 4.75 m width, he used 90 tonnes of materials.

    The vessel is now floating somewhere around the french channels with his family on board...


    http://perso.wanadoo.fr/bernard.joannes/bateau.htm


    This would be one link to this story, it is in french language but it as few pictures explaining the tale of this story...
  2. YachtForums, May 18, 2006
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  3. brandonw, May 18, 2006
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  4. Kevin, May 18, 2006
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    Sooo... what does one call this? A "homebuilt" mega-yacht? 33.5m qualifies I'd say... :D
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  8. tartanski, May 20, 2006
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    only the french

    Absolutely LOVE it,

    look forward to share this story with all my colleauges..
  9. Rene GER, May 20, 2006
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  10. YachtForums, May 20, 2006
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    Rene,

    Sorry I missed your earlier post...

    Because things get pretty hectic behind the scene, sometimes I don't get a chance to read each post. Believe it or not... this is actually a compliment. If you were a new member, your post would get checked right away. ;)

    So... thank you Rene and Absys. You've officially made my modelling skills look like a child playing with Legos.
  11. Rene GER, May 21, 2006
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    Carl,

    Don't worry. You do a great job.

    BTW, I miss the l'accent aigu above the last "e" in my nickname ;)

    René
  12. absys, May 21, 2006
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    Being new to the forum i did not see your post earlier Rene...

    The guy desserved a new posting anyway !

    He made a movie about the whole construction of the " Paquebot " and "THALASSA" the french TV magazine made a very good report also covering this construction ups and down until reaching the water...

    Thumbs up for you Mr. Zanella !:)

    Many skippers will get surprised to see this vessel quiet unique !
  13. Rene GER, May 22, 2006
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    I am agree with you, but I think it's better to post things in an existing thread :rolleyes:

    YachtForums.com has a search function ;)