A boat made out of this metal would definitely need less power to propel it through the water. You might even need to rethink a means to stop it once it got going, like a parachute.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/22/metal-water-bounces-hydrophobic_n_6516318.html
That’s pretty spiffy. If they are able to apply the technique to other materials other than metal, you might be able to ‘wrap’ your boat hull with the stuff. It’d be like skimming on ice. 
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I bet it ain’t going to be cheap, that’s for sure. Up to an hour to etch a sq in of metal. Would be cool to do a Jon boat with the bottom etched like that.
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Interesting. Being that the boat doesn’t actually ride through the water it displaces, i bet there would be air bubbles between the boat and the water. Need someone with a degree in fluid dynamics to get in here stat.
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Originally posted by mcvlboundA boat made out of this metal would definitely need less power to propel it through the water. You might even need to rethink a means to stop it once it got going, like a parachute.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/22/metal-water-bounces-hydrophobic_n_6516318.html
Who said such craft do not already exist? You have to wonder that if something like this has already hit the Internet where has it already been applied? Comprende???
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If you wrap your boat in this, wouldn’t you really have a water hover craft
what if the boat simply displaces so much water that it sinks in the hole it has created by said dispersion? pretty stupid technology if you ask me…which I know you didn’t :))
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Originally posted by Bonzo72what if the boat simply displaces so much water that it sinks in the hole it has created by said dispersion? pretty stupid technology if you ask me…which I know you didn’t :))
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Lol, that crossed the brain here but there is still an air cavity in a boat. If that were the case every ship made of anything more dense than water would sink.
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Originally posted by DrumReaperquote:
Originally posted by Bonzo72what if the boat simply displaces so much water that it sinks in the hole it has created by said dispersion? pretty stupid technology if you ask me…which I know you didn’t :))
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Lol, that crossed the brain here but there is still an air cavity in a boat. If that were the case every ship made of anything more dense than water would sink.
</font id=“quote”></blockquote id=“quote”>I was talking about a boat that had all compartments vacuumed…THAT boat would sink :))
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So basically the worst boat ever made? haha
If you lined the inside of a PBR can, when you open it, the beer would explode out so you could drink it faster
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Originally posted by Bonzo72quote:
Originally posted by DrumReaperquote:
Originally posted by Bonzo72what if the boat simply displaces so much water that it sinks in the hole it has created by said dispersion? pretty stupid technology if you ask me…which I know you didn’t :))
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Lol, that crossed the brain here but there is still an air cavity in a boat. If that were the case every ship made of anything more dense than water would sink.
</font id=“quote”></blockquote id=“quote”>I was talking about a boat that had all compartments vacuumed…THAT boat would sink :))
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Lol, I suppose it may if it did not have vacuum-sealed fiberglass compartments containing injected foam, which would contribute to positive floatations.
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Originally posted by Fishb8If you lined the inside of a PBR can, when you open it, the beer would explode out so you could drink it faster
+2
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Originally posted by DrumReaperquote:
Originally posted by Bonzo72quote:
Originally posted by DrumReaperquote:
Originally posted by Bonzo72what if the boat simply displaces so much water that it sinks in the hole it has created by said dispersion? pretty stupid technology if you ask me…which I know you didn’t :))
The Morris Island Lighthouse www.savethelight.org
Lol, that crossed the brain here but there is still an air cavity in a boat. If that were the case every ship made of anything more dense than water would sink.
</font id=“quote”></blockquote id=“quote”>I was talking about a boat that had all compartments vacuumed…THAT boat would sink :))
The Morris Island Lighthouse www.savethelight.org
Lol, I suppose it may if it did not have vacuum-sealed fiberglass compartments containing injected foam, which would contribute to positive floatations.
</font id=“quote”></blockquote id=“quote”>the vacuumed compartments are filled with dark matter…geesh, do I need to draw y’all a picture?
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Originally posted by tigerfinI Would be cool to do a Jon boat with the bottom etched like that.
Only if you had no care about what direction you wanted to turn.
I doubt it would really make a huge difference. Most likely less drag, but?there would be still enough to turn.
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How would you wash it?
Make a Submarine out of that stuff and do away with the screws. Put a propeller on it and go 1,000 MPH. Or torpedos!
The boat wouldn’t sink…it’d sit on top of the water like this:
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190cc Sea Pro w/130 Johnson
1- 19 year old (boy of leisure)
1 - 1 year old (fishing maniac)
1 - wife (The Warden)
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