http://www.wired.com/culture/design/magazine/15-07/ff_boat

so hatty.. when you going to get one like that?

as Borat would say "WAA WAA WEEE WOO."

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That thing is hideous.

Agreed. Imagine the thirst of that beast.

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1984 300D, 138K

Yep... Wind powered for the most part................... Call the green police........

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1997 2500 Dodge Ram 5.9 Cummins 12 Valve 36 PSI of Boost = 400+hp & 800+tQ .. ..Greenspeed

2004 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 Quad Cab Cummins 5.9 H.O "596hp/1225tq" 6 spd. Man. Leather Heated seats/Loaded..Flame Red....GREENSPEED

Global warming...Doing my part, Smokin da hippies..

Fight the good fight!......

Nice try dude, check out the slide show where it shows it running under power. I have a feeling it spends a lot of time with the sails retracted. Specially with the potential problems alluded to here:

Yup. The laws of physics don't take kindly to attempted repeal and those masts are having a lot of leverage exerted on them. Add some rigging and you're got a triangle -- the strongest geometric form.

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1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K

I sailed on a brigantine about 8 years ago. If I had that much money at 70, I'd build a traditional square rigged vessel and have it crewed by nubile 20 yr old female able semen.

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1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

I understand how it all works, I understand how the masts were built and the engineering that went into it but...Unstayed masts scare the hell out of me. Give me some standing rigging please.

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With eyepatches and parots on there...ahem...shoulders. Sabres would be optional. Clothes would not.

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If you get a fishing smack I can be the assistant baiter,and that trucker fellow can be the masterba........forget I said that

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Insane ... the dining area is kind of neat though ...

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Ha!

...in the nude.

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It's hard to tell from the pics but it looks like the one that was featured on Mega Yachts. (If it is) the guy that commissioned it died before taking delivery and some fashion industry woman owns it now. It moves right along at full sail.

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That reminds me of the yacht the guy who started Netscape built. It was all run by SGI computers. That sounds like a nightmare in the making to me.

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