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Old 28-09-2011, 10:53   #1
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What Do You Call a Boat with a Four-Spreader Mizzen ?

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Old 28-09-2011, 11:30   #2
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Q: What do you call a boat with a 4 spreader mizzen?

A: Expensive.

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Old 28-09-2011, 13:07   #3
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Re: What do you call a boat with a 4 spreader mizzen.

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Old 28-09-2011, 13:15   #4
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Re: What do you call a boat with a 4 spreader mizzen.

Perini Navi ?
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Old 28-09-2011, 13:38   #5
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Re: What do you call a boat with a 4 spreader mizzen.

The one cut off to the right is huge too!
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Old 28-09-2011, 14:37   #6
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Re: What Do You Call a Boat with a Four-Spreader Mizzen ?

The pilot house looks nice too.
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Old 28-09-2011, 15:39   #7
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Re: What Do You Call a Boat with a Four-Spreader Mizzen ?

Ostentatious?
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Old 28-09-2011, 17:11   #8
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Old 28-09-2011, 18:53   #9
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Re: What Do You Call a Boat with a Four-Spreader Mizzen ?

Complicated.
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Old 28-09-2011, 19:06   #10
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Re: What Do You Call a Boat with a Four-Spreader Mizzen ?

I saw quite a few boats in Antigua with a red light at the masthead to keep airplanes from hitting them,including the world's largest sloop with a mast 300 feet high.
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Old 28-09-2011, 19:39   #11
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Average, if you're at Newport Shipyard.
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Old 28-09-2011, 19:42   #12
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Re: What Do You Call a Boat with a Four-Spreader Mizzen ?

...one I would like to sail on.
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Old 28-09-2011, 19:49   #13
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One thing you WON'T call it is "John's other boat".

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