The Modern Materialist : boats

Guitar Boat Being Auctioned for Charity

Shaun Seneviratne — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:02:00 GMT

It looks like MM's Alex Zalben's wish is coming true.

On Feb 9, Australian singer-songwriter Josh Pyke is putting this guitar-shaped boat on eBay to raise money for the Indigenous LIteracy Project.

Here's the guitar-boat in action:

How much do you think it's going to go for? Place your bets in the comments section!

[Via Boing Boing]

Equations: Guitar + Boat

Alex Zalben — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:35:00 GMT

The boat is a working prop made for Australian singer Josh Pyke's new video, "Make You Happy." Hey Josh, make us happy: put this thing on sale.

[Via Zimbio]

What’s In This Backpack?

Alex Zalben — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:30:00 GMT

Okay Materialistas, it’s Quiz Time! There’s something remarkable in this backpack, and you have to guess what it is. Is it:

A) Camping Supplies.
B) A Whole Roast Chicken.
C) A Tent.
D) A Boat.

If you answered A, B, or C, you’re possibly correct, as this backpack as there’s room for additional camping supplies, or, I guess, a roast chicken. But the ACTUAL answer is a 350 lb. capacity inflatable pontoon! That’s a boat, FYI.

[$300, Hammacher-Schlemmer]

[Via UberReview]

Solar Speedboat

Alex Zalben — Mon, 26 May 2008 19:30:00 GMT

Continuing our in depth look at things you can’t actually do this Memorial Day, it’s the Dutch, Solar Powered Speedboat that isn’t yet available for sale!

That being said, hopefully it will be publicly available, soon. The virtually silent boat runs 55.5 km/h, and seats three people. So not the biggest or faster boat out there, but it’s not the slowest or the smallest, either (that would be this one). And, it’s completely green, as the body is wrapped in photoelectric cells. This is, of course, super important in the water… It doesn’t solve that pesky “sucking fish into your engine” problem, but it does cut down on fuel leak into the water, as well as that annoying speedboat noise we all loathe so much.

Check out a video of the green-boat in action:

[Czeers]

[Via Crave]