WMDBTB: 100 ft scuba Yacht - Scuba Forum

jimmmyzz · 08-24-2007, 12:45 PM

WMDBTB: Want My Dive Buddy To Buy: a 100 Ft Yacht with Air compressor and nice swim step. What do you think Bordhead? I will chip in for the food.

scubasavvy · 08-24-2007, 03:10 PM

Now that's what you would call a "Scuba Toy!" I've always wanted a boat...

Flatliner · 08-25-2007, 12:05 AM

Heck, I'd even be willing to be the cook...

Jaymeany · 08-25-2007, 12:06 AM

I'll do any work that needs to be done for a trip!

***ScubaToys Larry*** · 08-25-2007, 12:09 AM

Thinking a bit small aren't you? Greg Norman got this just for hitting a golf ball and putting a shark on a shirt:

Greg Norman recently took delivery of his new toy, named "Aussie Rules", which he helped design. At 69.5 metres (228 feet) in length, it's the world's largest aluminum and composite private yacht.

He had it built for only $70 million dollars. The company meant to build it for him "at cost" in return for the excellent advertising of having him as an owner, but they actually lost money on it.

When he first cruised into Sydney Harbor, onlookers remarked, "It's massive! Nearly three times the size of the ferries in the Harbor!" In addition to being opulent, it is also built for Jacques Cousteau-type fun and exploration. There is onboard diving equipment for 30 people including a decompression chamber and two huge compressors. Dives of all types can be accomplished by operating the Nitrox Mixing Panel onboard, enabling each guest's air tank to be customized with a mixture of gases.

To get the people out to those choice dive spots, or maybe just for having a bit of a splash, the following additional "small" boats are kept onboard:

42-Foot Custom Built "Game Fisher" Can be launched and retrieved from the deck. Perfect for a 4-person overnight fishing expedition. Has a gourmet galley for cooking up the catch while it's still fresh.

30-Foot SeeVee for a quick afternoon fishing trip.

22-Foot Novurania Equator with a meager 800 horsepower so you can get to the best diving sites ahead of everyone else. It has beach landing capability as well.

(2) 18-Foot Hewes Bonerfishers for those special occasions when Greg and a close friend may wish to maneuver over the sand flats in Key West, Florida

13-Foot Narwhal Rescue Boat in case someone falls off one of those other boats.

And finally, just for the hell of it, (4) Yamaha Waverunners!!!

Jaymeany · 08-25-2007, 12:13 AM

Where did you find that?!? I'm gonna ask my wife for that. or maybe a model boat of it, or a framed picture

Flatliner · 08-25-2007, 12:13 AM

70 MILLION BUCKS FOR A BOAT. I couldn't spend it even if I had it. That is just plain wrong.

***ScubaToys Larry*** · 08-25-2007, 12:28 AM

I just re-read the description, and looked at the pictures again... not sure what would be so wrong!

Oh wait... now I see it... No Bell Ranger on the front deck!