MapisM
Well-Known Member
The thread on Destriero remembered me of another very peculiar boat which I saw on a magazine some years ago. Btw, I'm almost sure that it was a cover story, together with the FB 80' Record, another very interesting speedboat. And the magazine was possibly MBY or MBM, though I wouldn't bet my right hand on that.
Anyway. The boat I'm talking about was a sort of extreme opposite, if compared to FB '80 or Destriero: built to be self-sufficient enough to spend a whole winter in the arctic, with a round shaped hull which should have allowed her to self-lift above the ice undamaged, while it was forming around her.
And IIRC, the skipper was British.
But I didn't read any follow up of such remarkable project, and googling around a bit didn't help.
Is there anyone who can point me in the right direction?
The only other thing I seem to remember is that the hull was painted in yellow.....
Anyway. The boat I'm talking about was a sort of extreme opposite, if compared to FB '80 or Destriero: built to be self-sufficient enough to spend a whole winter in the arctic, with a round shaped hull which should have allowed her to self-lift above the ice undamaged, while it was forming around her.
And IIRC, the skipper was British.
But I didn't read any follow up of such remarkable project, and googling around a bit didn't help.
Is there anyone who can point me in the right direction?
The only other thing I seem to remember is that the hull was painted in yellow.....
