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boatdryver posted 01-11-2012 10:18 AM ET (US)
Only a government budget could afford [the SEA LEGS boat shown in the video linked below], but oh so clever.
Link to SEA LEGS boat video
contender posted 01-11-2012 02:34 PM ET (US)
Other than some type of rescue,(Fire Dept. Lifeguards, Coast Guards) or someone with more money than they know what to do with it, I can not see this having a big market, However, I do like the idea and it looks well made.
Tom W Clark posted 01-12-2012 09:44 AM ET (US)
I would love to have one of these.
http://www.sealegs.com/
They are beautifully engineered and built but poorly marketed in this country
17 bodega posted 01-14-2012 01:00 AM ET (US)
Very sweet setup. Did someone push the easy button? The wings and flight gear would really seal the deal. Now every Joe can be James Bond!
wezie posted 01-14-2012 11:41 AM ET (US)
"Only the government can afford one", explains why they are poorly marketed in this country.
We cannot afford them.
fourdfish posted 01-14-2012 08:59 PM ET (US)
We have seen this here before! The nature of this boat makes it very expensive. Great technology with some real needs in our society. Unfortunatly at this time the market is limited and price is high. Maybe in the future.
jimh posted 01-15-2012 10:16 AM ET (US)
Yes, this boat has been previously discussed here in THE GAM.
I saw a recreational version of this boat at IRISH BOAT SHOP in Harbor Springs, Michigan this summer. They were delivering it to a local customer. Yes, the folks up there have money. There are more HINCKLEY picnic boats in the marina than Boston Whalers.
elaelap posted 01-15-2012 10:21 AM ET (US)
Cost?
Jefecinco posted 01-15-2012 11:12 AM ET (US)
May as well get a hovercraft or build one. They're easy and relatively cheap to build and a lot of fun to operate. They can be a bit noisy but boy are they fun. Did I mention they're fun to operate?
Butch
Tom W Clark posted 01-15-2012 12:22 PM ET (US)
One of these RIBs is going to cost you close to $100,000 or more. These boat are nothing like a hovercraft; they are very high quality RIBs that have the ability to launch and retrieve themselves from the shore.
Jefecinco posted 01-16-2012 07:14 PM ET (US)
One can purchase a very high quality hovercraft which can also launch and retrieve itself from a shoreline, even a very swampy one. A hovercraft has the additional advantage of being able to seamlessly accomplish the operation as well as to operate without difficulty on the extremely hard water found up North this time of year.
I would find a hovercraft to be a more versatile and useful vessel for my purposes but I can see a useful military purpose for the Sea Leg Boats in that they can be made to be very stealthy during the landing and departure processes. Hovercraft are noisy beasts.
Butch
jimh posted 01-16-2012 11:02 PM ET (US)
In some waterfront situations a dock may not be possible, either due to the cost or to regulations. A boat that can be launched easily from the beach like the SEA LEG boat could be a good alternative, both functionally and fiscally. I've seen some rather elaborate docks that probably cost $50,000 to build, and a SEA LEG boat would not need one. And in some situations a waterfront property owner cannot build a dock or a sea wall, so this could be an alternative.
These days there are not very many cheap boats available new. Whaler sells boats that cost over $400,000.
Jefecinco posted 01-17-2012 10:23 AM ET (US)
Jim makes an excellent point.
Not to get too far off topic, but I've seen some imaginative methods used to launch and retrieve boats from private property in areas where getting an Army Corps of Engineers permit to install a pier is extremely difficult. A favorite of mine was one I saw on the upper Potomac River near Alexandria, VA. A property owner had secured two steel "I" beams to his beach. He then equipped an old boat trailer with steel wagon type spoked wheels which fit the channels in the beams. There was sufficient grade to the water that gravity served to launch the boat. A winch was attached to the beams sufficiently above the water to retrieve the boat above the highest tide level. Not very unlike the marine ways still in use in some areas by boat builders.
Hard to beat the price if not the esthetics.
Butch

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Author	Topic: SEA LEG Boats
boatdryver	posted 01-11-2012 10:18 AM ET (US) Only a government budget could afford [the SEA LEGS boat shown in the video linked below], but oh so clever. Link to SEA LEGS boat video
contender	posted 01-11-2012 02:34 PM ET (US) Other than some type of rescue,(Fire Dept. Lifeguards, Coast Guards) or someone with more money than they know what to do with it, I can not see this having a big market, However, I do like the idea and it looks well made.
Tom W Clark	posted 01-12-2012 09:44 AM ET (US) I would love to have one of these. http://www.sealegs.com/ They are beautifully engineered and built but poorly marketed in this country
17 bodega	posted 01-14-2012 01:00 AM ET (US) Very sweet setup. Did someone push the easy button? The wings and flight gear would really seal the deal. Now every Joe can be James Bond!
wezie	posted 01-14-2012 11:41 AM ET (US) "Only the government can afford one", explains why they are poorly marketed in this country. We cannot afford them.
fourdfish	posted 01-14-2012 08:59 PM ET (US) We have seen this here before! The nature of this boat makes it very expensive. Great technology with some real needs in our society. Unfortunatly at this time the market is limited and price is high. Maybe in the future.
jimh	posted 01-15-2012 10:16 AM ET (US) Yes, this boat has been previously discussed here in THE GAM. I saw a recreational version of this boat at IRISH BOAT SHOP in Harbor Springs, Michigan this summer. They were delivering it to a local customer. Yes, the folks up there have money. There are more HINCKLEY picnic boats in the marina than Boston Whalers.
elaelap	posted 01-15-2012 10:21 AM ET (US) Cost?
Jefecinco	posted 01-15-2012 11:12 AM ET (US) May as well get a hovercraft or build one. They're easy and relatively cheap to build and a lot of fun to operate. They can be a bit noisy but boy are they fun. Did I mention they're fun to operate? Butch
Tom W Clark	posted 01-15-2012 12:22 PM ET (US) One of these RIBs is going to cost you close to $100,000 or more. These boat are nothing like a hovercraft; they are very high quality RIBs that have the ability to launch and retrieve themselves from the shore.
Jefecinco	posted 01-16-2012 07:14 PM ET (US) One can purchase a very high quality hovercraft which can also launch and retrieve itself from a shoreline, even a very swampy one. A hovercraft has the additional advantage of being able to seamlessly accomplish the operation as well as to operate without difficulty on the extremely hard water found up North this time of year. I would find a hovercraft to be a more versatile and useful vessel for my purposes but I can see a useful military purpose for the Sea Leg Boats in that they can be made to be very stealthy during the landing and departure processes. Hovercraft are noisy beasts. Butch
jimh	posted 01-16-2012 11:02 PM ET (US) In some waterfront situations a dock may not be possible, either due to the cost or to regulations. A boat that can be launched easily from the beach like the SEA LEG boat could be a good alternative, both functionally and fiscally. I've seen some rather elaborate docks that probably cost $50,000 to build, and a SEA LEG boat would not need one. And in some situations a waterfront property owner cannot build a dock or a sea wall, so this could be an alternative. These days there are not very many cheap boats available new. Whaler sells boats that cost over $400,000.
Jefecinco	posted 01-17-2012 10:23 AM ET (US) Jim makes an excellent point. Not to get too far off topic, but I've seen some imaginative methods used to launch and retrieve boats from private property in areas where getting an Army Corps of Engineers permit to install a pier is extremely difficult. A favorite of mine was one I saw on the upper Potomac River near Alexandria, VA. A property owner had secured two steel "I" beams to his beach. He then equipped an old boat trailer with steel wagon type spoked wheels which fit the channels in the beams. There was sufficient grade to the water that gravity served to launch the boat. A winch was attached to the beams sufficiently above the water to retrieve the boat above the highest tide level. Not very unlike the marine ways still in use in some areas by boat builders. Hard to beat the price if not the esthetics. Butch