My apologies for the off boating topic, but since there are obviously some gear heads / engineers here, thought you might find this fascinating.

http://www.wimp.com/kineticsculpture/

Meeting one of "these" on a moonlit beach stroll with my wife would seriously increase my alchohol intake.

Tom

Wow. That is the coolest thing!

V C Tks

Amazing creations by a genius.

Wow, that looks like a fun project!

Would like to have one of those looks like fun very cool

Now that's just too cool!

I wonder who's crank he is using?

very neat indeed

Very creative..