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19-10-2012, 08:47
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Resin Head
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Location: Seattle WA
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Re: Nautical Oddities
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Originally Posted by Nicholson58
This has been fun and it has kept me up too late. Here are some of my favorites.
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My favorite is still this one, I believe it came from somewhere much earlier in this thread. Just think of the actual logistics involved in making this happen...
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19-10-2012, 10:56
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#782
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Registered User
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Boat: Dragonfly 1000 trimaran
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Re: Nautical Oddities
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Originally Posted by knottybuoyz
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What will that dock look like after big wind and waves???
Geesh.
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19-10-2012, 11:43
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Location: Chambly, Quebec, Canada
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Re: Nautical Oddities
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Originally Posted by knottybuoyz
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Are the ladies included in the package ????
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19-10-2012, 13:10
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Eastern Tennessee
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Re: Nautical Oddities
I'm not convinced it would handle a three foot wake from a powerboat. I also noticed neither of them were wearing life jackets while hanging over the swim platform like that. Also had the skipper backed up too far the two women would have been severely injured by being pinched between the deck of the dock and the transom.
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19-10-2012, 15:53
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Ohio
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Re: Nautical Oddities
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Originally Posted by knottybuoyz
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What - two bikini girls on the transom? I agree...
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19-10-2012, 16:25
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Resin Head
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Re: Nautical Oddities
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Originally Posted by Ex-Calif
What - two bikini girls on the transom? I agree...
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I'm guessing that one actually predates the anchor. Probably the very first boat accessory ever.
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19-10-2012, 20:18
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Back in Northern California working on the Ranch
Boat: Pearson 365 Sloop and 9' Fatty Knees.
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Re: Nautical Oddities
Ya...until the tide changes...
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19-10-2012, 21:09
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Re: Nautical Oddities
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Originally Posted by David M
I'm not convinced it would handle a three foot wake from a powerboat. I also noticed neither of them were wearing life jackets while hanging over the swim platform like that. Also had the skipper backed up too far the two women would have been severely injured by being pinched between the deck of the dock and the transom.
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Nah, one had a pretty good set of "fenders".
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20-10-2012, 08:47
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Re: Nautical Oddities
I have the feeling it is a garage type business. The first crushed finger should take care of that.
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21-10-2012, 17:03
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Resin Head
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Location: Seattle WA
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Re: Nautical Oddities
Don't forget this one. They tested a prototype in front of my marina years ago. Terrifying to watch. I read the numbers and they were really scary, couldn't believe they were right. They claimed the ceiling was 1,000 ft, top speed was 90 mph, and stall speed was around 60. That's a pretty small window for staying airborne! And who would be crazy enough to take this thing up more than a few hundred feet!?
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21-10-2012, 17:20
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Location: Eastern Tennessee
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Re: Nautical Oddities
People seem to create unique ways of killing themselves almost every day. The good news is this tendency in some people helps to keep the world population lower than it would be otherwise. The bad news is that this genetic trait is less likely to be carried forward to their offspring given they are less likely to survive to reproduce.
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21-10-2012, 17:32
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Re: Nautical Oddities
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Originally Posted by minaret
Don't forget this one. They tested a prototype in front of my marina years ago. Terrifying to watch. I read the numbers and they were really scary, couldn't believe they were right. They claimed the ceiling was 1,000 ft, top speed was 90 mph, and stall speed was around 60. That's a pretty small window for staying airborne! And who would be crazy enough to take this thing up more than a few hundred feet!?
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Might have a niche market, say in those with a passion for fishing just above the Niagara, Victoria or Angel Falls...
The engine would have to start reliably, though....
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21-10-2012, 17:38
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Resin Head
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Re: Nautical Oddities
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Originally Posted by Andrew Troup
Might have a niche market, say in those with a passion for fishing just above the Niagara, Victoria or Angel Falls...
The engine would have to start reliably, though....
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Oh, there's a bunch of them out there.
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21-10-2012, 17:55
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Re: Nautical Oddities
This is my favourite, it looks to me like good fun, safe and relatively efficient.
Seems possible it might have a few wrinkles, eg I wonder if it could travel up tricky rapids with rocky ledges better than a conventional jetboat? (due to the "bow lift" potential, and the fact that it's towed might make low speed manoeuvres safer - less risk of getting spun downstream, perhaps?.)
Might even be able to earn a bit of money on the side, removing guano from moored boats... ;-)
(whether they need it or not !)
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21-10-2012, 18:00
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Resin Head
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Seattle WA
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Re: Nautical Oddities
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Originally Posted by Andrew Troup
This is my favourite, it looks to me like good fun, safe and relatively efficient.
Seems possible it might have a few wrinkles, eg I wonder if it could travel up tricky rapids with rocky ledges better than a conventional jetboat? (due to the "bow lift" potential, and the fact that it's towed might make low speed manoeuvres safer - less risk of getting spun downstream, perhaps?.)
Might even be able to earn a bit of money on the side, removing guano from moored boats... ;-)
(whether they need it or not !)
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I MUST HAVE ONE!!!
Wonder what happens if you get your leg under the jet stream...
It WOULD make the ultimate boat pressure washer.
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