CL humor - bring folding chairs and you've got a perfect picnic boat!

[Thorne]

http://images.craigslist.org/3of3p93le5O05Q45U1acg5a2615d4931a153e.jpg

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/boa/2116712437.html

[phiil]

Seems to me that one of the outboard motor companies (Mercury?) did just that in print ads back in the sixties. "Smooth enough to plane a kitchen table" or something like that.

[Thorne]

Pretty sure this is a joke, as the image had been kicking around the web -

http://pointov.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/table-boat.jpg

I think I like this classic one better -
http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/attachments/open-discussion/3481d1120586048-building-raft-75-table_boat.jpg
http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/attachments/open-discussion/3481d1120586048-building-raft-75-table_boat.jpg

[Ian McColgin]

Nothing wrong with updating the classics.

[John Turpin]

I think the newer model has a little more waterline. Same style, though.

[rbgarr]

The original had a Formica top.
The new has Corian.
Too heavy, slower, as you can see. ;)

[Bob Adams]

I wonder if Hinkley is gonna sue?:D

[SamSam]

I wonder if Hinkley is gonna sue?:DYes, Hinckly vs Ethan Allen with Rooms-To-Go awaiting the results.