San Francisco Chronicle photo by Paul Chinn
The Proteus a new boat concept — obviously — makes a test run in San Francisco Bay last Thursday. Its inventor, Ugo Conti, calls it a WAM-V, for wave adaptive modular vessel. The superstructure flexes on titanium springs (like a car’s leaf springs). It is powered by twin Cummins diesel that look to be running wave piercing drives. Definitely interesting ... and different.
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