Real 100dT Yacht

[Icosahedron]

WOW!

http://www.ussubmarines.com/submarines/phoenix_1000.php3

Now that’s what I call a yacht!
Good evening, Mr Bond...

I know what I want for Xmas - now I just need to find someone willing to donate 78 mil...

 

[savage]

submarine yachts

These are pretty old. Over 10-15 years.

The owner of one company I worked for bought one of these as a sale tool. He took clients into the gulf of mexico on trips and wrote it off...

 

[BlackBat242]

And the Phoenix 1000 even has a launch!

 

[Icosahedron]

How the hell do you write off an 80 mil submarine??

If I'd broke a sub worth that much, I think I'd rather go down with it than face the music!

I like the way it has a flying bridge and an internal bridge in a separate part of the pressure hull, and I really like the idea of clamshell doors in the unpressured superstructure to give access to a lounge deck when surfaced.

But the part I really really like is the transparent three-quarter view showing the dome at the bow with steps up to a viewing platform.
I'm picturing that front part of the sub as a conference room with a mezzanine level to the dome, and some guy sitting up there in a huge swivel chair stroking a white cat.

 

[BytePro]

Its a really cool design - maybe we can do a Kickstarter!

U.S. Submarines is also looking for someone to 'donate' the 78 million... they 'executed' this design quite some years back, IIRC.

May be mistaken, but seem to recall seeing some TV program where founders of U.S. Submarines were supposedly involved in treasure hunting (and ripped off) in the Philippines, related to Ferdinand Marcos (sp?) and WWII loot from 'Yamashita's gold' ...

BTW: I think by the phrase 'wrote it off', savage refers to 'deducting from taxes'.

 

[aramis]

How the hell do you write off an 80 mil submarine??

you can take a write-off on many expenses as 'client entertainment'...

Things like buying a boat to entertain clients while working out details, taking potential clients out to dinner, even some vehicles for client use, can all be written off as business losses without any loss of of the property.

So the guy took and $80M "loss" to his company because the boat isn't a direct means to producing anything, and isn't in the transport business, but is an expensive item used to obtain more clients. (Now, those clients better be worth more than $80M over the life of the boat, but you still get to write off the boat. And if the boat is destroyed, you get ANOTHER write off for the cost of the boat (if not insured).

 

[savage]

How the hell do you write off an 80 mil submarine??

If I'd broke a sub worth that much, I think I'd rather go down with it than face the music!

Well, actually, 12 years ago these sold for a lot less. And if you have a 300mil sale of the company you built you can do about anything.

 

[Icosahedron]

Ah, thanks. Misunderstood 'wrote off'.
The concept of an 80 million dollar tax dodge just doesn't enter my working class head, I'm afraid.
I doubt if my entire life earnings would amount to even one percent of that.

 

[Rigel Stardin]

http://news.yahoo.com/who-knew/mega...uxury-mega-boats-they-are-today-30021396.html

Thought this was interest....

 

[DangerousThing]

Ah, thanks. Misunderstood 'wrote off'.
The concept of an 80 million dollar tax dodge just doesn't enter my working class head, I'm afraid.
I doubt if my entire life earnings would amount to even one percent of that.

One misconception about tax write-offs is that all the company does is write off the tax of the expense. So the company saved probably about 1/3 of $80 million, and probably over the expected lifetime of the sub. That is still more than I expect to earn in my lifetime though. And I'd still like that sub. Oh well.

 

[savage]

One misconception about tax write-offs is that all the company does is write off the tax of the expense. So the company saved probably about 1/3 of $80 million, and probably over the expected lifetime of the sub. That is still more than I expect to earn in my lifetime though. And I'd still like that sub. Oh well.

As a sales tool, it adds a certain amount of other options.

 

[Shadowrunner]

Lovely yacht and I smiled at the Bond comment, it's reminiscent of the Disco Volante very much. You can imagine a small special ops team loving this boat.

 

[Carlobrand]

Y'know, it's roughly the same volume as a Free Trader. 30 days primary O2, 10 days backup - if we could get a jump drive in there ...

 

[Icosahedron]

Y'know, it's roughly the same volume as a Free Trader. 30 days primary O2, 10 days backup - if we could get a jump drive in there ...

This is partly what I had in mind in the OP.
Traveller starships are designed like aircraft simply because they've always been done that way, but there's absolutely no reason why they can't be designed with a bridge in a conning tower and have an extended recreation deck external to the hull if the owner intended for them to 'land' in the sea quite often. There is absolutely no reason why a space yacht shouldn't double as a sea yacht/submarine with a bit of thoughtful design.