Posted on 11/07/2006 11:04:18 AM PST by FLOutdoorsman
No 90 degree angles - very stealthy, for one thing.
Looks like the "cabin" is itself,a boat,that can be lowered from the pontoon frame.Perhaps the cat. pontoons are for rough seas and then the boat can be lowered for high speed,close in extraction/deployment?
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Imagine beaching it, and the pod drops to become a landing craft. Rapid small force deployment.
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Good point.
We talked to Ugo last week about his craft. I can't say too much because he told us in confidence. We were sailing and saw him pass by. I have some close-ups too but I'd have to find them.
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Yep....I can see that.
Ping to post #57.
"Advantages??"
Speed. Multi-hulled vessels are very fast for what they carry.
I've always thought Aircraft Carriers should be catamarans --- although given how they pitch, maybe tough to land.
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Yeah saw that. Many advantages to that. As a sailboat owner I know the disadvatages of a boat being "in" water. Water is your enemy. Maybe if the footprint was smaller.....but for the size of the "cabin" compared to the footprint....totally nonfeasible.
"very stealthy, for one thing."
Except for that big cabin dangling high above the water line.
(Not that this couldn't be fixed.)
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An old prop from "Waterworld"
Nice pics. Where are the motors? Are the pontoons also the fuel tanks? I wonder how the ride is.
An old prop from "Waterworld"
That would explain why nobody recognizes it.
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