That's a way cool boat, and I'm wondering the science behind it. Can it
really be that much more efficient than conventional hull designs?


Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 18:15:25 -0400, " JimH" not telling you @
pffftt.com wrote:


"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 17:11:32 -0400, " JimH" not telling you @
pffftt.com wrote:

More he http://www.earthrace.net/view.asp

Want to buy a 23m one? http://www.cld.co.nz/tri_20m.htm

I read something about this in (I think) Popular Mechanics awhile ago
- it's way cool technology.

Is this it? http://tinyurl.com/eb3vc

I think so - looks familiar.

I heard via the commercial fishing grapevine that a new Aussie firm
will be testing a WIG vehicle from Woods Hole, MA to Oak Harbor,
Martha's Vineyard and Old Harbor, Block Island this coming summer.

Before the Pequots closed their shipbuilding operation, they proposed
a WIG ferry from Foxwoods to Montauk and NYC - all supposedly at like
200 mph. :)

I could see an application for the Trimaran though in that service.

As I understand it the wavepiercing trimarans will not reach those speeds.

More on WIG vehicles:
http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question...cs/q0130.shtml

Cool stuff!

Indeed.