Taking a walk through Suntopia Harbor, I was looking for a better place to fish. Weaving amongst the upscale apartments juxtaposed by overgrown weed lots, I stumbled upon some real exotic crafts rotting away, forgotten and neglected by their owners.
This semi-submersible looks like something straight out of Star Trek with it's dramatically curved pontoons and bulbous design. Not meant to submerge at all, it rides on the surface, but the passengers sit in the hull well below the waterline, and can look out of the domed windows. The aft portion of the craft reveals a small propeller and rudder that suggests this exotically designed take on a glass-hulled boat is only meant to cruise in protected bodies of water, and may be a hint as to why it is still not in use around this area.
Looking like something that might lead the Rebel squadron to an attack on the Death Star, this airfoil is built for speed. Mounted behind the long cockpit is a huge fan, not unlike those used by the fan boats on the everglades. It is sad that these two awesome crafts are left to rot in an abandoned lot just a few feet from the water, but upkeep and storage costs must be prohibitively expensive for items of such limited utility.
As if to match the theme of my walk, I spotted these strange fruit, busting out of fur covered appendages. It's ordinary excursions like these that make wandering around such a rewarding activity.
Comments (5)
What a cool bunch of discoveries! Wish someone could overhaul those watercrafts for some good purpose, like making them part of a Japanese Rose Parade theme of "Lost in Space"....
And the fruit is scary. What the heck is it??
Posted by: yomama | December 29, 2004 11:51 AM
Posted on: December 29, 2004 11:51
It's some sort of palm fruit- strange looking, but maybe you can eat it.
Posted by: Adam | December 31, 2004 4:25 PM
Posted on: December 31, 2004 16:25
Dude, do you think the dude built that ".0001 leagues under the sea boat" or was it another production idea of the 80s gone horribly wrong. You should find out how much he'd sell it for. Kumamoto AJET might be interested.
Posted by: Yo-Jimbo | January 6, 2005 9:58 PM
Posted on: January 6, 2005 21:58
Heh, I'll check it out.
Posted by: Adam | January 7, 2005 3:55 PM
Posted on: January 7, 2005 15:55
I announce the socialist republic of the mOOn
Posted by: dfgdfgdf | October 8, 2005 8:53 PM
Posted on: October 8, 2005 20:53