whatcha ma call it

[MiVelero]

Is it a yacht, boat, ship, vesel, tub or other ?

So what do you use when refering to your floating watchamacallit...?

And why?

[Stillraining]

Some one told me I sort of resemble a redneck...and all we have are boats....we don't even capitalize the word..

[marianclaire]

“Going to the boat” What else can I call her? Have you seen her pic’s? Lines to classic for Tub, to under equipped for Yacht. And a vessel is for coffee and rum. As my adult kids say “She suits you Dad” Dan S/V Marian Claire

[Sequitur]

My Admiral was born in the Netherlands, from where the word 'yacht' comes. In Dutch, jacht means 'hunting' or 'hunt', and was originally used in the 16th century to define a light, fast sailing vessel used by the Dutch Navy to pursue pirates and other transgressors.

Since my Dutch Admiral sails in a Hunter, then 'yacht' seems an appropriate designation for Sequitur.

[wind_magic]

Set up for cruising, I think if she sits under a far away blue sky in azure water, with a bit of paint and polish, and a nice wardrobe, you would almost have to call her a yacht.

Tied to a dock in muddy local water with no chance of ever flying a spinnaker, boat seems more appropriate ...

[bubb2]

The difference between a boat and a yacht is the size of the owners ego's.

[chef2sail]

Usually call her...her

When racing... Go BABY go
When cruising ...sailboat
When something breaks.....############

Dave

[BlueWaterMD]

When I was in college, I used to spend my summers working at a waterfront bar/restaurant. Frequently I would hear guys at the bar talking about their "yacht" only to find out that it was a 33' Sea Ray or similar. When your boat is big enough that it requires a full time crew, then you can call it a yacht... otherwise its a boat.

[LandLocked66c]

I voted boat. I don't think there are any Yachts in Ohio?

[wind_magic]

Maybe it is because I did not grow up around the water or around boats and I'm relatively new to it, but I don't see the word yacht as being pretentious like some seem to. To me it is just a word like "sports car", I mean, you wouldn't think someone had a big ego or was trying to impress you if they said their car was a sports car, right ? You look at it, the thing only has two seats, a rag top, an engine big enough to move a bus, and a wide wheel base, it is a car that is impractical as a commercial vehicle, it is obviously made to go fast and have fun in, so it is a sports car. To me "yacht" is the same kind of word, it just means a boat that isn't made to collect crab pots, it is made purely for recreation. I guess what I am saying is that if someone told me they had a 30 foot yacht I wouldn't raise an eyebrow, I would just assume they were telling me the had a recreational boat that was 30 foot long.