Off the Wall

For some off-the-wall, out-of-the-box, far-out ways of imaging sailboats, check out the ideas (fantasies?) of Yelken Octuri, a French designer whose day job is working for Airbus and has designed a

• seaplane-convertible sailing yacht
• sailboat-convertible seaplane
• space shuttle for a weightlessness honeymoon
• flagellum oscillator which is an alternate solution to traditional propulsion systems

He claims the first two are technically possible.


For an out-of-the-ordinary vision, go to Octuri.