At 12:57 PM 28/02/2010, James Sizemore wrote:
>I think there is a deck on the back, it is covered but still an open
>air deck. I'm betting that walking on those glass panels at see
>on the top part will be rather slick.
If you look in the "more related coverage" link at the bottom, you
will see the open rear deck a little on pic 4 0f 7. Keeping the salt
spray build-up in check would have to have been considered, so may
have a wash-down system, but you'd think they'd have a methodology of
wash-down that limits the hazard. Then again, specialist engineers
may have missed that bit!
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>>On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 4:14 PM, danbollinger wrote:
>>Amazing design. At first glance I thought it wasnt a catamarran,
>>but a SWATH, but I was wrong. Notice too the surface piercing
>>props. It is these larger proof of concept projects that leap frog
>>a new concept forward. It makes smaller boats, even if they are
>>30-40 feet long, seem not only possible, but likely.
The hull form is incredibly like the original INCAT wave piercing
prototype (now sitting outside somewhere in Sydney, Australia) built
(I think) mid or early 1980's. That is about 25 foot, if I remember
correctly, so much smaller than this solar boat. Funny thing is, one
of the lecturers' at the Australian Maritime College had the
opportunity for his department to take ownership a couple of years
ago of that boat, but couldn't get the funding to ship it down from
Sydney. He had an ambition to cover it with a solar canopy (as range
extender) and do a high-speed daylight-only electric boat run down
the Murray River in SE Australia, charging at night stops.
Regards
[Technik] James
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