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The most beautiful design i've ever seen. What do you think guys?

picture was taken from 2Yachts https://2yachts.com/boat/4172-absolute-70

 

Only 4 beds for 70' ?
Windows on the waterline?
Sandbags on the nose?
Doesn't look like you could use a fishing pole off the stern.
Where is the helicopter pad and the speed boat for getting to the shore?

Not a fan at all.

 

I've just read (Dutch link) that Sophia Flörsch is going to race again in March, as she ‘only’ had broken her seventh cervical vertebra in a crash, so I've looked up that crash on November 18, 2018 in Macau, she was 17 y/o back then. Got at the same time a side link from YouTube about the 2018 Top Fuel Drag Boat World Finals in Phoenix AZ...

Sophia Flörsch's crash in the 2018 Macau Grand Prix from every angle . .

 

Awesome, Angel, thanks for posting!

 

The latter 2 lathe pics come from Austria . .

P.S. - the first 3 pics hang around on Pinterest . .

 

The sky looks like the limit there, put the tractor on a viaduct, and the woodworkers in the valley . .

↑ Millau Viaduct​

‘‘ The P2 pier of the Viaduct is the tallest structure in France, 23 m taller than the Eiffel Tower. ’’

 

On the Salmon River in Idaho with a sweep boat we built out of Army surplus bridge pontoons.

 

Now I'm wondering, that looks like a bow rudder up front, is it the end of an aft steering sweep that's just stored facing forward ?

What kind of inflatable army bridge pontoons have an upwardly directed end on one side ?

Anyways, you guys built a professional looking boat like the ones of Demaree . .



When I looked for such army pontoons an inflatable dummy tank showed up . .

 

It is basically an non propelled raft relying on the river current to move it down stream. We did have a small outboard motor that we could deploy in calm spots with little current and a headwind. The upturned ends were designed to head upstream in a current when used to support a bridge deck but for this use, they point down stream. There is a "sweep" oar in front and one in back. With two helmsmen working, you have better control in keeping the raft pointing down stream. You can move the craft sideways or rotate it to keep it pointed in the right direction in order to avoid rocks or take advantage of the fastest current. In this photo of the overturned frame, you can see the pivot point (oar lock) for one of the sweep oars in front of the knee of the guy in the foreground. We were repairing the bent frame that holds the pontoons before our next trip down the river.


Here is a shot I took after they dropped me off upstream to hike down to a rapids to record the action. They successfully missed hitting the big rock.
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Great story and pics Jolly, thanks for sharing . .

 

I see this guy took over your cargo . . .

 

Van Gogh:
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-muDm6PJq.../Van Gogh drawing - Tutt%27Art%40 %285%29.jpg

 

Thanks Adrian , Van Gogh Drawings: Sand Barges on the Rhone, big version in Fine Art Print for sale on eBay...