# Stange experimental boat **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 19, 2006, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stange-experimental-boat/377121 "2006-10-19T17:55:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stange-experimental-boat/377121/41 "2006-11-22T00:29:48Z")
I’m pretty sure it’s some kind of floating crane. The struts attach to the pontoons with serious looking leaf springs ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stange-experimental-boat/377121/42 "2006-11-22T13:17:15Z")
[QUOTE=Enola Straight] I’m pretty sure it’s some kind of floating crane. The struts attach to the pontoons with serious looking leaf springs [/QUOTE] That is why I suggested salvage as it’s purpose. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2006, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stange-experimental-boat/377121/43 "2006-11-23T06:52:03Z")
Those pontoons have been scientifically designed to impress the ladies. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2006, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stange-experimental-boat/377121/44 "2006-11-23T12:40:06Z")
[QUOTE=Finagle] And given his other patents, there’s some support for the oil exploration /sea bottom mapping theory. [/QUOTE] Maybe hunting for [url=[Manganese nodule - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manganese_nodule)]Manganese Nodules[/url? ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2006, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stange-experimental-boat/377121/45 "2006-11-23T20:16:45Z")
It reminds me of the [_Sea Shadow_](http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/sea_shadow.htm). I wondering if it’s simply a test platform for something. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2007, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stange-experimental-boat/377121/46 "2007-10-08T22:05:13Z")
The truth–_ **revealed!!** _ [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20631051/](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20631051/) > [@](#): > > NEW YORK - Pity the fisherman or sailor who staggers on deck in the morning and through bleary eyes sees a giant water spider, legs akimbo and buzzing ominously, coming at him. > > No cause for alarm, however. It’s just Proteus, a so-called Wave Adaptive Modular Vessel designed for everything from military uses to biological studies, ocean exploration and sea rescue. > > The spindly catamaran is so efficient that it can travel 5,000 miles — farther than across the Atlantic — on one load of diesel fuel. > > Daniel Basta, director of the National Marine Sanctuaries for the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, said the lightweight, low-cost and modular craft is well suited to scientific and environmental purposes using technology that is itself smaller and less cumbersome. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stange-experimental-boat/377121/47 "2007-10-09T12:21:20Z")
Here ya go. All (or most anyway) questions answered: It is called the [WAM-V](http://www.wam-v.com/) . ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stange-experimental-boat/377121/48 "2007-10-09T12:31:33Z")
This is pretty much a zombie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stange-experimental-boat/377121.md?page=2)