A wave powered boat

[dotnmarty]

I think Sark's 22 is already named E-fishin-C

 

[starcrafttom]

b-c that was fuuny. :cry I dont care who you are.

 

[Captains Cat]

I'm with Tom on this one, I don't get it...the wave hits the fins and...what? The videos on the other site all had the rider pumping away, again with some kind of muscle power, to move whatever was below the water line. It would seem like waves hitting a fin would not, you know, do anything...but of course they must.

Think of the heavy boat as the rider, the up and down motion imparted by the waves does the work and the boat moves forward. No waves, no motion though....

C'mon guys, believe.... A bumble bee can't fly either, it violates the laws of aerodynamics...

Charlie

 

[oldgrowth]

Dog you have the idea but not all the facts. follow this link and read for your self. I subscribe to this and get a copy every month. Some very good reading.

http://www.hillsdale.edu/news/imprimis.asp

Tom – that was a great article, should be required reading.
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Dave

 

[starcrafttom]

Dave , if you go back to that link you can view at all the guest speakers monthly articales all the way back to the 70's. Lots of good reading. Last month was on why the canadian health care system is failing and is not a good model for us or them.

 

[hardee]

.... I'll bet if you replaced one of your 40 hp Honda powerheads with an electric motor and swapped out the other 40 hp honda power head with a generator that was powered by the prop...you could run forever..assuming you run twin honda 40's...you may be out of luck with the single

I think that one would be called: Propetual Mo -C-ion

Harvey
SleepyC :moon