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Discussion in 'Boat Design' started by solrac, Mar 8, 2006.

  1. solrac
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    solrac 100% sudaca

    solrac, Mar 8, 2006
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  2. safewalrus
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    safewalrus Ancient Marriner

    Yeah . . . right . . different! But you wouldn't get me up in one of those Cap'n
     
    safewalrus, Mar 9, 2006
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  5. JonathanCole
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    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.
     
    JonathanCole, Mar 9, 2006
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