Well, this isn’t a story about a Hinckley or Palm Beach motoryacht, but then you can’t drive your Hinckley or Palm Beach down the road, either. Ziong Jian, an inventor and mechanic from central China, put it together from scrap parts of a minibus. Originally the engine was in front (the bow?), but it started ingesting water, so he moved it to the trunk, or stern.
Ziong’s vehicle, a Chinese car-boat combo, can carry four people. In the water it goes in forward and reverse and is able to make turns. It tops out at 20 mph, but Ziong hopes to make some tweaks to get it up to 25. We don’t know anything yet about the fuel burn or range at cruising speed. It does go a bit faster on land. The car-boat is particularly useful for Ziong, because the Zhenzi River where he lives floods every year during monsoon season.
In the video, below, take a good look at the wiring:
