Boats - Page 2

xoxoxoBruce · 02-03-2016, 10:28 AM

I wonder how they Planned to cool the motor over the road? Or how the boat controls would hook to the car systems like steering and brakes. Designers like Stevens fan the flames of desire, then dumps reality on the engineers... and yes, the bean counters.

fargon · 02-03-2016, 11:34 AM

Too many moving parts. 'Tis not boatswains mate proof.

BigV · 02-03-2016, 01:51 PM

What do you do with the car part at the boat ramp once the boat's been launched? Presumably taking with it the "over the road" (and up the ramp and into the parking lot) power plant (but leaving the winch...)?

xoxoxoBruce · 02-03-2016, 06:18 PM

Boat ramp? This ain't no city slicker toy, this is to go where no man has built a ramp before, where men are men and ramps are vacant. You have to see the Big Picture, otherwise you can't fit all the advertising copy in.

Gravdigr · 02-09-2016, 02:12 PM

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glatt · 02-09-2016, 02:27 PM

She looks like the Royal Clipper.
Here's her insides.
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xoxoxoBruce · 02-09-2016, 03:30 PM

All that opulence just a tiny hole away from being the fanciest submarine in the ocean.

Holy shit, 56,000 square feet of sail.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-19-2016, 06:08 AM

Speaking of submarines, this is close...

Griff · 02-19-2016, 06:25 AM

How much money did we sink into killing Castro? Now he's playing 2nd base for the Yankees.

glatt · 02-19-2016, 07:20 AM

They say it's small and "quiet." I wonder what it used for propulsion. With a range of 110 miles, I'd assume a gasoline or diesel engine. And I don't think of either of those as being "quiet."

glatt · 02-19-2016, 07:32 AM

According to this PDF, it was gasoline powered and was very dangerous because the fumes would settle in the bottom of the boat.

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During one test, a single crew-man was in SKIFF, standing in the open deck hatch. Unbeknownst to all present, a fuel leak had occurred and fumes had gathered, but the crewman had neglected to turn valve #15. With the flip of a switch, the ignition of the engine, or some other spark-generating event, the fumes ignited. Due to the vessel’s small size, there was little space for the explosion to expand—except for the open deck hatch. Thus, as powder ignited deep in the breech of a cannon that expands dramatically through the barrel, the force in the small SKIFF sought the open hatch—and, as with a cannon, there was a moveable obstruction: the crewman, who was shot through the air. He went straight up, like a missile from a submarine, and eventually landed in the water nearby. Remarkably, he was plucked from the water unharmed, except that he had lost all his body hair. As Smith described the scene, other than his swim trunks, he was “nude as a sausage.” Smith also noted how fortunate it was that he had been standing straight up and well centered in the opening, which was exactly the same width as his shoulders; if he had been lower, perhaps with one shoulder under one side of the opening, he “would have left more than his hair in the hatch.”

Gravdigr · 02-19-2016, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

...I don't think of either of those as being "quiet."

That's probably 1950s 'quiet'. As in 'quiet to the ear'. It would probably be noticed from waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay off by a modern sub's listening equipment.

Gravdigr · 02-20-2016, 01:58 PM

xoxoxoBruce · 03-01-2016, 10:53 AM

Gondolas are for tourists and wimps.
But the flimsy little wires on the rudders don't look too safe.

Gravdigr · 03-07-2016, 01:11 PM

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That's a lot of power in a little 20-footer.

02-03-2016, 10:28 AM	#16
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I wonder how they Planned to cool the motor over the road? Or how the boat controls would hook to the car systems like steering and brakes. Designers like Stevens fan the flames of desire, then dumps reality on the engineers... and yes, the bean counters. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-03-2016, 11:34 AM	#17
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	Too many moving parts. 'Tis not boatswains mate proof. __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

02-03-2016, 01:51 PM	#18
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	What do you do with the car part at the boat ramp once the boat's been launched? Presumably taking with it the "over the road" (and up the ramp and into the parking lot) power plant (but leaving the winch...)? __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

02-03-2016, 06:18 PM	#19
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Boat ramp? This ain't no city slicker toy, this is to go where no man has built a ramp before, where men are men and ramps are vacant. You have to see the Big Picture, otherwise you can't fit all the advertising copy in. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-09-2016, 02:12 PM	#20
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	__________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

02-09-2016, 02:27 PM	#21
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	She looks like the Royal Clipper. Here's her insides.

02-09-2016, 03:30 PM	#22
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	All that opulence just a tiny hole away from being the fanciest submarine in the ocean. Holy shit, 56,000 square feet of sail. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-19-2016, 06:08 AM	#23
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Speaking of submarines, this is close... Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-19-2016, 06:25 AM	#24
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	How much money did we sink into killing Castro? Now he's playing 2nd base for the Yankees. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-19-2016, 07:20 AM	#25
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	They say it's small and "quiet." I wonder what it used for propulsion. With a range of 110 miles, I'd assume a gasoline or diesel engine. And I don't think of either of those as being "quiet."

02-20-2016, 01:58 PM	#28
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	__________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

03-01-2016, 10:53 AM	#29
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Gondolas are for tourists and wimps. But the flimsy little wires on the rudders don't look too safe. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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