[gurps] [VEHICLE] of the week 632 - Archvillain's Yacht (1920s Version)

[Kurt Feltenberger]

I used to go deep sea fishing on a buddies yacht that was built at the
height of Prohibition as a rum-runner on the Bermuda-New England run.  She
was a steel hulled beast that ran to 75' in length and had a reinforced hull
capable of going through a couple inches of ice.  On a decent day she could
easily make 35 knots, after the engines were overhauled and tuned, she could
go faster.  

I have no problems with a larger boat going 30 knots in the 20's, it was
well within the technological prowess of the region.  Remember all those old
four stacker DDs we Lend-Leased to the UK at the start of WW2?  They were
30+ knot ships...

Kurt


>> > I'm not sure that a 120 foot heavy boot could be made to do 30 knots
>> > using 20's technology.
>>
>> Well, it is for the archvillain in a 20s-era cliffhangers game. So
>> it should push the envelope, just as James Bond's toys are just a
>> little ahead of today. The boat is still firmly TL6, but cinematic.
>
> Oh sure.  I'm not terribly concerned about reality when I game.  I
> mean, what's the fun in that?  If I want my villian to have a 30 knot
> yacht, he's got one.  (Well, if he were in 1800, he wouldn't, but you
> know what I mean.)   I point things out about your VOTW because there
> are people who do care, and because the vehicles rules aren't
> completely accurate.