Landis.......... Hell of an idea with a singe ilmor package........
Your thoughts please ?

Hotjava66........ I learned to fly a float plane years ago and we use wind as our friend

Yup. Helps having the weight centered over the floats and not aft c.g. like a boat lol.

................???............... C. G. Has nothing to do with it !

Pivot point in boat is in the rear where the weight is, Wind pushes the bow. Plane is better balanced weight wise, Over the floats. Been in both so I do understand using wind as a tool.

What ever you say POWER ......
HOWERVER, IT IS NOT ABOUT YOU MIGHT BE I N.
IT IS ABOUT SELF TRAING AND HOW TO USE THE WIND....... Thx

Glad I could help.

Relax dude. For the record I agree with you. Just pointing out they are 2 different animals. Geez...

Indeed...... Thank you.........

I thought it was a interesting idea, it seems to be a few concerns on the docking....Somebody would have to explain to me, why a bow thruster would not work. I think it would be a simple solution. I would be more concerned about getting her on plane and if it had issues, I would try a aerator. I believe once the boat was up and running the performance would be quite impressive. I watched the Spiderman vee do countless laps and I saw how clean that bottom ran. I also believe the steps in the bottom do more then aerate the bottom, I am sure the angle of attack on the steps create lift from the water, which would make sense to me, because the water is 800 times denser then air, why would'nt you work with the water...then against it. Since I am not a vee bottom guy and I like what I call training wheels (cat) , My other concern would be the torque of the prop and countering it. I also think that it would be a neat project boat for illmor. They might not think so.

I was thinking Illmors as in two, don't know if one would get a forty footer on plane. 1350/#8 would probably do the job better. Good luck, sounds like an interesting venture.