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What's your favorite yacht?

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  1. AMG

    AMG YF Moderator

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    I remember when I met with Sunseekers Robert Braithwaite over a lunch at the Genua Boatshow in 1980 or so. I was trying to convince him that he should build a closed hardtop on his DC-boats, which was up to 31´at that time. He thought I was crazy, it is S-U-N-seekers he said! Not in the rain and mosquito-land of Sweden I replied and made a drawing on my paper napkin for him.

    It then took some years before the first Predator was launched, so I will not take any credit at all, but at least I remember that he kept the napkin... :)
    /Lars
  2. Remy

    Remy New Member

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    I am glad to read that you all like Sunseeker's range.

    I have been sailing many times on a Sunseeker Predator 63 with shaft drives, she handles like a 8m boat, this is amazing how reactive she is. A true excitement !!!
  3. promoceanmodels

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    I like very much the old Bannenberg-yacht ACAJOU, from french yard Esterel. And, cause I am a modelbuilder, I did my own radiocontrolled modelyacht:

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  4. Kevin

    Kevin YF Moderator

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    Nice looking model.... how long is it?

    I've been thinking about summer coming up soon myself and have been considering getting into RC boating. I did cars for a few seasons, was great fun.
  5. promoceanmodels

    promoceanmodels Member

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    Thank you for the compliment.
    The model is built in scale 1/30, so the loa is 1,3m. Hull is mahaghony planked glassfibre and the superstructure is made from plasticsheets. The model is powered by 2 electric motors. They will give a max speed of 10 kts.
    If someone is interested in a model of his dreamyacht, have a look at my homepage.
  6. arise

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    tough luck for ACAJOU

    Unfortunately my friend your favourite yacht suffered a total loss damage during a "thunder"storm when she was moored in a marina in Greece.In the picture below she is struggling with the waves and after a while she ended up on the shore and the rocks. As you already know the yacht had a wooden hull so now it is completely destroyed. I 'm sorry for be the one telling you the bad news.

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  7. promoceanmodels

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    Hello >arise<,

    this is a very impressive pic for me, but the superstructure of the yacht in the waves don't look like the Acajou.

    Regards,
    Ernst
  8. AMG

    AMG YF Moderator

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    Hi, you are right, Acajou is somewhere in the background but I have seen some pictures of her after the storm. She looks really sad, half sunken and damaged all around. Can probably be repaired, but I also think it would be cheaper for the insurance to write her off. I hope the insurance will cover all of the boats damaged since the break-water was fallin apart by the heavy sea and there was not easy to escape...

    BTW, the yacht was now varnished also in the bow where she used to be white as your model, as well as the aft part of the hullsides.
  9. Kevin

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    Here's a sad picture. :(

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  10. Kevin

    Kevin YF Moderator

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  11. promoceanmodels

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    @kevin

    Thank you for these sad pics.
    A dream is gone...
  12. Jason meridian

    Jason meridian New Member

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    Hands down, my all around favorite is the Wally. It's right out of a James Bond movie.

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  13. speeder

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    cool. Another who likes the wally. The only disadvantage is the price :(

    edit: And that you can`t drive over the atlantic without a oiltransporter next to you.
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  14. Wilson

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  15. Kevin

    Kevin YF Moderator

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    At 8 knots running on only the diesels I thought it could. :confused:

    In any case... who cares? LOL When you look that cool why would you want to spend time in the middle of the ocean where nobody can see you? ;)
  16. catmando

    catmando Senior Member

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    Lars you are the MAN! :D
  17. nilo

    nilo Senior Member

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    i would like to speculate on lars' comments on the sunseeker. i believe the dream boat is the boat that suits best to the environement that the owner is planning to use the boat.

    if you are cruising in north european waters, one needs lots of closed space, hence the design needs to address to this requirement. if you are in the east med, you need a lot of outside space with good shades, and the dream changes.
  18. dartanyan

    dartanyan New Member

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    Definitely A Z I M U T :cool:

    I LOVE AZIMUT

    especially 62, 55 and 50 ,not big & not small.
  19. techmati

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    i am european but Palmer Johnson are doing some great work so i would have to say COVER DRIVE
  20. YachtForums

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    I'd have to rank the new PJ's right up there too, but they are actually Italian designed (Nuvolari & Lenard), as is the new Oceanco Y701 and the Carver Marquis series. ;)

    Can't wait to see the Y701! We may be getting some pre-production pictures from the factory, so we can follow along the building process. :)