Yacht

Md. Nurul Islam

[Jabdipur, Khulna; November 23, 2019: Saturday]

Yacht

                     Watercraft meant for pleasure and sports

Termed as yacht eliminating cost supports,

Charles II restricted it, a vessel of pleasure

Till today serves same purpose for leisure.       

Charter ones being a subset of yachts —

Continue as a business for earning profits

Ownership, if private or corporate entities

The paid crews call themselves yachties.         

Many stripped-out vessel type racing yacht

With less accommodation to reduce weight

Since sail-based vessel is known as sailboat,

Power-driven one readily be a 'power yacht'.      

Earlier yachts were made of wood or steel

Varied materials used now in body with keel

The most common are fiberglass, aluminum

Steel, carbon fiber or ferro-cement raresome.     

Yacht ensigns differ from that of merchant

Customs declaration needs to be coherent

Not carrying cargo and if any contradiction

Deemed to be the smuggling in jurisdiction.          

Sails in yachts being the prime propulsion

To run ahead effectively by wind-impulsion

Length ranges up to two hundred thirty feet

But ten meters, sizably in major cases befit.          

Modern yachts have efficient sail planning

Asper Bermuda rig to affirm easy racing,

These are sailing vessels partake in race—

Irrespective of size windward favor to face.          

Yachts are of varied types such as: Racing

Day sailing, luxury, weekender and cruising,

Composing lines on yacht ceases from end

Series of scopes rise in mind to be penned.    32

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Charles II : Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685)was the king of England, Scotland and Ireland. He was king of Scotland from 1649 until his deposition in 1651, and king of England, Scotland and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death.   

Strip out [verb] 1. (Mechanical Engineering) (tr) to remove the working parts of (a machine) 2. (Chemistry) to remove (a chemical or component) from a mixture

raresome (English)

Origin & history

From rare + - some

Adjective

raresome (comparative more raresome, superlative most raresome) — 1. Characterised or marked by rareness 1819, Catherine Hutton, Oakwood hall:

▪ 2015, Raja Rao, Collected Stories: 

And he became such a raresome success, that other women said: 'Shiv, if you came to me, you could have 10 per cent of it.'

Bermuda rig: A Bermuda rig, Bermudian rig, or Marconi rig is a configuration of mast and rigging for a type of sailboat and is the typical configuration for most modern sailboats. This configuration was developed in Bermuda in the 17th century; the term Marconi, a reference to the inventor of the radio, Guglielmo Marconi, became associated with this configuration in the early 20th century because the wires that stabilize the mast of a Bermuda rig reminded observers of the wires on early radio masts.

To be penned — to be written.