body of boat was made using a box that was sub-divided extruded etc etc to get the shape then the railings and othes splines ropes etc were added.
step 2 of 4
other features were modeled using beveled cylinders for the aerials, spheres for the lights etc.
step 3 of 4
the materials were added and the plane for the sea, had a matte/shadow material applied.
I put my photo in the environment slot of the renderer and after hours of playing with settings got one I liked, which was then touched up a little in photoshop.