JimK:  Seriously though. Does this not seem like it would be super awesome to take out in the Long Island Sound?

The real thing is a quarter of a mile long and full of highly flammable cargo - and must be safely piloted on the high seas.

So it’s no wonder they start you out on one of these little ones.

The two little boats seen here are replica oil supertankers, used for training captains who want to take charge of the real thing.
mini supertankers

They are electronically powered and worth £150,000 - which rules them out as a toy, for those who thought they looked like great fun.

Why do those guys look so miserable when this is obviously so cool? It’s like a giant toy and a boat and a frigging supertanker but small enough that you won’t kill all of Alaska if you wreck it. Also, probably faster than pirate dingys if you happen to take it to Somali waters.

People, I know there’s a server fund drive on now, but if you would rather just buy me a quarter-million dollar replica supertanker, that would be just fine by me. I’ll rent that bitch out for parties, water taxi, porn shoots, whatever. Server will get paid if someone buys me a toy supertanker that I can actually drive on real water.