Home Boat really weird

[solrac]

Found this links at an architecture forum, a really original design,
take a look...

http://www.inhabitat.com/entry_1149.php
http://www.plusarquitectura.info/mod...rticle&sid=265

[safewalrus]

Yeah . . . right . . different! But you wouldn't get me up in one of those Cap'n

[lewisboats]

Originally Posted by solrac

Found this links at an architecture forum, a really original design,
take a look...

http://www.inhabitat.com/entry_1149.php
http://www.plusarquitectura.info/mod...rticle&sid=265

It looks like the shuttle from the Enterprise

Steve

[JonathanCole]

Hi Solrac,

Nice to have some forward looking boat concepts to discuss. I am working on something similar so I can appreciate this concept. A few design issues I see are:

• if the main cabin remains in the water, then too much wetted surface area makes for a boat that will suck large amounts of energy even to go slowly.
• Could be more aerodynamic.

I think that the hinged outrigger hulls are cool, especially if they can lift the main cabin out of the water for transporting to a different site. Then you would have a solar cat, which is the only way to go for solar boats.