New Concept Cat from Boeing

[CarlF]

This new cat (Called the SPX for "Sea Based X-Band Radar") currently on the way to North Korea seems to have a lot of advantages as a potential cruising cat:

Plenty of bridge deck clearance to avoid wave slap

Excellent stability - especially with ballast tanks flooded to increase draft from 10M to 30M. No rolling at anchor - even in mid ocean.

Engine noise a long, long way from accommodations

Combination dinghy davit and helipad

Good bracing between hulls

Fits on Dockwise transports

Dual hybrid drive provides cruising speed of 8 knots from 12 megawatt genset.

Charter layout sleeps 85

Excellent radar - can track a baseball in San Francisco from the Chesapeake (I'm not making this up!) so tracking missiles over Pyongyang should be easy.

[David M]

A hybrid eh? Well, that explains the speed and the complexity.

[TaoJones]

How did knottybuoyz miss getting this in his Nautical Oddities thread?

TaoJones

[GMac]

Go to windward well but I think she would burn more than a few gallons an hour.

[markpj23]

Proving again that cats are pretty!

[oscar]

Just don't plan on walking on deck if you plan on having more children....

[Live to Dive]

Originally Posted by oscar

Just don't plan on walking on deck if you plan on having more children....

If memory serves, radar uses microwaves, you'd be fried in a few seconds.
Lol.

[unbusted67]

Originally Posted by oscar

Just don't plan on walking on deck if you plan on having more children....

Seriously I have cancer just looking at that thing.

[shipofools]

I wonder how high it points with that odd looking sail.