--Years ago someone built a fairly over-engineered contraption that looked a little like a cross between a P-38 and a trimaran. Crew cockpit in the center connected to two outer hulls where propulsors were located. The clever bit was that the connections were via arms that could be raised and lowered hydraulically, so that while transiting from dock to sea the cockpit was raised above the waves, but once it arrived at an interesting bit of sea it could be lowered *below* the waves, using the outer hulls as floatation. --Anyone recall any more details about this thing? Seems to me it's a design just aching for a bit of JW-style bodging... :-)
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20 years ago