October 18, 2006: Cool experimental boat sighting

Undertoad · 10-18-2006, 10:42 AM

YellowBolt gets this email forwarded from a professor. Notes the prof,

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These pictures were taken in the Port of Ilwaco off the Washington State coast. The crew wore civilian clothes but guarded the boat closely and would not answer any questions.

It was suggested it may be something Boeing is working on. The pontoons appear to be made of very thick rubber and may be fuel cells. Note that each of the steel spider-like legs are jointed in three places. Perhaps the boat can be lowered in calm seas and raised when it is rough.

The boat had no name or number...

A friend who lives there said it arrived out of the fog the nite before. The crew would not say who they were or where they were from, and were not allowed to discuss the craft.

Notice how the rear of the cabin can be lowered into the water but has a very small prop.

Sez YellowBolt, "It reminds me of those spy boats from James Bond movies. Really does." Me too. Thanks for forwarding.

barefoot serpent · 10-18-2006, 11:03 AM

Spidermaran?

busterb · 10-18-2006, 11:24 AM

Isn't Howard Hughes dead?

Pancake Man · 10-18-2006, 12:00 PM

You didn't see it....

Shawnee123 · 10-18-2006, 12:04 PM

Preparations for Waterworld. It's gonna happen, ya know.

Spexxvet · 10-18-2006, 12:20 PM

That's cool! It must be very stable, considering its length and width, not to mention the shock absorbers. It's the daddy longlegs of boats!

neatorama · 10-18-2006, 12:36 PM

It's a Jim Antrim design, built in Anacortes, WA.

Elspode · 10-18-2006, 12:54 PM

Damn. We hadn't even gotten to the alien invasion speculations yet, and already someone puts out the conspiracy theory fire.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-18-2006, 09:26 PM

It's Dr. Arliss Loveless trying the water this time.

footfootfoot · 10-18-2006, 10:21 PM

OK, I'm speed posting because I heard I may get lucky tonight so I didn';t read any of your other possts. I just wanna know what was so experimental about that boat sighting. It looked like a pretty run of the mill sighting to me. Stand on a dock, look at boat.

I'll check it out when I have more time.

YellowBolt · 10-18-2006, 10:55 PM

Aww, fsaklfjgl. My computron ate up one different shot of the boat. (Might be why two of the images are exactly the same...

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Griff · 10-19-2006, 05:57 AM

Johnny Quest had one of those yeeeeeeeeeeeears ago.

Elspode · 10-19-2006, 12:20 PM

You know, when I look at the last shot, here, it makes me think that someone looked at a canoe and said, "I can make that a lot faster. First, you suspend it from this big, flexible bridge thingie..."

TropicFever · 10-20-2006, 07:01 AM

Is this perhaps piloted by the world's tiniest horsey?

mitheral · 01-20-2007, 12:53 AM

News on the spider boat.

"It is named the Proteus, after a Greek god of the sea, and is the first of what might be a long line of wave adaptive modular vessels -- WAM-V for short -- developed by Ugo Conti, an engineer and inventor."

10-18-2006, 11:03 AM	#2
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	Spidermaran? __________________ Chooses rowing vs. wading

10-18-2006, 11:24 AM	#3
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Isn't Howard Hughes dead? __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

10-18-2006, 12:00 PM	#4
Pancake Man Hand-of-Kindness Extender Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 131	You didn't see it.... __________________ Abandon all hope, o ye who read my posts

10-18-2006, 12:04 PM	#5
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Preparations for Waterworld. It's gonna happen, ya know. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

10-18-2006, 12:20 PM	#6
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	That's cool! It must be very stable, considering its length and width, not to mention the shock absorbers. It's the daddy longlegs of boats! __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

10-18-2006, 12:36 PM	#7
neatorama Jotter of Notes Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 11	It's a Jim Antrim design, built in Anacortes, WA.

10-18-2006, 12:54 PM	#8
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Damn. We hadn't even gotten to the alien invasion speculations yet, and already someone puts out the conspiracy theory fire. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

10-18-2006, 09:26 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It's Dr. Arliss Loveless trying the water this time. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-18-2006, 10:21 PM	#10
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	OK, I'm speed posting because I heard I may get lucky tonight so I didn';t read any of your other possts. I just wanna know what was so experimental about that boat sighting. It looked like a pretty run of the mill sighting to me. Stand on a dock, look at boat. I'll check it out when I have more time. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

10-18-2006, 10:55 PM	#11
YellowBolt I lurk with the best of them Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: not close to philadelphia. :( well, not THAT close. Posts: 146	Aww, fsaklfjgl. My computron ate up one different shot of the boat. (Might be why two of the images are exactly the same... ) Attached Images

10-19-2006, 05:57 AM	#12
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Johnny Quest had one of those yeeeeeeeeeeeears ago. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-19-2006, 12:20 PM	#13
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	You know, when I look at the last shot, here, it makes me think that someone looked at a canoe and said, "I can make that a lot faster. First, you suspend it from this big, flexible bridge thingie..." __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

10-20-2006, 07:01 AM	#14
TropicFever Jotter of Notes Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 11	Is this perhaps piloted by the world's tiniest horsey? __________________ "...the Golden Rule came smiling into this inhospitable world and couldn't get a night's lodging anywhere." --Mark Twain, "Following the Equator"

01-20-2007, 12:53 AM	#15
mitheral Abecedarian Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 170	News on the spider boat. "It is named the Proteus, after a Greek god of the sea, and is the first of what might be a long line of wave adaptive modular vessels -- WAM-V for short -- developed by Ugo Conti, an engineer and inventor."

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