View Single Post
  #15   Report Post  
Posted to rec.crafts.metalworking
Rich Grise[_3_] Rich Grise[_3_] is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 1,507
Default Some metalwork, mostly just the kind of craziness that RCM'ers like

Steve B wrote:
"Jim Stewart" wrote in message
...
Bob Engelhardt wrote:
Not your average sail boat:

http://www.gizmag.com/love-love-part...icture/124341/


I bet the Coast Guard loves him...


And I bet that puppy is unstable as hell in anything but slick calm.

I wonder what the draft is, and where's the wheelhouse? If it's got a
fairly deep draft, and a dense keel or ballast, it could be as stable as,
say, a twin-hull cat, or this thing:
http://www.ship-technology.com/projects/flip-ship/

Cheers!
Rich