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Jbb
07-01-2006, 12:38 PM
Of fun on the water.......Meet the Cosmic Muffin (http://www.planeboats.com/index.html)
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Outnumbered
07-01-2006, 01:21 PM
I'm pretty sure that Jimmy Buffett(sp) used to own that or still does. I think I saw it on TV a while back.
Cheap Thrills
07-01-2006, 01:53 PM
I saw that on the Travel Channel the other week. Even when it's sitting still it's on plane :p
C.T. :wink:
BajaMike
07-01-2006, 02:27 PM
I'm pretty sure that Jimmy Buffett(sp) used to own that or still does. I think I saw it on TV a while back.
Jimmy Buffett never owned one of those but he does have a sea plane.
It's kind of cool looking inside, but not the most seaworthy...I wouldn't want to dock it in a cross wind :idea:
Tom Brown
07-01-2006, 02:33 PM
I wonder how it would taxi in big weekend Havasu chop.
bchbum
07-01-2006, 02:38 PM
That's nice , but I would like an open-bow . :cool:
RitcheyRch
07-01-2006, 03:23 PM
Definitely interesting.
Sleek-Jet
07-01-2006, 06:17 PM
Jimmy Buffett never owned one of those but he does have a sea plane.
It's kind of cool looking inside, but not the most seaworthy...I wouldn't want to dock it in a cross wind :idea:
So would you use the crab method, or the forward slip??? :D :D
TOBTEK
07-01-2006, 06:50 PM
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/520/860ATT785210.jpg
WHAT.............. looks like your average Spectre dash :rollside:
Outnumbered
07-02-2006, 07:27 AM
Jimmy Buffett never owned one of those ...
You are correct. But there is a Jimmy Buffett connection. I guess my memory if failing in my old age :( I found this info on the web-link...
The Jimmy Buffett Connection
While cruising Fort Lauderdale’s Middle River on a sailboat sea trial in 1992, Jimmy Buffett discovered the strange looking boat made from an airplane. Being a seaplane pilot the vessel attracted his notice and struck an inspirational chord. After researching its past, he wrote the plane-boat into his first novel, a No. 1 best seller, Where Is Joe Merchant? as Desdemona’s Cosmic Muffin, her rocket ship to the stars.
ThongMagnet
07-02-2006, 07:35 AM
That's nice , but I would like an open-bow . :cool:
That would be open "cockpit"