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tiny, super fuel efficient watercraft....
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That's a pretty broad remit.
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...my hairbrained motive was to ... get a commuter boat
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The kayak and hydrofoil are right out. Were I to show up in a major city in something. I'd want a stylish passenger shuttle pod thing* on a SWATH[ull] with rimdrive thrusters.
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https://mil.ufl.edu › publications › Andrew_Gray_Azidrive_25sep2015.pdf
Azi-drive: a Novel Thruster Mapper for Twin Propeller Maritime Vessels
Two independent azimuth steered rimless propellers provide propulsion for the vessel. Using a nonlinear control allocation with singularity avoidance method, the approach was tested with simulations and then implemented on an ASV.
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*Else a Geo Metro on pontoons? Solar electric of course.