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islander
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Initially Posted - 06/24/2011 :  04:46:50  Show Profile
I know we had a thread for ugly boats running but I didn't think this was ugly, Just unusual. Every now and then you see something like this out on the water and I always wonder about how much time and effort the guy put into building this kind of oddity.
Looking at the size of the outboard compared to the boat, I guess it has two speeds, Idle and HOLY MOTHER OF GOD!!!!!
Scott-"IMPULSE"87'C25/SR/WK/Din.#5688
Sailing out of Glen Cove,L.I Sound


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TakeFive
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Response Posted - 06/24/2011 :  04:59:02  Show Profile
With a fly bridge it looks awfully top heavy, unless it has a huge fin keel with ballast bulb at the bottom. Looks almost like the torque from the prop could turn the boat over! And is that a mast with a hoisting boom (don't know the official terminology)? If lifting something, that raises the center of mass even more!

Are you sure this isn't a Photoshop trick?
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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 06/24/2011 :  05:09:02  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by RhythmDoctor</i>
<br />...And is that a mast with a hoisting boom...?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">That's for a steadying sail so he doesn't get thrown off the bridge.
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John Russell
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Response Posted - 06/24/2011 :  07:11:05  Show Profile
Thanks, Scott! I needed that this morning. I haven't laughed out loud in a while. HOLY MOTHER OF GOD!

Maybe they have a Shriner's parade on the water?
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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 06/24/2011 :  08:03:03  Show Profile
Kinda cute!! Reminds me of the "Little Toot" (children's book). I like the Shriner parade idea. Like you said, unless that thing has a lot of ballast below the hull, it's going to be very top heavy with someone on the flying bridge. I'd like to see a UTube video of it in motion.
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kentwm
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Response Posted - 06/24/2011 :  08:09:28  Show Profile
I think there is probably a hole in the flying bridge.. there is no way anyoneover 3 ft tall could be there.. you probably stand in the bottom with your head and sholders in the flying bridge.
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pastmember
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Response Posted - 06/24/2011 :  08:58:35  Show Profile
Bingo Kent, the whole thing is too miniature for anyone to be anywhere other than at the motor. The rest is just for fun. I bet this guy goes on the "garden train" tour every year. It makes you wonder who could have that much time for such a focused project. He really should get a Seagull OB.
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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 06/24/2011 :  10:17:56  Show Profile
I've seen a miniature tugboat puttering around the Chesapeake Bay with a toy wind-up key on top.
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dolivaw
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Response Posted - 06/24/2011 :  13:37:09  Show Profile
Looks like it's based on one of these:

http://www.tinytugs.com/tinytugs.com/Welcome.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiFKmiFPAKk
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Joe Diver
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Response Posted - 06/24/2011 :  16:29:19  Show Profile
Fat chicks....mopeds.....and now, Tiny Tugs.....you know the rest.....
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