The Wave Adaptive Modular Vessel -- The Dive Boat of the Future?
Posted Jan 30th 2007 4:00PM by Willy Volk
Filed under: Boat
Meet the Wave Adaptive Modular Vessel. Its friends call it the WAM-V. This new, spider-like watercraft features ultralight, flexible catamarans and a modular design that allows for a variety of applications. The WAM-V has ocean-crossing capabilities with a range of up to 5,000 miles; very low fuel consumption; low draft; and minimal wake. With room for 12 passengers and an optional dive platform available, this 12-ton, 100-foot vessel may be the coolest, sportiest dive boat on the planet. Attach a video camera to the tip of one of those catamarans and send the feed into the cabin, and people will be screaming, "Faster! Faster!"
[Via Gizmag]
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1. can this platform be used to replace current lobster boat technology and work in high tide swells? consider dropping lobster traps out the bottom rather than over the side.
Posted at 1:33AM on Sep 8th 2007 by D