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Originally Posted by freebeard
So I followed that video to this one:
A twisting wing hydrofoil for steering coupled with active ride height. What's not to like? |
WOW, that’s amazing. Looks like a 1.4 million dollar 30 ft boat though. If you can buy one.
I’m still thinking of my simple two cylinder commuter boat, and using that hard dodger, running a freshwater cooled engine (uses raw sea water running to a heat exchanger to cool typical engine coolant), and off of that, run a heater core to ductwork in the dash to have heat for the colder months. The back of the dodger, which is open on sailboats, could employ a clear vinyl windshield material with a zippered door to keep the heat in. Sailboats use a clear vinyl full enclosure like this on the bimini sometimes, but they don’t have heaters. The sun makes heat in there pretty well too. In the summer, it unsnaps from the dodger and gets rolled up into a locker. The front windshields off dodgers usually open to give you a nice breeze on warm days. So you could essentially build a small commuter boat that drives like a car and has heat and a stereo, but the cockpit is still open to stand up and fish and do all the recreational boating things. But get 60-70mpg.