Boat Plans Nz
Well intrepid reader, it is time to close out this season. Its getting cold, the days are getting shorter, and the fresh water is about to become hard. I needed to have a definite end date to this sailing season, mostly because if I didnt, Id keep sailing into the early reaches of winter, and Im sure something would happen that I would regret. Additionally, the Goat Island Skiff needs some attention, she deserves a de-salting and a rest while the temperatures are still above freezing.
Saturday was the last day, in Portland, in conjunction with Clint Chase Boatbuilders annual boat-talk and small messabout at the East End. I am relying on others who took pictures and the video. All the pictures below can be seen or accessed through this thread at the Wooden Boat Forum. There are pictures of other boats too, dories, a Pea Pod, and the like. I took several people for rides, all of whom I think enjoyed it. I am always happy to share my boat, sailing is awesome, sailing with others is even better! Many thanks to Jonathan, Gareth, Milo, Dan, Shane, and Clint for cruising with me this afternoon.
Youll notice that I stand a lot sailing this boat. There is a reason for it. First, the boat is very spacious in the cockpit and its large floor is ideal for standing. Second, my ruptured discs in my back dont like it when I sit for long periods of time. With this configuration, I get back relief and get to go sailing! So awesome, and an unintended bonus of the design. The boat is very comfortable for sitting too, so its kind of a shame. But sitting on the floor with legs propped on the opposite side as well as the gunwale is all very comfortable.
To the pictures, and some video:
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| Goat Island Skiff with a Beach Pea |
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| With GISAmateur fan, Jon! Yes, I have a fan! |
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| Tight Maneuvering around the dock makes for fun sailing! |
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| Heading out with Dan Noyes of Beachcomber-Alpha fame. I am humbled. |
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| Clint Chase Boatbuilder holds court while I demonstrate the impressive stability of his Deblois Street Dory. |
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| VICTORY For I AM ZINEA, PTERODACTYLUS! |
The intrepid reader will be advised to keep an eye on this blog, as I will soon be unveiling another Storer design, as well as addressing end-of-season mechanical issues with the Goat Island Skiff. There is a laundry list of repairs, cosmetics, and maybe even wholesale additions to the boat. The season is over, but the passion of boating is not!
Fair winds!
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The French designer, Philippe Starck is best known for his furniture and kitchen gadget designs, including his iconic lemon juicer. He is not, as far as I know, a naval architect, yet the most exciting and, to my mind, most beautiful of the worlds billionaire mega-yachts has its origin on Starcks drawing board. 
Apart from sheer stylish looks, the clean lines of the exterior answer another function – that of security. The lack of any external features such as rails, handholds, or openings makes it very difficult for pirates or other undesired visitors to board the ship. For the same reason, the helicopter pad on the bow is easily rendered unusable by extending a telescopic mast through the deck. Clamshell doors hide all the access points, including the garage for the 2 launches, extending harbour gangways and even the anchor cable fairleads. 
The yacht is variously said to have cost $200 to $300 million. Crew salaries, maintenance and running costs are unlikely to be less than another 5 to 10 million a year. So, its not enough to be very rich indeed - Wayne Rooney rich, for instance - to own this yacht. You need to be able to spend twice Waynes annual salary, every year, just to run it. Fortunately for Mr. Melnichenko, whose wealth is conservatively estimated at $2-3 billion, he can. 
Obviously the interior décor is super palatial. I wont even try to describe it. You can find more details in the Wall Street Journal video and on the sites to which I have linked below. But the accessory I really like, and which makes me warm greatly to the scarily rich Mr. Melnichenko, is the uncompromising design of the yachts twin 30 ft. motor-launch tenders. He could easily have bought a couple of off-the-shelf plastic speedboats, and in spite of the fact that each one of these beauties probably cost as much as a very nice house in Torremolinos, he clearly would have nothing that was not rare and spectacular for his yacht. This, for Mr Melnichenko was probably no more of an extravagance than my purchase of a pair of shiny bronze rowlocks, instead of perfectly serviceable plain galvanised, for my 10 ft rowing dinghy. 
