Can anyone find a weirder boat?

[Tiny Turnip]

Totally inspired by VeryTricky's excellent 'more beautiful boat' thread, I wondered if there might be interest in seeing what strange creations we can unearth.

Here are some starters: all real, and all floating!

The Monofoil - under development to break the sailing speed record.
www.monofoil.com

http://www.monofoil.com//boat/graphics/models/mk5.jpg

the semi-submersible heavy-lift ship MV Blue Marlin, carrying the damaged USS Cole

http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2006-07/blue-marlin-transport-ship.jpg

Richart Sowa's Spiral Island, built from 250 000 plastic bottles

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2165/2045198181_1d785bddcd_o.jpg

a hydrofoil DUKW

http://www.foils.org/gallery/flyingd.jpg

FLIP (FLoating Instrument Platform)
http://sio.ucsd.edu/voyager/flip/images/flipping/3.jpg

Francis Reynolds Hydrocopter

http://www.foils.org/hydrocopter2s.jpg http://www.foils.org/hydrocopter1s.jpg

and USS Wolverine, one of two paddle steamer aircraft carrier trainers which operated on lake Michigan.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/USS_Wolverine_IX-64.jpg

So, can anyone find a weirder boat? :)

[SamSam]

Here's a few odd ones, nothing like the "hydrocopter" or the "monofoil" though.

[charmc]

" Three years ago (1872) the first design for a circular iron-clad was submitted by Admiral Popoff to the Imperial Russian Admiralty... The extreme diameter of the hull of the Novgorod is 101 feet...The engines for propelling the ship, 6 in number, give motion to 6 independent screws, having parallel shafts placed in a longitudinal directions. ... The great advantage of the circular form is that it enables a vessel to be built of small draught of water, with the greatest displacement as compared with weight it is possible to give her. From this account it is evident that the present idea of a circular vessel has nothing in common with any project of the kind which has hitherto appeared, but is in fact an extraordinary development of the principle."

Edit add:
They were slow, poorly maneuverable, and vulnerable to plunging fire. Worst though, was that the off-axis recoil of the guns would impart a centrifugal rotation to the ship

Displacement: 2,491 tons
2,671 tons at full load
Length: 30.8 m
Beam: 30.8 m
Draught: 3.75 m
Propulsion: 8 coal-fired boilers, 6 screws, 2,000 ihp
Speed: 7 knots

[tinhorn]

Worst though, was that the off-axis recoil of the guns would impart a centrifugal rotation to the ship

That cracked me up. Can you imagine the "Oh, crap!" forehead slap when they first discovered this?

[charmc]

I have a feeling this was one of those ships on which each sailor assigned said "WTF!" when he first saw it, and "I could have told those stupid grand admirals this would happen!" when the first gun was fired and it began to spin ...

[Meanz Beanz]

Probably not weirder but this design deserves a look in, she'd have been a very odd sight in her day!

[Guest625101138]

I think this one ranks well in the weird category.

Rick W.

[Landlubber]

Yep, it is weird Rick, but I see no use for it, all that work for little play.....have you any idea what it is supposed to be used for , or is it just a pic. There is a lot of time and effort gone into this mess, wonder why.

[Landlubber]

“Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.” Leon J. Suenes

[Guest625101138]

Yep, it is weird Rick, but I see no use for it, all that work for little play.....have you any idea what it is supposed to be used for , or is it just a pic. There is a lot of time and effort gone into this mess, wonder why.

It was my second attempt to test submerged buoyancy as a means of reducing wave drag. It predated my use of Michlet and was modelled on an efficient submarine hull with enough outrigger buoyancy to stay stable.

It proved very difficult to mount and if you accelerated fast the front outrigger would lift about 2m out of the water and stay in that attitude until speed dropped below 5kph.

I later analysed the design with Michlet and I realised the wave drag did not become insignificant until the submerged part was more then 3ft below the surface. This would have made it even more difficult to use.

Just part of an interesting education on boats with the objective of lowering drag.

It rode very smoothly as it was unaffected by small chop - like SWATH vessel. I imagine it was quite a sight but could not convince any of my sons to photograph me on it. It is now in many pieces - some reused.

Rick W.

[Landlubber]

Well you deserve congratulations on putting your money where your mouth is mate. Life is one long learning experience, Australia is certainly one country of invention, my grandfather was a member of the Inventors Society, unfortunately I can make one for you, but cannot invent much at all, must be the right and the left side of the brain business.

I am working in China, boatbuilding, at present, they seem to be great copiers of inventions, but i have seen NOTHING original here, other than Game Boy tech nonsence.

[Meanz Beanz]

Is that an electrically operated rudder up front? or are they just loose ropes?

Edit: Nah they are just ropes... no?

[masalai]

I bet that is a rudder, connected to "strings?" he he (sorry Rick, could not resist the cheekiness......)

[charmc]

It was my second attempt to test submerged buoyancy as a means of reducing wave drag. It predated my use of Michlet and was modelled on an efficient submarine hull with enough outrigger buoyancy to stay stable.

It proved very difficult to mount and if you accelerated fast the front outrigger would lift about 2m out of the water and stay in that attitude until speed dropped below 5kph.

I later analysed the design with Michlet and I realised the wave drag did not become insignificant until the submerged part was more then 3ft below the surface. This would have made it even more difficult to use.

Just part of an interesting education on boats with the objective of lowering drag.

It rode very smoothly as it was unaffected by small chop - like SWATH vessel. I imagine it was quite a sight but could not convince any of my sons to photograph me on it. It is now in many pieces - some reused.

Rick W.

Kudos to you, Rick! Think outside the box and then build the sucker.Maybe it works, maybe not. If not, you learned a few things and the next project may be a little closer to the ideal.

Not a bad way to spend a part of your life.

[Knut Sand]

I later analysed the design with Michlet and I realised the wave drag did not become insignificant until the submerged part was more then 3ft below the surface. This would have made it even more difficult to use.

Just part of an interesting education on boats with the objective of lowering drag.


Thank you, Rick, then I've learnt something today! :)

Deeper than I had imagined then...:confused:

[charmc]

Probably not weirder but this design deserves a look in, she'd have been a very odd sight in her day!

Yea, "odd" when she was at the back of the fleet in light airs; "illegal" after the wind picked up and she passed all the "sandbaggers", the high tech monos of the day. "... 'Sandbaggers’. These were 15 to 30 feet shoal draft, wide beam, planing, over canvassed vessels with enormous bowsprits and sternsprits. Their nickname derives from the dozen or so 50-pound bags filled with sand that the crew moved across the wide, open cockpit with every tack.

Monos with lightweight planing hulls, huge rigs and moveable ballast? Multihulls with innovative construction techniques? Some things haven't changed much in 130 years. :D :D

[Landlubber]

The need for speed......it gets us all sometime in our lives.

[Tiny Turnip]

Some great stuff there gentlemen- thankyou! particularly enjoying the oil drum house boat and the circular ironclad. I love that Victorian total confidence in invention- like the horrific submerged caisson lock on the Somerset levels coal canal - I'll see if I can find some pictures to post.
and RiCk - definitely weird! I really enjoyyour work- the interplay of evolution/revolution in design generally fascinates me. that was one of the things behind the thread. the amaryllis also portrays the design revolution thing really well.
Rick, With the bouyancy submerged, is the relationship with Weight/displacement really critical, or does the outriggers bouyancy give a bit of margin for error?

[Guillermo]

Some weird ones.

Cheers.

[masalai]

Guillermo,
Your postings reminded me of a video on one of our commercial TV channels featuring what some crazy inuit did in their spare time - something like those "big wheel" specials that drive over and crush a lot of old cars, but these guys delighted in climbing up steep hills carved out by the passage of iceflows or something then they moved to getting a run-up and seeing how far they could go over the water - quite spectacular, with NO MARGIN for engine failure as NON FLOATING and relying on tread (squared ribs) and rotational speed as well as vehicle velocity, to remain afloat - managed about 1000 meters over water, then a hotted up snow-ski-mobile thingie had a race with one of the trucks - both finished, truck won.... Bloody mad but good entertainment to watch...

[the1much]

hmmm,,lost my otha pics,,,dam "meds" hehe ;)

[Meanz Beanz]

Yea, "odd" when she was at the back of the fleet in light airs; "illegal" after the wind picked up and she passed all the "sandbaggers",

In the best traditions of the club :D willing to beat you on or off the course :p or right off the course if required!

[artemis]

I have a feeling this was one of those ships on which each sailor assigned said "WTF!" when he first saw it, and "I could have told those stupid grand admirals this would happen!" when the first gun was fired and it began to spin ...
And can you imagine what it was like to be in the forward deckhouse when those guns were fired directly overhead.:eek:

[Tiny Turnip]

Seeing some interesting older threads resurfacing, I thought I'd give this one a little bump with a couple of images:

http://floatery.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/boat20.jpg

What is somewhere on the 'quite interesting to rather scarey' scale is that pumpkin regattas are becoming so popular that apparently:

'An interesting trend is how boat racing has begun to influence the breeding and growing of pumpkins.

James Nienhuis a U. Wisconsin professor of Horticulture has crossed the Atlantic Giant Pumpkin (a racing favorite) with a pink banana squash to improve its shape.

Leo Swinimer of Novia Scotia, a champion racer, has developed techniques to coax a better a boat shape out of his giant pumpkins'


(www.the Floatery.com December 10 2008) (http://floatery.com/?p=212)

A world where boats are not built but grown, and not designed but bred. I'm getting a watery Cinderella theme here...

[Tiny Turnip]

And closer to home (for me)

http://www.theshed.co.uk/robbienew.gif

That is indeed a boat made from a giant, varnished yorkshire pudding, racing in an annual event organised by Simon Thackray of 'the Shed.'

Apparently, one year when foot and mouth disease prohibited access to the river used as the course, a trough was built to allow the racing of normal sized yorkshire puddings that had been fitted with motors and radio control...

[jmolan]

Just saw this at the Port Townsend Wooded boat festival this weekend. A wooden framed, inflatable sailboat. It looked to be 40' or so, sloop rigged. Saw him motor out of the harbor. It was an "ugly duckling" among all the glitter and shine of the perfect look boats. Looked plenty tough....:-)

[hoytedow]

Check out this website: www.flyboat.co.uk

[narwhal]

Check out this website: www.flyboat.co.uk

Interesting, but it seems to be more of a variant on the seaplane theme than a boat. I think I remember an article on this concept in Popular Mechanics some years back.

[hoytedow]

Except that it can't really fly. Once it loses ground effect, it loses lift, so the altitude you see in the pictures is pretty much the maximum altitude it can reach, ala the flying fish.

[Squidly-Diddly]

It is in full view of the highway off Redwood City in a storage yard on the east side the highway. It has been sitting there for at least 20 years.

I'll try to find my camera.

[rwatson]

Sorry guys - I started a new thread wit ha weird design before I know what was going on here.

http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/boat-design/oh-wow-there-has-got-prize-design-29227.html

This is the design - you just have to admire the mind behind :-)

[kach22i]

I've posted many odd boats in the Random Picture thread, but most of these are new to me.

Nice work guys.:)

[tkk]

An amphibious pedal vehicle from Finland

http://personal.eunet.fi/pp/davinci/amfibio.jpg

[Wynand N]

my contribution - bass boat for the budget conscious amongst us:cool:

[sabahcat]

I think this one ranks well in the weird category.

Rick W.

Hmmm

http://www.solarnavigator.net/yellow_pages_endeavour_trimaran.htm

Not quite the same, missing the middle hull but the colours the same (-;

[jehardiman]

Winans "Cigar" ships. Some prototypes were actually built.

http://home.att.net/~karen.crisafulli/images/ILN1858sepia.gif

http://home.att.net/~karen.crisafulli/CigarBoats.html

[Squidly-Diddly]

I think this might have real applications in both reducing 'felt wave action' and giving hydrofoils something to do during their 'off-peak' hours.

First thing I would investigate is if flippers on the stern or midships could be added as well.

How about Anti-Roll flipper power?

Boating and Sailing News (http://yachtpals.com/boating/news) 06 Mar 2008
http://yachtpals.com/files/userimages/waveboat1.jpg

[rwatson]

Hey, lets not forget our very own Rick Willoughby and all the other Human Powered Weirdos :-)

http://www.humanpoweredboats.com/Photos/OtherDisplacementHPBs/OtherDisplacementHPBs.htm

[Tiny Turnip]

Some great stuff there, bizarre and fascinating.

here's another, belonging to Australian musician Josh Pyke

http://www.walyou.com/img/guitar-boat-acoustic-guitar-creation-1.jpg

And here is the video... (http://guitarboat.com/)

[rwatson]

Heeeey - got another great one from
http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/boat-design/best-design-minimalist-trailerable-coastal-cruising-14040-5.html

[Itchy&Scratchy]

Id like to see the underside of that guitar-boat. Seems to swim pretty well.
Looks pretty cool.
J

[pistnbroke]

not wierd but a one off .......beats all the PWC regs in australia

[Tiny Turnip]

That amphibian is sweet.

I'm probably breaking my own rules here, but this does my head in. Carp fishing is a very big deal in the UK, and predictably, Carp fishing gear is big business.
So, to reach prime spots under trees banks, or way out in the middle of lakes, they use specially designed radio controlled boats to drop ground bait, and even use them to place the line and hook, instead of casting. They have lights, for night use, and miniature echo fish finders. No, really.

http://www.comparebaitboats.com/

video here. (http://www.fishtec.co.uk/ProductDetailInfoWithOptions.cfm?ID=TFG-BOAT-PATRIOT&ShopRef=40&Prime=Yes&shopListRec=38435)

http://www.comparebaitboats.com/waverunner-atom-bait-boats/waverunner-atom-bait-boat-big.jpg

http://www.comparebaitboats.com/viper-euro-bait-boats/viper-euro-bait-boat-big.jpg

[D.I.M.1]

try the Flying Dutchman from Pirates of the Caribbean.

[boat fan]

8000 FourX Gold "tinnies", glued together with more than a dozen cartons of silicone , and 2 years collecting the cans.

[lewisboats]

Collecting or imbibing?...a labour of love :D

[Tiny Turnip]

Erm, lets see. 3 guys, 2 years, or 730 days, 8000 cans. That's just a steady 4 cans a day then.

I guess that proves they AAAAAAARRRRR! real pirates...

Definitely a thing of beauty. Not sure I'd want to sit on that poop deck if its just held on with silicon though.

[boat fan]

Collecting or imbibing?...a labour of love :D



"Just got to go out for a while honey" .... " to get stuff for the boat ....." :D:D:D:D

[boat fan]

Not sure I'd want to sit on that poop deck if its just held on with silicon though.



Sikaflex....:D

[Tiny Turnip]

Was that Sikaaaaarrrrrflex? :D

[Tiny Turnip]

maybe a little reinforcement with Gaffaaaaarrrrr tape would help...

[rwatson]

Carp fishing is a very big deal in the UK, and predictably, Carp fishing gear is big business....

I just cant get my head around it - we have Carp by the ton here in Aussie, we mulch them for fertiliser.

What on earth do you do with carp when you catch them ????

[masalai]

I suppose there are some pommies who would eat almost anything?

[lewisboats]

It's the fight...not the food that is valued. Still...they make pretty good fish cakes.

[Velsia]

Posted on sailing anarchy recently

[Tiny Turnip]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tiny Turnip
Carp fishing is a very big deal in the UK, and predictably, Carp fishing gear is big business....
I just cant get my head around it - we have Carp by the ton here in Aussie, we mulch them for fertiliser.

What on earth do you do with carp when you catch them ????

you get a passer by to take a photo of you and the carp, and then send it into a carp magazine...

[boat fan]

http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DUO4cw565V98&ei=FPjMSpe0LY_ysQOe59TJDg&usg=AFQjCNFAjNQV0Xc89QY0L4rulh3Wi7EOpA&sig2=hfAudRI3a83Ha9XG4G9inQ

[Tiny Turnip]

Extraordinary! somehow that manages to be very cool, very sad and very hilarious at the same time! I note it isn't the driver but the passenger, (the skipper not the crew?) hauling their stomach back in over the door cill! 'Try not to get the champagne leather upholstery damp, darling' Not as expensive as it might be - I guess? - but fancy using 'Chick Magnet' as your slogan! I think I can now forgive the staff writer for 'UK match angler magazine' for beginning his review of the 'Viper Storm' RC bait boat with the phrase 'Now we get down to complete Awesomeness!' I need a drink...

[hoytedow]

So, that's what happened to all those goldfish I flushed when I was a kid!

[masalai]

Silly boy, did you not know that one in five is a fabled "babel-fish"? - - - - You should see the google translation lab, - - all these fish in bowls listening to conversations, (some generated by text to speech programs), and sending out digitalised translations to all the Internet enquiries - fascinating stuff).........

[Tiny Turnip]

Speaking of Babel fish Mas, although they normally manage the most picturesque translations,

Google translate surpassed them with a lovely job on the gift certificate for Grune-flotte's pedal boats. (http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.gruene-flotte.de/&ei=SBfNSoycBc-C4Qbww5D2BQ&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dgrune%2Bflotte%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1C1CHNU_enGB345GB345)

they should be on this thread anyway...

http://www.gruene-flotte.de/dia/1002/26.jpg

http://www.gruene-flotte.de/dia/1002/10.jpg

http://www.gruene-flotte.de/dia/1002/17.jpg

[hoytedow]

Too cool, mas. I'll have to keep an eye on them little buggers.

[boat fan]

somehow that manages to be very cool, very sad and very hilarious at the same time!



Funny Tiny Turnip.......Excatly what I thought too....:D

The " CHICK MAGNET " slogan gives a hint of the target audience I guess....

[boat fan]

:d:d:d

[Tiny Turnip]

The 24 person rowing shell, Stampfli Express:

http://www.staempfli-boats.ch/news/24er/armadacup1.jpg
(is it just me, or is it a bit bent?)

[masalai]

I think it is bent as in penis/gay or whatever your imagination allows.... Always one or two out of step:?::?::?::?::?:

[ancient kayaker]

Maybe it's optimised for racing around a circular course? The guy in the middle is goofing off, and it doesn't appear to be actually moving through the water although all the others are splashing madly.

[Knut Sand]

Designed for lefthanded oarsmen? The bend will correct the more force applied to the oars by the left arm...? :confused:

[Knut Sand]

A true candidate here:

http://www.fvn.no/fvntv/article691483.ece

http://images.google.no/imgres?imgurl=http://www.nrk.no/contentfile/file/1.6651361!f11CropList/img174x174.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/sorlandet/1.6651298&usg=__9Ve1fJHbft1AGn8f16FCOFurWcg=&h=174&w=174&sz=10&hl=no&start=3&um=1&tbnid=6F9r6jPYsIcB6M:&tbnh=100&tbnw=100&prev=/images%3Fq%3Db%25C3%25A5t%2Bpirolt%26hl%3Dno%26rlz%3D1T4GGLJ_enNO310%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1

Its been travelling from Norway to Germany and back, garbage as the main source for parts....

The name is KYS, translated that's for:

Love
Humble(ness?)
Pain (the "S" for pain was added during the trip...).

Quote: "We didn't know how to build a boat, but we did it".

[Tiny Turnip]

Mas, when I wrote that I was so biting my tongue. I'm always concious of my own pedal boat being a *bit* gay, even when loaded up with hubba hubba (tm) lobster creels. My 20 year old step daughters would definitely put this picture way into the *so* gay category!
Terry, Knut - its got to be. the outrigger canoe we built for a raft race in the summer you could paddle with everyone on one side, and we *definitely* built that straight on the campsite. Sure of it. Absolutely. Straight as a die.
Knut -that's terrifying. especially the video.
Just looked at the Stampfli Express website, and its a modular build. Gonna point Sean H at it now. Mwahahahaha!

[boat fan]

Quote: "We didn't know how to build a boat, but we did it".[/quote]


http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/attachments/boat-design/36185d1255534007-can-anyone-find-weirder-boat-kys.jpg




......and they STILL don`t....:D

[Knut Sand]

Terry, Knut - its got to be. the outrigger canoe we built for a raft race in the summer you could paddle with everyone on one side, and we *definitely* built that straight on the campsite. Sure of it. Absolutely. Straight as a die.

So, then it's probably the earth's curvature then.....:D

btw; I also like the vid of KYS... Especially the way it takes the waves, or not, come to think of it... Seen the creation IRL a couple of times, also in operation. What strikes me is the absolutely positive attitude of the builders... Notthin' gonna take them down (mentally).

[boat fan]

btw; I also like the vid of KYS... Especially the way it takes the waves, or not, come to think of it... Seen the creation IRL a couple of times, also in operation. What strikes me is the absolutely positive attitude of the builders... Notthin' gonna take them down (mentally).

You might like the " attitude " of the builders Knut .....but I sure don`t like the " attitude " of the boat in what appears to be only minor swell...:D

Especially the way it takes the waves, or not...

" Or not " is right...:p Never seen a cat that so desperately wants to be a..... sub ......:D Another Rescue or disaster waiting to happen.................

[Tiny Turnip]

Been looking for this for a while - I saw it in Sausalito in the late 80's. Now a well known restaurant in San Francisco. Not only does it float, but it steers too.

http://cache.virtualtourist.com/1571057-Forbes_Island-San_Francisco.jpg

And its freaking bonkers! but in a good way...

[boat fan]

Where do they " steer " it to ?
Do they move it under cover of darkness to confuse the customers ? :D

I kind of like the look of it.I want one.

[capnl]

what about this one.....

someone took a inland-waters-cargo-ship (Kempenaar), cut it in 3 parts, removed the cargo-hold-part and welded the two remaining parts together :confused:

he was obviously looking for the meaning of the word "ugly"

[joco]

here one cool outfit.

its here in ottawa/ontario.

this one almost hit me(in kayak..)..can you imagine in the news paper..

a kayaker as been run over a bus...:D :confused: hahahhaha

took those pict aprox 3 weeks ago.

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll158/paddlefishermans/IMG_5323.jpg



http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll158/paddlefishermans/IMG_5325.jpg


joco.

the company that make them is not that far fromehere they use to have a jeep like that to..cool stuff.

[cameron.d.mm]

Hey, I've seen that big red thing driving around town. I haven't met it in the canal yet though!

I'll have to watch out next summer, now that I know it is prowling the waterways.

[Doug Lord]

Ugly may be kind for this ship-saw it leave Port Canaveral today. At the time I had no clue what it was-found out it is a car carrier:

[wardd]

i think that was inspired by a shoe box

[hoytedow]

Doug Lord,
It looks well designed for its purpose, however. There is a reason why shoeboxes look like shoeboxes.

[joco]

cameron.

i think it only goes on the ottawa river. this is where i took those pict at the marina de hull.

joco

[cameron.d.mm]

That makes sense joco. I looks like it would fill most of the canal's width at the narrower points near Dow's lake.

[I57]

Found this pic in Ricks report of 2009 Murray Marathon, wonder if it takes tourists?

Ian

[sand groper]

39826

39827
A couple in their 70's built this. Plastic olive drums plus deck plus shed and outboard = heaven.
Note nav light - rotating orange !

[rwatson]

39826

39827
A couple in their 70's built this. Plastic olive drums plus deck plus shed and outboard = heaven.

Well, those pictures alone would answer 75% of all posts in the Design area. How many "cheap floating rafts" and "how much can plastic drums support" threads exist ? :-)

[Landlubber]

....boatbuilding in the 2000's....wow we have really advanced ourselves eh....unfortunately, that is about all that we will be able to afford in the next few years the way governments are spending out taxes.......

[Headonz]

I especially like the astro turf on the top deck,nice touch.

http://www.pbase.com/lindsaygilliland/image/120891010/original.jpg

[Sheepy]

http://bill_sandifer.tripod.com/minimalistboater/

[Landlubber]

....oh dear, oh dear, oh dear....i am lost for words....

[souljour2000]

I think I found another one....

[Tiny Turnip]

This could probably have gone on a number of threads...

http://www.militaryimages.net/photopost/data/585/Meroka.JPG

[jehardiman]

This could probably have gone on a number of threads...

http://www.militaryimages.net/photopost/data/585/Meroka.JPG

Goose market hunting sneakboat?

[souljour2000]

Obviously a designer of high caliber...:D

[stonedpirate]

puns arent allowed in this thread :P

[lewisboats]

You have me over a barrel...
Some accuse me of shooting my mouth off...
PRESENT....ARMS!!!

[hoytedow]

It is time to muzzle this line of nonsense.

[Landlubber]

...or else, just go out with a bang.....(this would be a good one for the pirate thread)

[FAST FRED]

Those pipes may be the propulsion?

For every action ,,,,


Perhaps rapid reloading , heavy projectiles is the means of going forward.

Would be interesting to see it dock!

FF

[hoytedow]

Those pipes may be the propulsion?

For every action ,,,,


Perhaps rapid reloading , heavy projectiles is the means of going forward.

Would be interesting to see it dock!

FFEvery time you fire, you retreat a little.

[Wynand N]

Singer Sir Elton John knew the owner of that boat and dedicated one of his songs to him as a tribute....

[Angélique]

I moved this post (http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/open-discussion/random-picture-thread-11052-202.html#post358852) from the ‘Random Picture Thread’ as I think this is a weird boat and it fits better here . . . .

http://sepientia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/boat-07.jpg

http://sepientia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/boat-01.jpg

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http://sepientia.com/2010/03/s-o-s-if-someone-comes-to-help-you-be-surprised/

:confused: Angel :confused:

[daiquiri]

http://sepientia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/boat-06.jpg

This one is the best! I can imagine faces of the people watching the scene! :D
LOL, LOL and re-LOL. :D :D :D

[hoytedow]

Astounding! Or outstanding or ass-standing. I'm not sure. . . .

[MatthewDS]

This fellow eventually added a big steel dorsal fin(for lights) and a 200+hp outboard. It had bow planes, so I assume the plan was to drive the bow below the surface while moving forward. Unfortunately, it had so much drag, mostly all it did was create huge wakes, and entertain bystanders.

42294
42295

[hoytedow]

When did Evinrudes start running underwater?

[MatthewDS]

@hoytedow,
Nobody said the design was perfect!

It also has a truck axle welded to the bottom, to make it easier to launch on the boat ramp.
42296

I should note, before anybody gets the wrong idea. This isn't MY submarine, it was simply moored at a harbor I spent a lot of time in.

[Landlubber]

...one would imagine that if you can afford a big outboard like that, the owner would have enough brains to understand a few more relevant engineering principles

[WestVanHan]

This one is particularly hideous-may be a practical thing but I had the misfortune to lay eyes on it once while visiting Seattle....

http://www.pacificboatbrokers.com/images.asp?File_Number=PS2993

[mark775]

Han, you have, indeed, set the bar high. In fact, so high that I am going to take a drive, myself, and find a specimen in this land of home-made and cobbled together. I believe I know where to look but pray I don't bring a curse down upon us all with this most hidious thing, vile, corruption of God's law, wanton waste of raw material, Medusa, and home of the powers of darkness and evil. I will present...The Albatross (after this build-up, I hope I can find it!).

[troy2000]

This one is particularly hideous-may be a practical thing but I had the misfortune to lay eyes on it once while visiting Seattle....

http://www.pacificboatbrokers.com/images.asp?File_Number=PS2993
Wow. Hideous is the word for it. I scrolled through all the pictures, and it's just as sterile and ugly inside as it is outside.

Excuse me while I go wash my eyes with bleach water.....

[hoytedow]

...one would imagine that if you can afford a big outboard like that, the owner would have enough brains to understand a few more relevant engineering principlesAt least it isn't made out of concrete.:p :p :p

[captainsideburn]

I've always like this one

[tspeer]

I moved this post (http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/open-discussion/random-picture-thread-11052-202.html#post358852) from the ‘Random Picture Thread’ as I think this is a weird boat and it fits better here . . . .

http://sepientia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/boat-07.jpg

...

What does it rate?

[WestVanHan]

I understand money shortages,bad luck,etc but with probably similar effort and $$,it could have been at least styled a little.

And it's not so much the esthetics (well,actually it is)-but resaleability.
It's usually hard enough selling a boat,why make it harder by styling it after an LSD induced vision of a Mad Max inspired nightmare?

The funkiest floating homes I have seen are those built with little money.
Imaginative use of driftwood,bottles,ropes,logs etc is something I can respect.
Welding up sheets of steel into a box I can't.

I'd rather live in a Davidson Tugger

[captainsideburn]

What does it rate?

I reckon its awesome !!!!

[hoytedow]

The table photo is on this very thread a few months back, btw.

[mark775]

Turns out the owner of the Albatross I was going to delight you with got wind of my intent and moved the boat to Seward a day early. In fairness, his other boat is an all time favorite and I'll share it - the American Beauty, an 108' Marco, not weird but magnificent...
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(A sister)

[eyes]

I've just found this...

[Erich_870]

@hoytedow,
Nobody said the design was perfect!

It also has a truck axle welded to the bottom, to make it easier to launch on the boat ramp.
42296

I should note, before anybody gets the wrong idea. This isn't MY submarine, it was simply moored at a harbor I spent a lot of time in.

Lol,

That ingenious gentleman lives down the street from me. :D I don't know him personally, but he drives a semi tractor with a NASA sticker on the side as his daily driver and I heard he builds custom gatling gun exhausts for motor cycles :cool:

Erich

[hoytedow]

I've just found this...Marxist Socialism inspires nautical architecture.

[brian eiland]

This was a rather strange catamaran I ran across a few years ago near Annapolis MD.

But it actually had a number of clever ideas. I took a bunch of photos that I should probably post on the forum in another subject thread.

[rwatson]

This one was in the Gallery - thought it should be listed here for continuity ..

[brian eiland]

This was a rather strange catamaran I ran across a few years ago near Annapolis MD.

But it actually had a number of clever ideas. I took a bunch of photos that I should probably post on the forum in another subject thread.
Ahh, you reminded me that I did post a subject thread on Nootka Dancer

http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/multihulls/nootka-dancer-32513. (http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/multihulls/nootka-dancer-32513.html)html

[CatBuilder]

Here's the strangest one I've seen myself, in person.

This boat planed right up and shot past me at 20+ knots. It has twin 200hp outboards and if FLIES! It's nuts!!

ENJOY!

http://cruising.stuffiminto.com/attachments/monohull-power-boats/244d1247704654-omg-boat-just-passed-me-20-30-knots-boatcarunderway.jpg

http://cruising.stuffiminto.com/attachments/monohull-power-boats/245d1247704654-omg-boat-just-passed-me-20-30-knots-boatcaratdock.jpg

Hopefully, those image links from my forum worked. If not... here is a hyperlink:

http://cruising.stuffiminto.com/monohull-power-boats/823-omg-boat-just-passed-me-20-30-knots.html

If you look *very* closely, you can see some teak grab rails on the hood for when you need to go forward!!

[MatthewDS]

This little wonder is parked down the street from my house.

http://images.craigslist.org/3kb3m93o65V45Z25S5a69811b2cc7e5c91554.jpg

http://juneau.craigslist.org/boa/1784335313.html

I wonder what sort of interesting tidbits a stability calculation would reveal about this boat? :D

[Guest625101138]

This little wonder is parked down the street from my house.

..

I think my boat picture trumps that one for weird.

Rick W

[SamSam]

It seems this guy is doing better, moving up in the world...

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c152/clairejcs/FloatingLawnChair-1.jpg

http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/attachments/boat-design/44195d1276189905-can-anyone-find-weirder-boat-quadropus02.jpg


This one was in the Gallery - thought it should be listed here for continuity ..

[cameron.d.mm]

This is probably old news, as the video is from 2007, but I just bumped into for the first time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSTbOyr-npA&feature=related

[Angélique]

http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/attachments/boat-design/54958d1300076062-can-anyone-find-weirder-boat-_weird_.jpg

More pics :eek: (http://www.botentekoop.nl/motor-sailers/848223/werfgebouwd-1985.html?r=8)

Cheers,
Angel

[rwatson]

http://www.botentekoop.nl/filecache/images/9/9/0/650099.jpg

More pics :eek: (http://www.botentekoop.nl/motor-sailers/848223/werfgebouwd-1985.html?r=8)

Cheers,
Angel

It might be me, but this boat looks positively normal - maybe you need to explain it to a simple mind :(

[Angélique]

It might be me, but this boat looks positively normal - maybe you need to explain it to a simple mind :(

Do you see a reason for that halfway keel and almost midship rudder? If so please explain the benefits ;)

Cheers,
Angel

[rwatson]

Do you see a reason for that halfway keel and almost midship rudder? If so please explain the benefits ;)

Cheers,
Angel

Oh sure, there are lots of 'bad design' hulls around - I thought the thread was for 'weird'.

'bad design' covers just about every thread in the whole forum :D

[Perm Stress]

Do you see a reason for that halfway keel and almost midship rudder? If so please explain the benefits ;)

Cheers,
Angel

My guess would be this boat was initially shorter, end stern later extended. A deckhouse cabin built over original cockpit. Mowing a rudder considered unnecessary.

[Angélique]

Seems to have ‘‘a lot :rolleyes:’’ of leeward resistance for the force on the mizzen.. how would weather helm be . . :D

Cheers,
Angel

PS

Watson, this weird thread is on the Boat Design part of the forum, so lets talk some weird design too (or tolerate it) ;)

[philSweet]

I've been waiting for this thread to resurface. This fellow dropped anchor near me in Cocoa Florida. He said he was sailing it around the world. In case you're wondering, he describes himself as an artist. Oh- and there's a website- earthballs.org.

[rwatson]

Oh wow - I thought 'WaterWorld' was pure fiction, but its here !

Just keep on eye out for a couple of thousand 'artists' coming north from below the border :-)

[Jeremy Harris]

Anyone spot this guys name? "Roger Drowne"................

I really hope that's not prophetic.

BTW, the website URL is www.earthball.org and is pretty wacky.

Jeremy

[rwatson]

Heeey - the guy is a genius, he says his 'Bucky Ball' will last 200 years, a lot of boats wouldnt survive that long :-)

Actually, his 12' sphere a-la Buckminster Fuller is a very fun project. It would make a great kids room that they could also roll around the yard. and it floats.

[whitepointer23]

Heeey - the guy is a genius, he says his 'Bucky Ball' will last 200 years, a lot of boats wouldnt survive that long :-)

Actually, his 12' sphere a-la Buckminster Fuller is a very fun project. It would make a great kids room that they could also roll around the yard. and it floats.

if you built 2 of them you would have the biggest balls in the neighbourhood.

[hoytedow]

www.Earthball.org: That is what I aspire to. :D

I don't think so.

[liki]

Happened upon this boat lately:

http://777-team.org/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=19723&g2_serialNumber=2&g2_GALLERYSID=40526288ffb66a66097f3bebf19e230b

http://777-team.org/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=19729&g2_serialNumber=2&g2_GALLERYSID=40526288ffb66a66097f3bebf19e230b

[hoytedow]

Interesting.

Here is the story of it: www.arsnet.net/data/muut_tiedostot/Salo%20Kai%20Artikkeli1.doc - Similar

[liki]

Too bad that the article is only in Finnish. But here a few references for other articles about it, picked from the story:
MOTOR BOATING & SAILING 10 / 1971 The house yacht come of ace - Oculus 104 / USA
MOTOR BOAT YACHTING 9 / 1977 Waterlines: The shape of cruising boats to come

[hoytedow]

:P :cool:

[rwatson]

Pity none of those links worked.

But, no wonder the Oculus 105, is lying abandoned in the yard - check out the OCULUS 250 - even WEIRDER, but in a much more extravagant way

http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2009/04/killer-yacht-that-looks-like-killer.html

[hoytedow]

Oculus 104

Oculus 104 muutti vesillä liikkumisen ja olemisen toiselle aikakaudelle, sillä se suunniteltiin alusta alkaen uudelleen lähtemällä ihmisen perustoiminnoista veneessä. Se suunniteltiin toimimaan kaikissa tilanteissa mahdollisimman miellyttävästi ja turvallisesti.

Oculus 104 merkitsee maksimitilavuutta ja uudenlaista merimukavuutta: voit nukkua, aterioida, hoitaa itseäsi ja oleskella todella mukavasti, sillä kokoonsa nähden Oculus on markkinoiden tilavin matkavene. Lapsilla on tilaa leikkiä ja liikkua turvallisesti sisällä ja kannella. Suuret ikkunat antavat sisäoleskelutilalle avaruutta ja luonnon läheisyyttä.

Oculuksen meriominaisuudet ovat osoittautuneet erinomaisiksi. Rungon uudentyyppinen muotoilu ja sivuvakaajat tasoittavat meritien miellyttäväksi. Kansirakenne muodostaa yhtenäisen, sisätiloja peittävän vaipan ja samalla turvallisen aurinkotason.

Oculuksen silmä – ohjaamon suojakupu nousee puolipallona kansirakenteen yläpuolelle ja antaa esteettömän näkyvyyden kaikkiin suuntiin.



Lehdissä ilmestyneet artikkelit

Vene-lehti n:o 3 huhtikuu 1971

Helsingin venenäyttelyn vetonaula oli eittämättä turkulaisen Kai Salon muotoilema ja Ky Antti Ilolan valmistama asuntoalus Oculus 104. Erikoisuudellaan tavoitti Oculus näyttely-yleisön suosion ja herätti venealan toimittajissa sekalaisia tunteita. Veneen meriominaisuudet voitaneen kuitenkin jättää kevään koeajojen jälkeen ruodittaviksi ja lähestyä Oculusta toistaiseksi perinteitä rikkovana avaruusajan venemodulina.

Ajatusta Oculuksessa on ilman muuta runsaasti. Tuskin mikään saman kokoluokan vene tarjoaa yhtä avarat ja viihtyisät sisätilat kuin Oculus. Ulko-oleskelutilaksi on ajateltu koko veneen mittaisen kajuutan katto ja kieltämättä onkin siellä tilaa ruskettua, mikäli vain oikukas suomalainen kesäsää sen sallii. Tuulensuojaa ei kannelta löydy ensinkään, joka estänee enemmät auringonotot veneen kulkiessa.

Sisälle veneeseen päästään kupolimaisen ohjaamon takana olevia jyrkkiä portaita laskeutumalla. Sisustus on paras osa Oculuksesta. Tilaa on vaikka paremmillekin coctail-kutsuille. Muovipinnat eivät tunnu tässä veneessä häiritseviltä, sohvamaiset istuimet molemmilla laidoilla ovat miellyttävän upottavat ja värikkäällä sametilla päällystetyt, näiden välissä pöytä (alla konekoppa), jonka ympärillä rupattelee ja nauttii antimia hyvin kahdeksankin henkeä. Rullaverhoilla peitettävät makuutilat ovat ruhtinaalisen suuret ja kahdessa kerroksessa. Muotoilija tuntuukin olevan joko vallan vimmattu ”kujertelija” tahi innokas ryhmäseksin harrastaja, sillä yhteen ”makuulokeroon” mahtuu erinomaisesti nukkuman kaksikin paria. Tilavat komerot makuutilojen molemmilla puolilla peittävät työvaatteet party-vieraiden katseilta. Keittiö on jokseenkin ahdas, salongin ja kylpyhuoneen välisessä käytävässä, mutta vastaa varustukseltaan jääkaappeineen ja grilleineen hyvinkin nykyaikaisen kaupunkiosakkeen vaatimustasoa. Kylpyhuone vai pitäisikö sanoa suihkuhuone on suurin, mitä tämän kokoluokan veneissä on tavattu. Suihkuallas on peitetty irrallisella turkkiin liittyvällä levyllä, WC on varustettu hajoittajalla, joka päästää jätteet veteen bakteerivapaina. Tässä osassa on myös säilytystilaa enemmän kuin missään tavanomaisessa kylpyhuoneessa.

Oculuksen ohjaamo muistuttaa lievästi lentokoneen tai ”avaruusaluksen” ohjaamoa. Kupolimainen kokomuovinen katto takaa näkyvyyden kaikkiin suuntiin, mutta takaa samalla myös voimakkaan hikoilun aurinkoisena päivänä. Yksin ei ohjaajan kuitenkaan tarvitse ”moduulissaan” istua, vaan istuin löytyy vielä navigaattorillekin.

Oculuksessa on vielä joitakin ”erehdyksiä”, jotka valmistajan mukaan korjataan seuraavassa veneessä. Tällainen on mm. salongin ikkunaratkaisu, joka nykyisellään tuskin kestää kovaa merenkäyntiä.

Tekniikan Maailma n:o 7 1971

Oculus 104 prototyyppi oli näyttelyn ylivoimaisesti katsotuin, kuvatuin ja kiistellyin vene. Sisätilojen käytöltään se on erinomainen, ulkonäöstä voi olla montaa mieltä. Vanhoillismielisestä venekansasta yllättävän moni kuitenkin hyväksyi sen. Vasta vedessä nähdään lopullisesti sen käyttökelpoisuus, protyyppiasteen huomioiden on tässä vaiheessa turha puuttua yksityiskohtasuunnittelun puutteisiin, sillä valmistajalla oli jo nyt valmiina parikymmentä kohtaa käsittävä parannuslista.

Kauppalehti 15.3.1971

Muotoilusta vetonaula

Asuntovene on astunut uusille linjoille. Venenäyttelyssä esitellään Oculus-vene, joka on suunniteltu ja rakennettu sekä purjehtimaan että antamaan tilaa mukavaan oleskeluun.

Veneen runko on kalastajanmallinen ja 10,4 metriä pitkä. Muotoilu on kuitenkin niin rohkea, että perinteellisiä linjoja on mahdoton havaita. Vene on rakennettu puhtaasti vientiä silmällä pitäen. Sen pienoimalli on ollut esillä venenäyttelyissä sekä Saksassa että Englannissa ja herätti suurta huomiota. Nyt se on täydessä mitassaan nähtävänä ensimmäistä kertaa.

Oculuksen isät muotoilija Kai Salo ja KY Antti Ilola ovat yhteistyössä lähteneet uusille linjoille lähinnä sisätilojen lisääminen mielessään. Yhdistelmää etuhytti, ohjaamo, takahytti ei esiinny, vaan koko vene on katettu. Veneen keulaan on sijoitettu WC ja keittiö. Pyöreä ohjaamo kuuluu samaan keulakokonaisuuteen. Salonki on viisi metriä pitkä. Perällä on vaihtoehtoisesti protyyppin tapaan lepotasot tai erillinen hytti.

Tilavuus ei rajoitu ainoastaan sisällä vaan koko kansi on käyttötila. Säilytystilat ovat melkoiset. Niihin kuuluu mm. tuuletettu sadevaatekomero, hyllykaapit, ripustinkaapit, kylkiin upotetut liinavaatekomerot, pilssin virvoke- ja säilykeruokakomero ja keittiön kaapit. Ohjaus on hydraulinen, varusteisiin kuuluu mm. lämmityslaite, säädettävä koneellinen tuuletus, automaattiset pilssi- ja likavesipumput, kylmä- ja lämmin painevesi sekä stereonauhurilaitteet. Koneena on prototyypissä 75 hv:n Valmet, jolla lasketaan saatavan kymmenen solmun nopeus.

Kauppalehti n:o 26, 1976

Oculus kulkee yhä tukevasti

Ensiesittelyssä Oculus 104 herätti huomiota ja mielenkiintoa uudentyylisellä ja epätavanomaisella suunnittelullaan. Käytännössä sen ratkaisut ja meriominaisuudet ovat osoittautuneet hyviksi. Uudentyyppinen runko ja sivuvakaajat tasoittavat meritien miellyttäväksi. Rungon vedenalaisen osan suunnittelussa on käytetty hyväksi perinteisiä, käyttökelpoisiksi ja varmoiksi havaittuja linjoja uusien ideoiden ohella. Oculuksen suljetun rakennekonstruktion periaatteita käytetään myös joissakin pelastusvenetyypeissä – turvallista – se voi kierähtää vaikkapa ympäri uppoamatta. Suuret, vesitiiviit ikkunat veneen sivuilla täyttävät Lloyd’in rekisterinormien vaatimukset.

Oculus 104:n prototyyppi selviytyi hyvin ylittäessään Pohjanmeren kahdeksan beaufortin myrskyssä neitsytmatkallaan.

Ohjaamosta avautuvat hyvät näköalat kaikkiin suuntiin. Liiallista auringonpaistetta estämässä on kuvun sisäpuolella toimiva erityinen auringonsuoja. Hallintalaitteet ovat ergonometrisesti sijoitetut. Ulosvedettävien karttatasojen lisäksi ohjaamossa on tilaa myös karttarullille.

Epätavallinen kansiratkaisu antaa käytettäväksi juhlavan kokoisen aurinkokannen, joka voidaan suojata tuulelta sivukaiteisiin kiinnitettävillä markeeseilla. Oculuksen takapäässä on ainutlaatuinen laskuhissi, joka helpottaa veneeseen pääsyä ja siitä poistumista ankkurissa oltaessa ja muutenkin. Se toimii samalla jollan säilytystelineenä ja sen korkeus on portaattomasti säädettävissä kansitasolta aina merenpintaan saakka.



LEHTIARTIKKELIT / OCULUS 104


Kotimaa

TEKNIIKAN MAAILMA 5 / 1969 Oculus kupla laineilla
SAVON SANOMAT 17.1 1971 Vallankumouksellinen muovikupla Heinävedellä
VIIKKOLEHTI 25.2.1971 Kuin Futuro vesillä
HELSINGIN SANOMAT 12.3 1971 Omalaatuisin ja kiistellyin vene koko näyttelyssä
HUFVUDSTADBLADET 12.3 1971 Futuristisk husbåt
KAINUUN SANOMAT 13.3 1971 Näyttelyn huomattavin uutuus - Oculus 104
KAUPPALEHTI 15.3 1971 Muotoilusta vetonaula
TEKNIIKAN MAAILMA 3 / 1971 Vihdoinkin tuotantoon Oculus 104
TEKNIIKAN MAAILMA 7 / 1971 Oculus 104 prototyyppi oli näyttelyn katsotuin, kuvatuin ja kiistellyin vene
MOOTTORI 3 / 1971 Omaperäisin ja kiistellyin vene - Oculus 104
TUULILASI 5 / 1971 Näyttelyn todellinen uutuus Oculus 104
PURJE JA MOOTTORI 5 / 1971 Fantastinen ilmestys tähänastisesta veneajattelusta
HÄMEEN SANOMAT 15.5 1971 Suomalainen loistoristeilijä laskettiin turussa vesille
AVOTAKKA 12 / 1971
KAUPPALEHTI 16.3 1972 Oculus sittenkin vientimenestykseen
KAUPPALEHTI 23.3 ” Oculus edustaa moderneinta muotoilua suomalaisista vientiveneistä
KAUPPALEHTI 16.7 ” Tarjouksia Grönlandista , USA:sta ja Afrikasta asti
KAUPPALEHTI 1.10 ” Oculus vesille kehitysrahoilla
TURUN SANOMAT / VIIKKOLIITE 3.11 1972 Päässä pari tuumaa
INSINÖÖRIUUTISET 9.6 1977 Uudenaikaista muotoilua
KAUPPALEHTI 2.9 1976 Oculus kulkee yhä tukevasti


Ulkomaat

NYA PRESSEN 12.3 1971 Havsdoft / Ruotsi
EXPRESSEN 23.3 1971 Flygande tefat / Ruotsi
NAVIS , Navigationssällkapens tidskrift 3 / 1971 Annorlund husbåt från Finland / Ruotsi
BÅTNYTT 6 / 1971 Oculus 104 framtidens husbåt / Ruotsi
MOTOR BOATING & SAILING 10 / 1971 The house yacht come of ace - Oculus 104 / USA
ABITARE / SPECIAL ISSUE 1971/72 La noce bianca / Italia
ABITARE / SPECIAL ISSUE 1972/ 73 The natty nutshell / Italia
WERK 7 / 1973 Finnisches hausboot / Saksa
BONYTT 7 / 1974 Båtdesign et sprangi i århundrer / Norja
AUTOPISTA 6.3 1973 Tiempos monernos barcos / el novisimo yate finlandes – Oculus 104 / Espanja
MOTOR MUNDIAL 5 / 1976 Nautica: El insolito Oculus 104 / Espanja
MOTOR BOAT YACHTING 9 / 1977 Waterlines: The shape of cruising boats to come ? / Englanti


Lehtikirjoituksia oli kaiken kaikkiaan lähes 200 kpl…
Oculus 104 matkaveneen valmistus loppui vuonna 1972 öljykriisiin, mikä vaikutti mm. lujitemuovin
hinnan nousuun n.20%. Tilanne muutti täysin elinkeinoelämän ja teollisuuden toiveet ja suunnitelmat koko maailmassa. Kiinnostus venettä kohtaan kuitenkin jatkui vielä monia vuosia.
Tiedusteluja tuli kolmen ensimmäisen vuoden aikana noin 2700 ja joitakin vielä 10 vuoden jälkeenkin.
Lisenssineuvotteluja käytiin kuuden eri tahon kanssa.

[hoytedow]

104 of Oculus


Oculus 104 moved to another movement and presence in the waters of the era, as it was designed from the beginning of the survival of the human lähtemällä the basic functionality again. It was designed to work in all situations as far as possible to the comfort and safety.


Oculus means maximum volume 104, and the new marine comfort: you can sleep, dine, treat yourself and stay really comfortably, because its size vis-à-vis the Oculus is market tilavin mobile boat. Children shall have the space to play and to move safely within and on the deck. Large Windows give the sisäoleskelutilalle space and natural closeness.


Oculuksen maritime properties have proved to be excellent quality. The body of a new type of formatting, and page vakaajat a race of sea road of countered. The cover design, a single opaque sisätiloja jacket and at the same level of the safe in the Sun.


Oculuksen mesh-cab shield dome rises above the half-pallona cover structure and allow unrestricted visibility in all directions.




Articles in journals published by


Boat Magazine's April 3, 1971


Helsinki International Boat show was undoubtedly the main attraction in Turku Kai Salon formulated and Ky Antti Ilolan manufactured housing vessel Oculus 104 Oculus specialty reached the public popularity of the exhibition and attracted suppliers of the boating industry with mixed feelings. Boat marine features can probably be left after the spring test drives and approach ruodittaviksi Oculusta far infringe the traditions of the space age venemodulina.


Oculuksessa idea is certainly abundant. There is hardly any boat of comparable size offers the same spacious and comfortable interior and the Oculus. Outdoor living space has been thought throughout the boat's cabin roof, and one-admittedly there is space for tan, if only a whimsical Finnish summer weather allows it. Protect your deck the wind does not exist on a nother, which should prevent enemmät sunbathing boat passes.


Inside the boat reached kupolimaisen the cab behind the steep stairs to land. Interior design is the best part of Oculuksesta. Space is even paremmillekin cocktail party. Plastic surfaces do not seem to intrusive on this boat, sohvamaiset both sides of the seats are comfortable and drown in colorful velvet coated, in between a table (below konekoppa), which is surrounded by rupattelee and enjoys the fruits of well-to eight people. Roller curtains cover the sleeping spaces ruhtinaalisen large and on two floors. The designer seems to be either over the frantic "kujertelija" Or, an avid amateur group sex, as one of "sleeping tray" fits perfectly to sleep kaksikin pairs. Spacious closets sleeping spaces on both sides covered with clothes, party guests from the eyes. The kitchen is quite narrow, between the parlor and the bathroom in the hall, but is in line equipped with refrigerator and a very modern city grilleineen share standards. Bathroom or shower room, I should say is the largest of what this class boats have been found. Shower basin is covered with a removable fur-related plate, the toilet is equipped with hajoittajalla, which allows waste water bacteria free. This section also has more storage space than any ordinary bathroom.


Oculuksen flight reminds slightly of the airplane or "spacecraft" for the cab. The entire domed plastic roof ensures visibility in all directions, but also ensures a strong sweat on a sunny day. Alone is not a pilot, however, need a "module" to sit on, but there is still the seat navigator on the vessel.


Oculuksessa there are still some "mistakes", which according to the manufacturer will be corrected in the next boat. Such is the example. solution to the salon window, which is currently unlikely to withstand tough marine views.


Engineering The World's July 1971


Oculus 104 prototype of the exhibition was by far the most watched, photographed and controversial boat. Indoor usage, it is excellent, the appearance may have different opinions. Vanhoillismielisestä boat people and a surprising number, however, accepted it. Until finally it is seen in the water utility, protyyppiasteen comments at this point to address the detailed design deficiencies, since the manufacturer was already in place involving a twenty point improvement list.


The trade journal 15.3.1971


It is clear from the wording of the traction nail


The boat is assumed for new housing. Boat exhibition presents the Oculus-boat, which is designed and constructed to provide space and fly the comfortable residence.


The boat body is kalastajanmallinen and the 10.4 m long. However, the formatting is so audacious that it is impossible to detect the perinteellisiä lines. The boat is built purely on exports. The pienoimalli has been present in Germany that the boat exhibitions both in England and raised a large attention. Now it is fully available for the first time out perfectly ".


Oculuksen fathers formatter Kai Salo and KY Antti Ilola, are mainly in cooperation with the new line left the Interior add to bear in mind. The combination of the etuhytti, the takahytti is not present in the cockpit, but the size of the boat is recovered. The bow of the boat is placed in the toilet and kitchen. Round cab belongs to the same bow. Salon has five metres long. Alternatively, the term is similar to the way in which the levels of sleep protyyppin or a separate cabin.


Volume is not confined to inside, but the entire deck is the use of space. Storage areas are considerable. They include. ventilated sadevaatekomero, shelf cabinets, ripustinkaapit, embedded in the sides of liinavaatekomerot, bilge refreshments and säilykeruokakomero and kitchen cabinets. The steering is hydraulic, it is equipped with a mm. heating device, provided with mechanical ventilation systems, automatic bilge and dirty water pumps, refrigeration and hot water and a stereo tape recorder equipment. A machine is a prototype 75-hp, Valmet, which is calculated for ten-knot speed.


Kauppalehti's 26, 1976


Oculus runs more securely


Introducing the next Oculus 104, attracted attention and interest in the new style and an unusual layout. In practice, its solutions, and marine characteristics have proven themselves. A new type of body and fin to compensate for sea route comfortable. The hull of the underwater part of the design has been used to traditional, useful and secure identified lines along with new ideas. Oculuksen closed rakennekonstruktion principles are also used in some pelastusvenetyypeissä - safe - it can even roll over without sinking. Large, water-tight windows of the boat's sides meet Lloyd'in registry standards.


Oculus 104 in the prototype coped well when crossing the North Sea, the Beaufort eight in a storm on her maiden voyage.


Open cockpit offers good views in all directions. Excessive sunlight to prevent the bulb is inside a functioning special sunscreen. The controls are positioned ergonometrisesti. Pull-out map of planes in addition to the flight deck there is also space karttarullille.


An unusual solution to provide cover for a festive size sundeck, which can be protected from the wind-mounted side rails markeeseilla. Oculuksen tail end of a unique landing lift, which facilitates access to the boat and leave the anchor for communicating and otherwise. It works the same dinghy säilytystelineenä and its height is infinitely adjustable to cover every level of the sea surface up.




JOURNAL ARTICLES / Oculus 104



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TECHNOLOGY IN THE WORLD 5 / 1969 Oculus bubble waves
Savon Sanomat 17.1 1971 Revolutionary plastic bubble Heinävesi
Weekly 25.02.1971 Like Futuro waters
Helsingin Sanomat, 12.3 in 1971 an eccentric and controversial, the whole boat show
HUFVUDSTADBLADET 12.3 1971 Futuristisk husbåt
KAINUU MESSAGES 13.3 remarkable novelty of the exhibition in 1971 - Oculus 104
KAUPPALEHTI 15.3 1971 formulation attraction
TECHNOLOGY IN THE WORLD 3 / 1971 At last, the production of Oculus 104
TECHNOLOGY IN THE WORLD 7 / 1971 Oculus 104 prototype was the most watched show, photographed and controversial boat
MOTOR 3 / 1971 The most original and controversial boat - Oculus 104
WINDSHIELD 5 / 1971 The exhibition is a real novelty Oculus 104
SAILING AND MOTOR 5 / 1971 Fantastic revelation so far in the boat thinking
Hämeen Sanomat 15.5 1971 Finnish cruise ship launched in Turku, was calculated
Fireplace 12 / 1971
KAUPPALEHTI 16.3 1972 Oculus, after all, the export success
KAUPPALEHTI 23.3 "Oculus represents the most modern design Finnish export boats
KAUPPALEHTI 16.7 "offers Greenland, the USA and Africa, until
KAUPPALEHTI 1.10 "Oculus launched the development money
Turun Sanomat / WEEK ANNEX 3.11 1972 head a couple of inches
ENGINEERING NEWS 1977 9.6 The new term design
KAUPPALEHTI 2.9 1976 Oculus runs more securely



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NYA PRESSEN 12.3, 1971, in Havsdoft/Sweden
23.3, 1971 in EXPRESSEN Flygande tefat/Sweden
NAVIS, Navigationssällkapens tidskrift 3/1971 Annorlund husbåt från Finland/Sweden
BÅTNYTT 6/1971 framtidens husbåt/104 of Oculus Sweden
MOTOR BOATING & SAILING 10/1971 The house yacht come of ace-Oculus 104/USA
ABITARE/SPECIAL ISSUE, 1971/72, La noce bianca/Italy
ABITARE/SPECIAL ISSUE of the 1972/73 The natty nutshell/Italy
WERK 7/1973 Finnisches hausboot/Germany
BONYTT 7/1974, Båtdesign et sprangi i århundrer/Norway
AUTOPISTA 1973 6.3/el Tiempos monernos barcos novisimo yate finlandes-Oculus 104/Spain
MOTOR MUNDIAL 5/1976 Nautica: El insolito Oculus 104/Spain
MOTOR BOAT YACHTING 9/1977 Waterlines: The shape of cruising boats to come? /English



Overall, the press was almost 200 PCs …
Oculus 104 mobile boat ran out of oil production in 1972, the crisis which affected the fibre-reinforced plastics, etc.
price increase of about 20%. The situation changed completely the economy and the industry hopes and plans for the entire world. However, the continued interest in the boat, yet many years.
Inquiries came during the first three years of approximately 2700, and some even after 10 years.
Licensing negotiations were held with six different.

[rwatson]

"It is clear from the wording of the traction nail" and "Oculus 104 mobile boat ran out of oil production in 1972"


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[hoytedow]

"It is clear from the wording of the traction nail" and "Oculus 104 mobile boat ran out of oil production in 1972"


hahahaha - god bless automatic translatorsAffirmative inside the deedy.:D