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libertangoOne aircraft carrier, former UK, former Australia, former Brasil, under names HMS Vengeance, HMAS Vengeance, and NAeL Minas Gerais. Colorful history. Accomodations for 1300 sailors, 35 aircraft. Range: 12,000 Nautical miles @ 14 Knots, 6,200 Nautical Miles @ 25 Knots.
Asking price: USD$4,500,000 {cheap!}
Asking price: USD$4,500,000 {cheap!}
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Date: 2003-09-27 03:05 pm (UTC)Shilsole? Now there's a marina berth agreement to negotiate! :)
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Date: 2003-09-28 04:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-09-27 02:08 pm (UTC)Think of the parties you could throw...
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Date: 2003-09-27 03:08 pm (UTC)Oh, yeah. Complete with mid-ocean aerial joyrides.
Seattle-Honolulu turns out to be about 2300 nautical miles. That's about 93 hours @ 25 knots, or just shy of 4 days each way. That'd be a party, especially with the intra-island cruise once you get down there.
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Date: 2003-09-27 03:58 pm (UTC)Hong Kong, straight line, is about 5600 nautical miles from Seattle. Cut throttle back to 14 knots to easily make the fuel consumption, and you'd do it in about 400 hours, or just shy of 17 days.
That's right -- the Slow Boat to China Party!
Actually, more than anything, this vaguely reminds me of NOAA Ship Oceanographer, which is now sitting off of Kirkland as a breakwater and renamed Protector. Her sister ship, Discoverer, has a tribute site, so you might recognize her.
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Date: 2003-09-27 03:14 pm (UTC)Thanks for that. I know a couple of people who'd be very interested in buying it, or at least have very full and colourful daydreams as a result of seeing the advert.
(I *have* pinched this link for my journal, for those reasons. Hope you don't mind. Credited you, of course!)
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Date: 2003-09-27 03:21 pm (UTC)I expect any given thing I post is out in the Big Bad World. Information wants to run freely. {run, information, run!}
And, um, like that. So, have at. Heck, have an extra comma or three. :)