Wearing out one hull at a time...

Boats for most people are toys unlike pro fishermen and such.
Since they are usually Dad's toy many of the names a basically Dad Jokes.
Over 5000 yachts registered under “Carpe Diem,” sometimes translated as Seas the Day. :facepalm:

"Unsinkable II"!

That gave me pause also, but I suppose it could have been sold or stolen, or maybe his ex-wife owns it. I got a kick out of Wood Too and Wood Not.

I think he stole the design from the Klingons:

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Boats. And cars. And everything else in Japan tsunami. Awesome

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XvFFfgXwnw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkXmieHhPp4

If you have enough water everything in mobile.
I'd seen a lot of footage of the water coming in but very little of it going out again.

Imagine sitting in you porta-potty sized ice fishing shack and peek out the window to this...

Good time to already be on the toilet.

Cuz first you're gonna say it, and then you're gonna do it.



Imagine seeing that thing drifting at ya outta the fog.

What were they thinking?

Somebody had money to burn...

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The Golden Sahara is a show car Barris built for Jim Skonzakes in Ohio.

Boat people, how much does 990 feet of that chain weigh?

About a fuckton/foot, given the apparent scale of the picture. Wow.

I saw the chain on the USS Hornet carrier in Alameda a few years ago; best part of the tour.
This is the Ford, brand new; 136# links are "light weight technology":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W52Cx55aLk

And a nice rope, too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEt2REyWGvc