THIS. MPG is a stupid rating. The euro-world has it right with l/100km, just shift the units to something Americans are comfortable with and suddenly everyone starts having heart attacks about how much better a Mazda CX-5 is than a Ford Explorer and the shine falls off the Prius when they realize they can get 90% of…

I keep looking for one of these for that exact(ish) reason...

I might be suffering top gear whithdrawl... I’ve watched every episode at least three times now... even the crappy ones.

Some Writers are Torchinsky, and some Torchinskys are Writer, but which Torchinsky is most Writer?

iknowright?

It’s just such a GREAT myth! I mean, who doesn’t want to see the magic of something made of steel, nearly a 1/4 mile long, moving at freeway speeds... in the water!

I have no idea if this is Sailor Tales or genuine info, but on closer inspection CVNs have a hull beam-to-length ratio thats not far off from a cigarette boat... actually, longer vs. beam, which is a great design for high-speed displacement hulls... again, the Myth seems so plausible...

It’s interesting, one of the “supporting” discussions said that the guy remembered a time on the Reagan(?) when non-essentials were ordered off deck at night for a fast transit, but they left the fantail camera on in the lounge and he said “It looked, by the moonlight, like we were throwing a rooster tail as high as…

As I understand it, the carrier’s speed is at least partially for that reason. By sailing into the wind at high speed the relative wind velocity over the deck allows for a good margin of take-off safety, the catapult is still required to push most craft up to full take off velocity, but by being fast to start with…

indeed! This is one of those situations where the “myth” has so much momentum and plausible support that its nearly impossible to tell if it or the “unclassified truth” is the one that’s less full of shit.

its interesting, even here the responses seem to indicate that “over 30 knots” is very much a puff answer and the truth may be closer to the crazy story than it would seem. I’m just fascinated by the engineering and power systems required to move something that big with that alacrity, not that it UNimpressive that it…

indeed. The bit about sustained speed vs. max speed in CVNs does indeed have the ring of solid probability.

I can see a case where having that sort of speed available could be useful, even if its not usual operating practice... Not that I particularly trust these sources either, but it’s fun to think about...

from a very interesting thread on the Wooden Boat forum:

Considering this thing is nearly a 1/4 mile long, color me impressed.

that price seems pretty much in line with it’s SS platform mates... I would want to check it out carefully, given the amount of recent work, there could be other un-done things hiding (it is GM) behind shiny new parts... It’s not crack, to the right person its probably nice... That person is not me.

Big GT Coupe with a powerful engine, lots of glass and a usable rear seat... Yeah, they are of an Ilk. The Espada is even bigger than the Jensen though. From the proportions it looks like it must be 40 inches tall, but actually its just hugely long and wide.

it’s not the right answer, but it gives me an excuse to post the Espada. Because its awesome.

Actually, I think it has more to do with the riding season, and the generally smaller bike market. Because only the seriously hardcore ride all year around here (and even then, only on “nice” days), the number of people buying bikes is lower, and additionally even if they do have the “notion” and find out they are…

Not in the North East you can’t.