On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 17:53:26 +0200, in rec.boats.paddle Wilko
wrote:

!Jones wrote:

Yes, well, I believe I acknowledged that as an issue. Designing
*anything* is full of trade-offs... this is life. My issue is that,
left without a sanity check, I'll put so many gadgets and gizmos on it
that it'll need the extra flotation just to stay on the surface.
snip
Jones... who is going to mount a harpoon gun on the front... Sharks,
you know. (Do depth charges work better?)

LOL!!!

I'd go for a big laser, so you can also get rid of those pesky aliens
trying to abduct your boat! ;-)

Well, just lookin' around on the trusty old Google, I see that ama
boats have quite a devoted following, particularly down under.

Jones