Yacht or yacht -You decide .

About 500 years ago, a jacht was a sailing vessel.  Today a yacht can be almost any kind of vessel.  The USCG requirements for documenting a vessel as a yacht are a minimum length of 26 feet and 5 tons net volume.  I was part owner of a 110' motor yacht, it was a former USCG tugboat. 

Other than the the legal description CG_Bob offers us, I can offer a prosaic, semi-ractical interepretation.  The distinction is whether or not you have a paid crew aboard.

Or, as a charter skipper once told me--if the owner can move the vessel without being aboard, it's probably a yacht and not a cabin or sailing cruiser.  (This was related to me in Titusville, FL, by a skipper moving a boat from Newport to Tampa, there to meet the owner for a weekend jaunt.)

So ;

 I guess in that case my last boat was a yacht !. She was110 ft. of CG BOUY Tender Converted to a Liveaboard Yacht . We went to Hawaii twice on her and up and down the west coast for fun . She was better on fuel than I expected , but it still weren't cheap .I carried over a thousand gallons on deck and used it on the trip .

    Not very fast and even with extended range she liked diesel and drank it like a fish drinks salt water ! But what a ride ! It was an experience I'll never forget ! Those sunsets and sunrises at sea made every trip worth every penny .

 Sure , she was not what you'd call pretty , but she was Paid for and comfy !   T.B.

sounds like a pretty idealic scene to me TB .

The name yacht has evolved over time from a simple sailing craft to a bizarre 244 foot floating concept named "Choice", introduced by the Dutch company, Feadship. It is a choice, because this craft has a detachable floating beach house that can be seperated from the mother ship. Encluded also is a two person aircraft and a tender. The yatch has an independent autopilot control system, weather forecasting station, lounge, motion picture studio and jacuzzi. No price range was quoted in this article, but you can be well assured that is beyond the wallet capability of most viewers on the Forum.

Source information :"Architectural Digest", by Kimberly Peterson.

Happy modeling    Crackers    

Ho Boy !

  Now that is what I call weird . I am sorry , but , I like my vessels to be able to sail or motor and so on with the typical aplomb of a well built vessel ! . That , I am sorry to say looks like a fraidy cat !

   I am familiar with the  Feadship name ,  and one time they built what could be called an oceangoing yacht . It looked like a small ship !

 I know , this is the new age , but does that mean all tradition has to go out the window ?  T.B.