The strange, spider-legged catamaran called Proteus just came to New York after visiting San Francisco earlier this year.
Here's something new about Proteus I didn't know before:
The spindly catamaran is so efficient that it can travel 5,000 miles — farther than across the Atlantic — on one load of diesel fuel.
Link - Thanks Greg Fisher! | Previously on Neatorama: Strange Spider Boat "The Proteus" in San Francisco | Weird Boat on Stilts
Yeah, not so impressive when you learn that a "Tank" is 2,000 gallons of diesel. That's only 2.5 miles per gallon.
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It is very efficient compared to fuel consumption of a sea-going vessel.
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Of course it can travel across the atlantic on one load of fuel. Is it supposed to refuel half way there?
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It's not that hard to imagine you could find a port to refuel at in the atlantic is it andrew?
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