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Old 30 October 2012, 15:39   #21
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Still think it looks cool. Nothing "Me Too" about it
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Old 31 October 2012, 21:26   #22
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Steve jobs dared to be different, that included his design for a yacht. Why does everything have to be similar to what others have. Just take a walk past sunseeker in Poole where there is little variance in every single boat produced, yet they are sold as custom motor yachts!!!
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They're custom Bumsqueekers, so there's a common base no matter what you do with the layout - that's fair.

Steve was special/different. He also had the ability to be wrong - he admitted that he should have trusted the medical profession to treat his cancer instead of initially resorting to herbal remedies and the like. There's a very good chance he'd still be with us if he hadn't.

I think he got the yacht's "look" wrong too, but I fully respect a man's right to build whatever boat he wants. That's what they should be - whatever you want...
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Old 21 December 2012, 23:17   #24
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Old 21 December 2012, 23:23   #25
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Quote: Mr Jobs died of pancreatic cancer in 2011 and never saw his boat go to sea.

I reckon that bit's really sad
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Please can you tell this to my Mrs W
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Old 22 December 2012, 08:05   #27
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Hmmm... Not the best looking of vessels.

Don't know about "Venus",...... I'm thinking more "Uranus" :-)

Mind you i hated the look of the BMW 1 series when it came out and that's grown on me...

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It just doesn't look very...... well, seaworthy really.
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Old 22 December 2012, 09:13   #29
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Best you look at this then www.circumnavigationrecord.com

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The iMacs look smart from inside though



Don't like the boat as a whole, Leander G is the prettiest superyacht I think

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Would have thought they might have found a better way to hide the network cable than trailing it across the floor . So are those mac screens sunlight readable then?
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Anything (even Venus) moored up alongside this one would look pretty good....





Just goes to show that all the money in the world cant buy you taste...

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[QUOTE=gotchiguy;506448]The iMacs look smart from inside though



The ergonomics on the bridge!?.... why would anyone like to design a bridge this way ..but guess it was never intended to leave moorings anyway.
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OMG ! I dont belive it .. its been fitted out like an apple store how utterly shit is that ?
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Don't like the boat as a whole, Leander G is the prettiest superyacht I think
Assuming I could afford the fuel bill, I've always had a thing for Brave Challenger since I was a kid:

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Looking rather sad moored on the River Itchen these days
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So I've heard
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What was this all about?

The boat has led a very complex life ownership wise.

http://high-court-justice.vlex.co.uk...folio-52635527
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