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I (also the OP) am refitting a small (25ft) yacht I bought for £1. Eccentric enough? What if I told you I had never sailed a yacht and it is about a 4 hour drive to get to it? AMA

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What's the definition of a yacht? I used to talk about small yachts like yours until somebody called me out and said boats that small aren't yachts. I looked it up and I'm pretty sure they were right.

Buying a boat that size is definitely something I want to do some day.

There is no sticht definition of a yacht. Normally it would be a pleasure craft. Generally a dinghy is anything that doesn't have a ballasted keel. A dinghy sized open boat with a ballasted keel would be called a keelboat for racing, or a dayboat for cruising. I guess a cabin you can sleep in makes it a yacht, although I just as often call it a sailboat. But absolutely it can be a yacht at 25ft in uk parlance. In contrast to an open boat it weighs 2.5 metric tonnes and it wouldn't be legal to tow it behind your car.

Yeah, I would call your boat a yacht too because of the sleeping cabin.

Lots of videos of this on YouTube, I enjoy them. Total money pit but fun to watch

I'm doing lots of unconventional things to keep the cost down. But having a boat in a yard is expensive in itself

The fact there are so many on YouTube is the main reason I didn't do this. I decided noone would be interested in my quirks or my slow progress!

I salute you sir. Sounds good that.

Why thank you. It saved it from being scrapped, and I have a cosy place to sleep on the other side of the country.

Edit: (Cozy ish. A bit too much water coming in so far)

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