A yacht /ˈjɒt/ is a recreational boat or ship. The term originates from the Dutch word jacht "hunt", and was originally defined as a light fast sailing vessel used by the Dutch navy to pursue pirates and other transgressors around and into the shallow waters of the Low Countries. After its selection by Charles II of England as the vessel to carry him to England from the Netherlands for his restoration in 1660, it came to be used to mean a vessel used to convey important persons.
Modern use of the term designates two different classes of watercraft, sailing and power boats. Yachts differ from working ships mainly by their leisure purpose, and it was not until the rise of the steamboat and other types of powerboat that sailing vessels in general came to be perceived as luxury, or recreational vessels. Later the term came to encompass motor boats for primarily private pleasure purposes as well.
Yacht lengths generally range from 10 metres (33 ft) up to dozens of meters (hundreds of feet). A luxury craft smaller than 12 metres (39 ft) is more commonly called a cabin cruiser or simply a cruiser. A superyacht generally refers to any yacht (sail or power) above 24 m (79 ft) and a megayacht generally refers to any yacht over 50 metres (164 ft). This size is small in relation to typical cruise liners and oil tankers.
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Yacht (stylized as YACHT, Y△CHT or Y▲CHT) is an American band from Portland, Oregon, currently based in Los Angeles, California. The core group consists of Jona Bechtolt and Claire L. Evans, but expands to include Rob "Bobby Birdman" Kieswetter and Jeffrey Brodsky as touring members.
Yacht has released albums on States Rights Records, Marriage Records, DFA Records, and Downtown Records.
Bechtolt chose the name Yacht in reference to Y.A.C.H.T., an alternative school in Portland, Oregon. Bechtolt told Spin, "It stands for Young Americans Challenging High Technology. It refers to an education program that was held in Portland, Oregon. I was enrolled when I was 16, back in 1996."
Yacht was Bechtolt's solo project from 2002 to 2008. During this period, he released three albums, Super Warren MMIV, Mega and I Believe in You. Your Magic Is Real, on record labels in the Pacific Northwest area.
A yacht is a boat and also a sailing class (sailing yacht).
The term Yacht may also refer to:
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Maltreated by demons of wrath
Stheno's eating your guts
Euryale's drinking your blood
Abused by a living nightmare
Took away your innocence
Taken by a trusted illusion
Reality is no heaven
Escape into sleepless nights
Purgatory's burning
Evil's face's shining
Staring into the Gorgon's eyes
Fate has spoken
Damaged your brain
You're good forsaken
Just getting insane
Don't look in the mirror
Perversion hits you twice
Satisfaction's an error
But deliverance's the price
Sell your ground body
Just for silly luck
Loathing's what you feel
Incites your boiling blood
One beast dies, another is born
The eyes of the Gorgon they lived on
As a gift of monstrosity
Transmitted from father to son
One thought in the predators mind
Revenge for all he had to suffer
All subhuman shall sigh
He was tough, but the world was tougher
The victim can't see
The snakes on his head
His eyes start to bleed
While he's feeding the mad
No place in hell, less on earth
Buried alive is more than forlorn
Crying one tear, it is not worth
So take this farewell, Robert John!
[Epilogue:]
They have a mouth, but cannot speak
Eyes, but they don't see
They have ears, but they don't hear
A nose and they cannot smell
Unable to touch with their hands
Cannot walk with their feet