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| Charles |
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| Jim |
| Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2004 5:44 pm |
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Yup, looks like a real aircraft carrier to me.
:^)
Charles wrote:
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| Gould 0738 |
| Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2004 6:49 pm |
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Dear Mr. Yacht Broker
Please accept my offer of full price for your aircraft carrier, subject to
satisfactory discovery regarding the following issues.
1. Do you know of any affordable slips where we will be able to moor this
vessel?
2. What sort of fuel economy will we be able to expect?
3. Will this boat be suitable for a cruising couple, or will we need to
consider hiring one or two deckhands?
4. We are looking for a boat with sufficient
capacity to accomodate our nieces and nephews during summer visits. Is there
any chance this vessel sleeps as many as
ten?
4. We will most certainly want to haul the boat for survey prior to purchase.
Can you recommend a yard with a 296 strap lift or a
rather large marine railway?
Hoping for a quick reply........ |
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| Joe Blizzard |
| Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2004 8:14 pm |
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| Jim |
| Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2004 8:39 pm |
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Some specs at the bottom of this page:
http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/vengeance/History_RN.html
Quote: 2. What sort of fuel economy will we be able to expect?
Range at 25 knots is 5,900 miles. 'Oil fuel' is 3196 tons. How
many gallons is this? Either way, I would have to say it's not the
fuel economy you are accustomed to.
Quote: 3. Will this boat be suitable for a cruising couple, or will we need to
consider hiring one or two deckhands?
4. We are looking for a boat with sufficient
capacity to accomodate our nieces and nephews during summer visits. Is there
any chance this vessel sleeps as many as
ten?
Crew complement: 1300. You decide. :^) Certainly it qualifies as a
live-aboard.
-Jim |
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| Rick |
| Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2004 9:20 pm |
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Jim wrote:
Quote: Range at 25 knots is 5,900 miles. 'Oil fuel' is 3196 tons. How
many gallons is this? Either way, I would have to say it's not the
fuel economy you are accustomed to.
Depending on the quality of the fuel and its origin that would be around
900,000 gallons give or take a barrel or three.
Rick |
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| Gould 0738 |
| Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2004 9:33 pm |
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Quote: Depending on the quality of the fuel and its origin that would be around
900,000 gallons give or take a barrel or three.
Rick
Well that tears it. Over $2mm to fuel it up?
Mr. Yacht Broker, I hereby withdraw my offer.
Like a lot of potential boat buyers, I almost made the mistake of concluding I
could automatically afford to maintain and operate it if I could afford to buy
it.
(Yeah, as if I could afford to buy it). |
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| Rick |
| Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2004 9:43 pm |
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Gould 0738 wrote:
Quote: Well that tears it. Over $2mm to fuel it up?
Just for grins guess how much it costs just to heat that fuel enough to
burn it ...
Rick |
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| Clams Canino |
| Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2004 9:48 pm |
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Another coral reef if'n you asked me.... :)
-W
"Charles" <charles_stanley@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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| Jim |
| Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 12:31 am |
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Gould 0738 wrote:
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Quote: Well that tears it. Over $2mm to fuel it up?
Mr. Yacht Broker, I hereby withdraw my offer.
Don't forget, you would get a tax break on the fuel as it's not
'over the road' use. Like this would matter a heck of a lot. :^)
-Jim |
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| Charles |
| Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 6:23 am |
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Rick wrote:
Quote:
Jim wrote:
Range at 25 knots is 5,900 miles. 'Oil fuel' is 3196 tons. How
many gallons is this? Either way, I would have to say it's not the
fuel economy you are accustomed to.
Depending on the quality of the fuel and its origin that would be around
900,000 gallons give or take a barrel or three.
Rick
I might have considered purchasing it if it was nuclear powered.
:-)
-- Charlie |
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| Curtis CCR |
| Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 11:15 am |
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Is this a British or Australian carrier?
My offer would be contingent on a satisfactory survey. And I wonder
what BOAT/US will charge me for insurance... Hey, I have taken a
Coast Guard boater safety course - do I get a discount? |
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| Doug Kanter |
| Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 1:02 pm |
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Dear Mr. Gould:
One of our imaginative staff will reply to your message shortly. Meanwhile,
we forgot to mention an additional selling point on the web site. Because
the galley was designed to handle enormous quantities of food, the disposal
system is equally enormous. While touring the ship, our appraiser made a
offhand remark about the food waste systems being large enough to consume
(and grind into unrecognizable bits) a typical PWC and its operator, whole.
Please drop us a line if you'd like to know more about this.
-D
"Gould 0738" <gould0738@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20040610204947.07875.00000972@mb-m06.aol.com...
Quote: Dear Mr. Yacht Broker
Please accept my offer of full price for your aircraft carrier, subject to
satisfactory discovery regarding the following issues.
1. Do you know of any affordable slips where we will be able to moor this
vessel?
2. What sort of fuel economy will we be able to expect?
3. Will this boat be suitable for a cruising couple, or will we need to
consider hiring one or two deckhands?
4. We are looking for a boat with sufficient
capacity to accomodate our nieces and nephews during summer visits. Is
there
any chance this vessel sleeps as many as
ten?
4. We will most certainly want to haul the boat for survey prior to
purchase.
Can you recommend a yard with a 296 strap lift or a
rather large marine railway?
Hoping for a quick reply........
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| Paul Schilter |
| Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 6:46 pm |
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Charles,
Just wait till you try to refuel, plus those spent uranium rods will be
hard to recycle. Wonder if they have that stuff on E-bay? :-0
Paul
"Charles" <charles_stanley@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Quote:
Rick wrote:
Jim wrote:
Range at 25 knots is 5,900 miles. 'Oil fuel' is 3196 tons. How
many gallons is this? Either way, I would have to say it's not the
fuel economy you are accustomed to.
Depending on the quality of the fuel and its origin that would be around
900,000 gallons give or take a barrel or three.
Rick
I might have considered purchasing it if it was nuclear powered.
:-)
-- Charlie |
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| Wayne.B |
| Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 8:14 pm |
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On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 19:02:08 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
<ancientangler@hotmail.com> wrote:
Quote: While touring the ship, our appraiser made a
offhand remark about the food waste systems being large enough to consume
(and grind into unrecognizable bits) a typical PWC and its operator, whole.
Please drop us a line if you'd like to know more about this.
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How often can it do this and would there be any charge for the
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