> Tom Wyatt built this Guillemot Double as a wedding gift for his daughter.
> There is something odd about it. Can you figure out what it is, other than
> the fact that it appears to be drifting away.

The cockpits don't seem to be in the proper position, and as I look at the grain on the coaming, it seems to be unusually wide. The light and dark bands would be inches apart if this was a full sized boat, so I'm guessing this is a minature.

The grablines on the deck edge seem awful stiff, so I'm thinking they might be antennae, and this might be a radio-remote controlled model. If so, the white panel filling the rear cockpit is NOT a beer cooler (sorry Mark), or a live well for fish, but is the battery compartment. The odd structure in the front cockpit might be the on/off switch. Why else would you block that opening?

The angle of the photograph suggests the camera was nearly directly overhead. to achieve this perspective with a full size boat the photographer would need to be at least 25 feet above the craft. Where would they stand? a fixed structure other than a bridge, might get in the way, or cast a shadow. A plane or helicopter would cause the water to be greatly disturbed. This adds to the `model' theory.

A father would be responsible for paying for the wedding of his daughter. After paying that much, I hope the daughter would not expect an additional, expensive, wedding present. A full size stripper represents a substantial investment in time and $. A model is more likely.

The DC on the hull suggests that the boat is run on direct current (batteries)

Is that bright spot a bit of a propellor barely showing under the hull?

Paul Jacobson