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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: bobbtmann on October 17, 2013, 04:34:53 pm

Title: A really cool yacht
Post by: bobbtmann on October 17, 2013, 04:34:53 pm: It's like some kind of future yacht. I love the aesthetics of it, kind of reminds me of an alien spaceship.

http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/10/16/new-superyacht-design-from-architect-zaha-hadid-looks-more-like-a-spacecraft-or-a-whale-skeleton-than-a-ship/ (http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/10/16/new-superyacht-design-from-architect-zaha-hadid-looks-more-like-a-spacecraft-or-a-whale-skeleton-than-a-ship/)
Title: Re: A really cool yacht
Post by: Dragon on October 17, 2013, 05:31:01 pm: Looks fine, but needs more sails. Engines are for landlubbers, gimme a two-masted topsail schooner anytime. :)
Title: Re: A really cool yacht
Post by: bobbtmann on October 17, 2013, 06:46:20 pm: I wonder how the sails could be integrated into the design of the boat? It actually could look really cool with sails.
Title: Re: A really cool yacht
Post by: Dragon on October 17, 2013, 07:03:51 pm: Indeed. Computer-optimized sails would probably also look like from another planet, fitting the boat really well. Also, it'd be much more ecological, not to mention cheaper to operate. I think that the real "future drive" for naval vessels are sails. :) The tall ships will have their last laugh yet.
Title: Re: A really cool yacht
Post by: yuezhi on October 17, 2013, 07:15:47 pm: Beamz!
Title: Re: A really cool yacht
Post by: Droid803 on October 17, 2013, 10:41:14 pm: nice boat
Title: Re: A really cool yacht
Post by: deathfun on October 17, 2013, 10:45:23 pm: Now that's a Yacht
It'd be a great one upper

"I've got this 140 foot yacht"
"Yeah? Well I've got one that looks like a ****ing spaceship"
"You win"
Title: Re: A really cool yacht
Post by: Nuke on October 17, 2013, 10:53:52 pm: makes me want to buy a refurbished ww2 torpedo bomber, just so i could sink it.
Title: Re: A really cool yacht
Post by: Bobboau on October 18, 2013, 02:18:12 am: Quote from: Droid803 on October 17, 2013, 10:41:14 pm
nice boat
was going to say the same thing.
Title: Re: A really cool yacht
Post by: Luis Dias on October 18, 2013, 03:49:14 am: haven't clicked the link but I bet it's the Zaha Hadid one. Please keep in mind there is a big difference between her conceptual sketch and the actual designed boats that have that as an inspiration. The latter are a real let down.
Title: Re: A really cool yacht
Post by: Lorric on October 18, 2013, 05:04:16 am: Quote from: Luis Dias on October 18, 2013, 03:49:14 am
I bet it's the Zaha Hadid one.

That is correct. :)
Title: Re: A really cool yacht
Post by: Unknown Target on October 21, 2013, 11:46:31 pm: Cool. Looks like she was inspired by the 3D printed shapes that are popular these days.
Title: Re: A really cool yacht
Post by: Luis Dias on October 22, 2013, 04:32:28 am: That's just inanely ridiculous. Zaha has her own aesthetics since long before you and I were born to this world.
Title: Re: A really cool yacht
Post by: FireSpawn on October 27, 2013, 02:22:24 am: It looks a little like the Angelwing from Nexus: Jupiter Incident
Title: Re: A really cool yacht
Post by: Flipside on October 27, 2013, 04:54:34 am: I like it, and I've sure I've heard arguments before that using curves in the superstructure of a boat like that means it fares better in collisions etc because it flexes under impact instead of relying on rigidity alone.
Title: Re: A really cool yacht
Post by: Mongoose on October 27, 2013, 03:26:18 pm: I dunno...the lack of symmetry would probably make me start twitching. :p