Now THAT's a boat! (Spirit of Buffalo)

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I sailed next to her for awhile, I have a video too (uploading now). It was an unbelievable day today, we were out there pretty much all day. Just perfect, but everyone else was out too, so we went outside the breakwall for some peace for awhile. Sailing’s better out there anyway.

Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yB6uMP7EGQ

Spirit of Buffalo’s stats

LOA 73’ 0"
LOD 65’ 0"
LWL (dunno, 55’ maybe?)
Beam 16’ 0"
Draft 5’ 11"
Displacement 68,000 lbs
Sail Area (unknown, probably around 2500sq/ft)
Passenger capacity 49 day / 10 overnight

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Sailing would be fun. But I have no idea what the acronyms posted above even stand for.

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who owns it?

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Cool.

Growing up in newport I always loved seeing these guys out (and riding along when I could) (12 meters)

http://www.classic12metercharters.com/images/index2.jpg
You can see the newport bridge in the background.

It was always cool when the tall ships came to town too, def. not something you see something every day.

http://www.laterlife.com/travel/travelimg/Porthole_panel21.jpg
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However it did feel like the water level in the bay rose a bit when this lady came to town each year…

http://www.ship-technology.com/projects/queen_mary/images/image_1.jpg

This your first year with the boat? Makes me kind of miss sailing thinking about it… bit land locked down here!

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Rich Hilliman and Kate Mini, they run a non profit educational program…

http://www.spiritofbuffalo.com/adventures/

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No, I’ve been sailing a few years.

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LOA = Length Overall
LOD = Length On Deck
LWL = Length of Waterline (very important for a displacement hull, determines top speed)
Beam = Width
Draft = depth
Displacement = weight (duh :slight_smile: )

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Two family members own this boat, will be working it this summer. Should be quite fun.

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fucking nice…

i bet that would be a ton of work to race :stuck_out_tongue:

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Sailing is entirely too much work lol. I’ll take my diesel reduction anyday :slight_smile:

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Would they kick me off if I rode around on it singing IM ON A BOAT!

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no they wouldnt because every fucking dummy thats been on a boat since that song came out says it all the tiem like theyre the first one to make that lame joke…itd be tough to kick every person off everyboat in north america

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Oh man that would be fun

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Hahahahahha