[gurps] [VEHICLE] of the week 632 – Archvillain's Yacht (1920s Ver

[Michael Layne]

On 11 December 2006,  "Onno Meyer" <Onno.Meyer at gmx.de> said:

>David replied to me:
>
> > I'm not sure that a 120 foot heavy boot could be made to do 30 knots
> > using 20's technology.
>
>Well, it is for the archvillain in a 20s-era cliffhangers game. So
>it should push the envelope, just as James Bond's toys are just a
>little ahead of today. The boat is still firmly TL6, but cinematic.

   Hydrofoils, perhaps?  I know the concept sounds too modern for the 1920s, 
but some experiments with surface-piercing foils were being carried out as 
early as 1908.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrofoil

Michael Layne
theherald at hotmail.com

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