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Radio Yachts

According to the Great Lakes Advocate out of New South Wales:

“The building and racing of scaled down racing yachts has a long history with records showing such yachts being sailed in England as far back as the early 1800’s. In Australia, racing model yachts occurred as early as 1868 when several early clubs raced on Sydney Harbour and on lakes in Centennial Park.”

With time the materials used to build radio yachts have changed, making the boats sturdier and faster. Now radio yachts are made with glass fiber, carbon fiber, epoxy resins and mylar film. However, the joy people find in this pastime remains. Maybe it is even more fun now, since so many people are used to more sedentary activities: the opportunity to work on something with your hands and compete with others is something many people miss.

The Forster-Tuncurry Radio Yacht Club on New South Wales meets on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Saturdays each month and welcomes newcomers to join in the fun. They are happy to supply with boats and to assist as needed.

If you think you want to try your hand at sailing an actual yacht of your own, check out the yacht listings on Boatline.com.

 

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New ‘Green’ Technology Powers Luxury Catamaran

Whoever thought big,  luxury yachts couldn’t go “green” has never met Bruce Barsumian or seen his unique 65-foot luxury catamaran in action. Tired of draining his wallet to pump fuel into his 40-foot power boat, the electronics engineer from Tennessee told TMCnet.com that he decided to find a way to “make big boats go faster with less power.” Fourteen years later, Barsumian is introducing his innovative Axcell 650 catamaran sport yacht at this week’s Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show. The 65-foot cat will be on display at the popular Florida boat show through Sunday. Check out this unique boat at Bahia Mar, 726 G Dock. 

Using HybridAir Technology, the sleek Axcell 650 cat glides smoothly over the water. Barsumian’s breakthrough air technology supports half of the boat’s 60,000-pound weight, allowing it to cruise at speeds exceeding 40 knots using only two 1,000 horsepower engines. Typically, a boat the size of Barsumian’s catamaran —  65 feet long by 21 feet wide — would require two 2,000 horsepower engines that would burn twice the amount of fuel required to power the Axcell.

Barsumian adapted technology used in ferry boats and Navy hovercraft to create his innovative design. After experimenting with a 16-foot prototype, it took Barsumian 10 more years to perfect his design and three additional years to build the Axel. Equipped with three plush staterooms and a 16-foot rigid inflatable, the Axle sells for $3.95 million.

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Getting the Most Our of Your Online Boat Ad

Private boat owners and boat dealers can vastly increase their potential buyer pool and extend their market reach nationwide by selling their boat online. Placing your boat ad on a popular online classified ad site like Boatline.com ensures that thousands of motivated boat buyers will see your boat ad every day.

Boatline allows private sellers and dealers to run their online boat ads FREE for the first 4 weeks. Sellers get the same superior services they have to pay for on other online ad sites absolutely free for the first 4 weeks when they place their classified boat ad on Boatline, including:

  • Unlimited description space and 12 color photos.
  • A secure email seller link to protect your personal information and ensure secure communication with potential buyers.
  • Buyer-friendly features like printer-friendly ads, email to a friend, auto-notify, ad comparison and save favorites.
  •  Unlimited free ad updates, Ad Views tracking and free telephone and email support from Boatline’s experienced staff.

Boat sellers who want to maximize the impact of their online ad will want to take advantage of Boatline’s low-cost, ad-enhancement features:

  • Make sure your ad attracts viewers first by adding black or red bold type.
  • Give your ad maximum exposure by upgrading its placement to featured home page or state search results.
  • Add 12 additional photos to your ad to entice potential buyers.

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Luxury Unfolds on ‘Origami Yacht’

Combining the ancient art of Japanese paper folding with design elements from cutting-edge stealth aircraft, an Italian ship designer as created an ingenious super yacht that folds open for luxury, closed for speed. Dubbed the “Origami Yacht,” it’s the brainchild of Millennium Yacht Design Award winner Fabio Federici. (Click the link to see this intriguing concept yacht.) If built, the yacht — still in the design phase — would cost more than $7.6 million.

Inspired by the rigid shape of military stealth aircraft, Federici has created a futuristic ship design worthy of a James Bond vehicle. When closed, the yacht is sleek and compact, sitting low on the water. An upward-slanting pointed bow and flying airfoil make the yacht extremely aerodynamic, allowing the yacht to reach “optimal speeds” on long-distance cruises, although determination of its actual speed range will have to await the building of a prototype.

When anchored, the boat unfolds into multiple decks with side-mounted “wings” extending to create additional living space. Four below-deck cabins are connected to a shaded roof-top sun deck by a spiral staircase. The three lounge decks rotate 360 degrees, providing continually changing views of the sea and harbor.  

Who knows whether the “origami yacht” is the wave of the future? As with all vehicles, designers are constantly striving for bigger, better and faster. You won’t find the “origami yacht” listed on Boatline.com this year, but boat buyers will find plenty of new and used boats for sale in every popular make and model.

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Buying Boat Online More Affordable Than You Think

Discover Boating says it best:

Myth: The best two days of your life are the day you buy a boat and the day you sell it.
Fact: The best two days of your life come every weekend when you take your boat out with family and friends!

Many people would love to buy a boat but don’t think they can afford it. Buying and owning a boat are much less expensive than you might think. Just like you finance a car, you can finance a boat purchase, in many cases for less than $250 a month. The average retail price of a typical outboard power boat was less than $20,000 in 2008. For $8,000 more you could buy a complete boat-engine-trailer package. If anything, the recession has driven boat prices down.

Boat buyers can find some real deals when they buy their boat online. Boat dealers who post new and used inventory to online classified ad sites frequently offer discounted prices to online buyers. Often the lowest prices are offered by individual boat owners who advertise their boats for sale online, hoping for a quick sale. Boat owners taking the self-sell route are more willing to deal and negotiate an affordable price with boat buyers.

But a boat today and the best two days of your life could start this weekend!

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Mega-Yacht Has Boaters Drooling

Anchored off the coast of Sausalito, California is a $300 million mega-yacht that has been drawing salivating boaters and crowds of awe-struck gawkers. Owned by Russian billionaire Andrey Meinichenko, the 390-foot yacht, christened “A,” is impossibly sleek with a futuristic command tower rising mid-ship. One gawker, echoing the sentiments of the shoreline audience, described the boat to Silicon Valley’s MercuryNews.com as looking “like something out of a James Bond movie.”

Dripping in luxury, the yacht is 62 feet wide at the beam, sporting a 2,583-square foot master suite, 6 cabins, three swimming pools, hot tubs and spas. The ship carries a crew of 37 and staff of 5. Safety and confidentiality are assured with a fingerprint security system on all doors.  

The opulent white master suite is wrapped in bombproof glass. A king-sized bed sits on a rotating platform that allows uninterrupted views of the sunset from any angle. A 60-inch plasma TV retracts from the ceiling. White stingray hides cover the walls of one room. Chairs crafted from Kudo horns and alligator hides sit on the main deck.

The vessel is powered by twin 6,000 HP engines. Cruising speed is 19.5 knots, but the yacht can reach speeds of 24 knots and travel 6,500 nautical miles without making port. Click here to take a tour of the A.

Mega yachts of this class are out of the price range of all but a few people, but you’ll find plenty of affordable yachts and boats for sale on Boatline.com.

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Plastiki Makes It Across Pacific; Arrives in Sydney

The Plastiki has finally stumbled into port, arriving in Sydney, Australia after a harrowing 4-month cruise across the Pacific to the cheers of its jubilant crew. Built of 12,500 recycled plastic bottles, the unique 60-foot sailboat set out from San Francisco on March 20. Its mission was to raise awareness of the plastic waste that litters the oceans and show that it could be effectively recycled.

Recycled, natural and environmentally-friendly materials were used in every aspect of the boat’s design. The plastic soda bottles that formed the boat’s hull and deck were cemented together with an organic glue made from cashews and sugar cane. A recycled irrigation pipe served as its mast. Plastiki was also an experiment in green energy. Ship systems and communication were powered by solar panels and windmills.

The boat completed its voyage a bit bedraggled but still largely intact after weathering several fierce storms during its epic 8,000-nautical mile ocean crossing. To get a better idea of just how amazing this expedition was, check out the photo gallery on the Plastiki website. Would you have sailed this across the ocean?

You may not find a boat as unique as Plastiki on Boatline.com, but you will find some amazing bargains on new and used boats of all types.

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How to Price Your Boat to Sell Online

When you decide to sell your boat, it’s natural to want top dollar. After all, the more you earn on the sale, the more you’ll have to put toward that bigger, better boat you saw on Boatline. Pricing your boat competitively will draw motivated boat buyers to your ad and ensure that your boat sells quickly.

Here’s how to price your boat to sell:

  • Selling your boat online keeps more money in your pocket. There are no commission charges, and Boatline ads are free! Plus, your boat ad gets national exposure.
  • Start with the purchase price and add in the cost of any improvements. Obviously, you need to consider depreciation when setting your sale price.
  • Use the NADA Guides link on Boatline’s Research page to find the “blue book” value of your boat. Click the pertinent options to receive the most useful price.
  • Using Boatline’s handy Boat Search feature, see what other boat owners are asking for comparable models.
  • Price your boat in the same range as your competition. Make sure you leave some wiggle room. List your boat for sale for a little more than you actually hope to get so you can come down in price a bit. Every buyer loves a bargain!

If you want a good fast online sale, price your boat reasonably. The years of pleasure you’ve already received from your boat is value you’ll never lose.

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Old Ship Unearthed at Ground Zero

Nearly half a mile from the nearest water at New York City’s Battery Park docks, the concrete towers of Lower Manhattan would seem an unlikely place to find a boat. The discovery of ancient timbers buried under the ground zero rubble where the World Trade Center once stood certainly startled construction crews. Yet, the wood skeleton of a 1700s-era sailing ship is an integral part of the city’s history.

Archeologists who flocked to the trade center site were thrilled by the unexpected excavation of the 32-foot vessel. The rotting deck and thick wooden ribs marking the ship’s hull could be clearly seen poking through the mud 20 feet below street level. Archeologists hand-dug the maritime skeleton from the mud after a backhoe unearthed two curving, hand-hewn timbers early Tuesday morning.

Historians speculate that the damaged ship was included in rubble and  debris dropped into the harbor between the 1600s and 1800s to expand Manhattan’s shoreline. The island has expanded several times over the centuries through aggressive land filling of huge riparian land tracts. The most recent landfill project, which enabled the creation of Battery Park City,  occurred in the 1970s to dispose of earth excavated from the foundations for the World Trade Center. The trade center construction site sits on what was once the seaward wall of the Lower Manhattan’s west shoreline.

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Hugo Boss Ocean Yacht Cuts Distinctive Swath

A special treat awaits New Yorkers flocking to Battery Park in an attempt to beat this week’s stifling heat. Flitting among the lumbering freighters and tourist-packed ferries like an exotic dragonfly skimming over a pond, the 60-foot, ocean-going Hugo Boss yacht certainly catches the eye. The sleek, carbon and Kelvar, black-hulled craft has been seen this week plying New York City harbor waters around the Statue of Liberty and up the Hudson River. With yards of billowing black sails, the racing yacht has been garnering plenty of envious attention from harbor boaters and sailboat owners.

The distinctive Hugo Boss yacht is moored at the Battery Park Marina in Lower Manhattan while visiting NYC on an around-the-world publicity tour. If you’re in Manhattan, it’s worth the trip to get a close-up view of this $4.5 million, state-of-the-art speed machine. Built to be sailed solo around the world, the boat is stripped of even the most basic amenities to reduce weight and bulk. You won’t find a toilet, shower, kitchen or stateroom anywhere on board. During around-the-globe races the boat is outfitted for the spartan life of a solo racer with a water distiller and freeze-dried meals. With 10 extra sails onboard for races there isn’t room for anything but lines and cranks and winches.

Welsh skipper Alex Thomson, 36, the youngest solo skipper to win and around-the-world yacht race, calls the yacht “the ultimate toy.” Find your ultimate toy on Boatline, the premier online classified boat ad site.

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