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OK, I bite. It looks like.....
By:Paul jacobson
Date: 9/10/1998, 3:21 pm
In Response To: What's wrong with this boat (Nick Schade)

> Tom Wyatt built this Guillemot Double as a wedding gift for his daughter.
> There is something odd about it. Can you figure out what it is, other than
> the fact that it appears to be drifting away.

The cockpits don't seem to be in the proper position, and as I look at the grain on the coaming, it seems to be unusually wide. The light and dark bands would be inches apart if this was a full sized boat, so I'm guessing this is a minature.

The grablines on the deck edge seem awful stiff, so I'm thinking they might be antennae, and this might be a radio-remote controlled model. If so, the white panel filling the rear cockpit is NOT a beer cooler (sorry Mark), or a live well for fish, but is the battery compartment. The odd structure in the front cockpit might be the on/off switch. Why else would you block that opening?

The angle of the photograph suggests the camera was nearly directly overhead. to achieve this perspective with a full size boat the photographer would need to be at least 25 feet above the craft. Where would they stand? a fixed structure other than a bridge, might get in the way, or cast a shadow. A plane or helicopter would cause the water to be greatly disturbed. This adds to the `model' theory.

A father would be responsible for paying for the wedding of his daughter. After paying that much, I hope the daughter would not expect an additional, expensive, wedding present. A full size stripper represents a substantial investment in time and $. A model is more likely.

The DC on the hull suggests that the boat is run on direct current (batteries)

Is that bright spot a bit of a propellor barely showing under the hull?

Paul Jacobson

Messages In This Thread

What's wrong with this boat
Nick Schade -- 9/9/1998, 4:00 pm
OK, I bite. It looks like.....
Paul jacobson -- 9/10/1998, 3:21 pm
I have no idea! - Tell ME NOW!
Rob Cochrane -- 9/11/1998, 12:21 am
Re: What's wrong with this boat
Martin Foil -- 9/10/1998, 11:39 am
Re: What's wrong with this boat
Jay Babina -- 9/10/1998, 10:21 am
Re: What's wrong with this boat
Paul A. Lambert -- 9/10/1998, 8:25 am
Re: What's wrong with this boat
Frank -- 9/10/1998, 8:16 am
Re: What's wrong with this boat
Nolan Penney -- 9/10/1998, 7:45 am
Re: What's wrong with this boat
Dave Hagen -- 9/9/1998, 11:33 pm
Re: What's wrong with this boat
Alan Resinger -- 9/9/1998, 7:21 pm
Re: What's wrong with this boat
Jerry Weinraub -- 9/9/1998, 5:32 pm
Re: What's wrong with this boat
Jerry Weinraub -- 9/9/1998, 7:52 pm
Re: What's wrong with this boat
Mark Kanzler -- 9/9/1998, 5:06 pm
Mark Wins
Nick Schade -- 9/10/1998, 3:01 pm
Re: Have y'all thought about adding it to the kayak registry @ kayak builder's of so cal?
Mark Kanzler -- 9/12/1998, 10:51 am
Re: Mark Wins
Nolan Penney -- 9/10/1998, 3:29 pm
Re: Mark Wins
Mark Kanzler -- 9/10/1998, 3:20 pm
Re: Mark Wins
Martin Foil -- 9/10/1998, 3:08 pm
Re: Mark Wins
Mark Kanzler -- 9/10/1998, 3:26 pm
hrrrrmph
Paul Jacobson -- 9/10/1998, 9:27 pm
Re: hrrrrmph
Mark Kanzler -- 9/11/1998, 11:28 am
Re: hrrrrmph
Paul Jacobson -- 9/12/1998, 11:22 pm
Re: hrrrrmph
Mark Kanzler -- 9/14/1998, 4:09 pm
Re: hrrrrmph
Mike Spence -- 9/15/1998, 3:30 am
Re: hrrrrmph
Mark Kanzler -- 9/15/1998, 10:49 am
Re: hrrrrmph
Mike Spence -- 9/15/1998, 2:14 pm
Re: the final hrrrrmph
Mark Kanzler -- 9/15/1998, 2:37 pm
Re: the final hrrrrmph
Nolan Penney -- 9/15/1998, 3:28 pm
Chomping on words
Mike Spence -- 9/13/1998, 4:01 am
Re: hrrrrmph 2
Rick C. -- 9/10/1998, 11:15 pm
Re: What's wrong with this boat
Mark Kanzler -- 9/10/1998, 2:34 pm
Re: What's wrong with this boat
John Lange -- 9/10/1998, 2:45 pm
Re: What's wrong with this boat
Mark Kanzler -- 9/10/1998, 2:36 pm
Re: What's wrong with this boat
jim champoux -- 9/9/1998, 4:35 pm