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Tim wrote:
On Mar 7, 10:50 am, wrote: wrote in message ... On Mar 6, 3:25 pm, John wrote: On Sat, 6 Mar 2010 11:41:38 -0800 (PST), wrote: on the Discovery channel Sun night 9:00pm (est) http://www.soundingsonline.com/news/...251472-hybrid-.... Even though it will probably be targeted for the U.S market, it's too bad it wasn't made here. Holy ****, Tim, six hundred thousand dollars! And I still didn't see a friggin' rod holder. -- "Your honor can never be taken from you. Cherish it, in yourself and in others." (Unknown) John H I'm sure they'll sell some John, but if I had that kind of money for a boat, I think I'd get something else. That craft just isn't my thing. --------------------http://www.dsehybrid.com/looks like the solar panels were an after thought. Actually, after looking thru the first dozen picshttp://www.motorboating.com/gallery.jsp?ID=1000023794, my impression is the boat looks slapped together. They might have thought about hiring a marine architect. Can you imagine the glare off of those solar panels on the deck forward of the bridge windows? With the right angle to the sun, you can almost hear eyeballs sizzling......... See what happens if it's in a good hail storm. But that thing will probably never see temps less than 75 degrees. You can get hail just about anywhere, Tim. |
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On Mar 8, 6:12*pm, Larry wrote:
Tim wrote: On Mar 7, 10:50 am, *wrote: *wrote in message .... On Mar 6, 3:25 pm, John *wrote: On Sat, 6 Mar 2010 11:41:38 -0800 (PST), *wrote: on the Discovery channel Sun night 9:00pm (est) http://www.soundingsonline.com/news/...251472-hybrid-..... Even though it will probably be targeted for the U.S market, it's too bad it wasn't made here. Holy ****, Tim, six hundred thousand dollars! And I still didn't see a friggin' rod holder. -- "Your honor can never be taken from you. Cherish it, in yourself and in others." (Unknown) John H I'm sure they'll sell some John, but if I had that kind of money for a boat, I think I'd get something else. That craft just isn't *my thing. --------------------http://www.dsehybrid.com/lookslike the solar panels were an after thought. Actually, after looking thru the first dozen picshttp://www.motorboating.com/gallery.jsp?ID=1000023794, my impression is the boat looks slapped together. They might have thought about hiring a marine architect. Can you imagine the glare off of those solar panels on the deck forward of the bridge windows? With the right angle to the sun, you can almost hear eyeballs sizzling......... See what happens if it's in a good hail storm. But that thing will probably never see temps *less than 75 degrees. You can get hail just about anywhere, Tim.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Oh thats true. especially here in the central and southwestern states. But I don't really anticipate seeing one of those coming up the mississippi. But I could be wrong, though. |
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