Sailing ship fans - Maltese Falcon

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  • LCHIEN
    Super Moderator
    • Dec 2002
    • 22033
    • Katy, TX, USA.
    • BT3000 vintage 1999

    #1

    Sailing ship fans - Maltese Falcon

    or what you can do with a $100 million spare change.



    more pics at:

    http://news.cnet.com/2300-11746_3-62...html?tag=mncol
    Loring in Katy, TX USA
    If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
    BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions
  • cgallery
    Veteran Member
    • Sep 2004
    • 4503
    • Milwaukee, WI
    • BT3K

    #2
    Does it have any systems to "right" the living quarters while it is heeling?

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    • LCHIEN
      Super Moderator
      • Dec 2002
      • 22033
      • Katy, TX, USA.
      • BT3000 vintage 1999

      #3
      those are not really masts, those are antenna arrays for digital HDTV reception far out at sea. :-)
      Loring in Katy, TX USA
      If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
      BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions

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      • gerti
        Veteran Member
        • Dec 2003
        • 2233
        • Minnetonka, MN, USA.
        • BT3100 "Frankensaw"

        #4
        "The estimated build time for the yacht was about a million man hours, according to Insensys."

        Speechless...

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        • iceman61
          Senior Member
          • Oct 2007
          • 699
          • West TN
          • Bosch 4100-09

          #5
          Originally posted by gerti
          "The estimated build time for the yacht was about a million man hours, according to Insensys."

          Speechless...
          Sounds like a whole shee-yat load of overtime.

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          • Wood_workur
            Veteran Member
            • Aug 2005
            • 1914
            • Ohio
            • Ryobi bt3100-1

            #6
            I figure I could to the 2nd cross member on the mast until I got scared from the movement.

            Pretty cool boat. Now for the real question: Is it trailerable?
            Alex

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