Riverboat for Atlantis? - Galt's Gulch

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Riverboat for Atlantis?

Posted by jbrenner 9 years, 2 months ago to The Gulch: General

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Wouldn't this be an ironic transport ship for Gulchers?

SOURCE URL: http://www.sbmac.com/auctions/riverboat-for-sale/riverboat-auction-email-bidspotter1.html

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Posted by khalling 9 years, 2 months ago

I'm not a gambler but interesting. How did this come to your attention? no quick getaways in a paddleboat

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  Posted by jbrenner 9 years, 2 months ago
  
  Some people consider me "American Lab Picker", as in the similarly named TV show on the History Channel.
  
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  Posted by jbrenner 9 years, 2 months ago
  
  I buy and (rarely) sell used lab equipment. This auction was put on by an auction site I use sometimes. When I saw this I thought of hiding in plain sight.
  
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Posted by Technocracy 9 years, 2 months ago

Actually it would be a useful water transport after a collapse.

No more channels being dredged, and a paddle boat has a shallow draft for its size. It would be harder to foul a paddle wheel than a prop as well. It could go places a lot of other water craft could not. Especially if it was converted to use wood as a fuel.

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Posted by freedomforall 9 years, 2 months ago

See any auctions for nuclear submarines?
(Not the Russian ones with faulty design, thanks)
Hide out of plain sight. Only really big pirates (fedgov) would be a threat.
Also much safer from hurricanes and the like.

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  Posted by jbrenner 9 years, 2 months ago
  
  No, I haven't, but several of my former students work at Norfolk Naval Shipyards as nuclear engineers so maybe ...
  
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