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Monday, March 5, 2012

City HOT TUB BOATS: For Real!!!

Posted by Bethany Jean Clement on Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 1:09 PM

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Remember way back on Friday when Matt Hickey tipped us off about HOT TUB BOATS, and some people in comments said hot tubs are gross (WRONG, unless you're hot-tubbing with the wrong people), and some people wondered how a boat that is full of water can float (MAGIC, obviously), but most people were all OH MY GOD CAN SUCH A GREATNESS BE TRUE?!

Answer from the official Hot Tub Boat people: YES!!! Erin of the Hot Tub Boat Team says:

The prototype boat (in the pictures) was designed and built by two local shipwrights, Kelly Norton and C. Adam Karpenske. We were hoping to have a "soft roll-out" with our new local business. However given the recent popularity, we are incredibly excited and busy! The business is still planning on making its official debut this summer, and we will have price information for rentals and purchase at the beginning of April.

The photos over here are from the maiden voyage of the first Hot Tub Boat on Lake Union! Some details:

Each hot tub boat comes complete with coolers, locked dry storage, water jets, running gear and safety equipment. They are subject to all US Coast Guard Standards, have had a complete marine survey, and are fully insured. They are powered by electric in-board motors and cleaned with a UV/chemical-less filter making them environmentally friendly.

All righty, then! HOT TUB BOATS!!! Another reason to be desperate for summer.

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I so want one. I wonder if I can build one myself...

Posted by prompt on March 5, 2012 at 1:17 PM

"The wrong people" = "The genitally-infected people with terrible personal hygiene who rented it before you, who pissed, farted and ejaculated while in it".

Posted by Fnarf

on March 5, 2012 at 1:21 PM

Hot Tub Boats!

Good God!

Hot Tub Boats!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TESW8LMo2…

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe

on March 5, 2012 at 1:26 PM

why would summer be needed for this? hot tubs are best in the winter.

Posted by Max Solomon on March 5, 2012 at 1:32 PM

Okay, my first, and I feel the most important, question:

Do you have to be wearing a swimsuit while out in it?

Posted by dagard on March 5, 2012 at 1:35 PM

@2 I must have accidentally included you in my Facebook invite.

Posted by NaFun

on March 5, 2012 at 1:37 PM

@2, why would you use anything Will in Seattle just used?

Posted by Cato the Younger Younger on March 5, 2012 at 1:37 PM

So are they radio-controlled from shore? or on a tether? Because I'm pretty sure the Coast Guard wants vessels underway to be controlled by someone paying attention and not three sheets to the wind, have approved nav lights (or at least a Heinie to starboard and a Killian's to port), have lifejackets within reach, etc., etc.

It's all fun and games until some showboating hipster pulls a Costa Concordia at half-a-knot off Myrtle Edwards Park.

Posted by rob!

on March 5, 2012 at 1:42 PM

That's great and all, but do they have pool boats yet? Failing that, do they have hot tub boats that are big enough that I can float around on an inflatable cushion in them?

Posted by Zebes

on March 5, 2012 at 1:42 PM

Remember Tubs in the U-District? The Soak-n-Poke? This thing looks like that thing - the floating soak and poke.

Posted by karion on March 5, 2012 at 1:44 PM

I'd like to announce now: I'm peeing in each one of these that I use.

Posted by derek_erdman

on March 5, 2012 at 1:47 PM

@2 Booze+Sea sickness= Hot tub full of puke.

Posted by Vince on March 5, 2012 at 1:48 PM

I can only sit in a hot tub for about 15-20 minutes before I start feeling overheated. That's a pretty short boat ride.

Posted by Amanda on March 5, 2012 at 1:49 PM

....aaaaaand they've added a FAQ page recently that pretty much addresses what I mentioned @8. Sarsaparilla and strawberry soda only in those on-board coolers, kiddies. Do your drinking first.

Posted by rob!

on March 5, 2012 at 1:54 PM

I love hot tubs. I love boats. In retrospect, this is a thing that should have been invented decades ago, and cannot happen too soon.

Sign me up.

Posted by Reverse Polarity on March 5, 2012 at 1:56 PM

At last we can put the Lusty Lady's experienced jizzmoppers back to work!

Posted by gloomy gus on March 5, 2012 at 2:00 PM

Safety equipment – like life vests? I can’t explain what tickles me so about the idea of life vests in a hot tub.

@4 You’ve noticed that our summers aren’t as long as the calendar says they are, haven’t you?

Posted by Allyn on March 5, 2012 at 2:03 PM

@2 and 11: Sounds like a good time, but I just asked them, and they're going to change the water between rentals.

Posted by Bethany Jean Clement on March 5, 2012 at 2:24 PM

@18 Bethany -

Is it a fresh water hot tub, then - no or low chemicals? I'm wondering how they'll dispose of all that water if it's chlorinated, but if it's not chlorinated they can dump it in the sound, can't they?

Posted by Allyn on March 5, 2012 at 2:31 PM

@18, they're going to change the water out every hour? Do you know how long it takes to heat up a hot tub? How much energy? They'll have to have a million-gallon hot water tank right there. Seems wasteful. Also, it's not really safe to stay in a typical hot tub for more than 20-30 minutes. Short boat ride! They could lower the temperature a little, I suppose.

Also: you can't clean out a hot tub that Will in Seattle has been in just by changing the water.

Posted by Fnarf

on March 5, 2012 at 2:34 PM

@19: They're saying it's "cleaned with a UV/chemical-less filter making them environmentally friendly"...

And @20: You are indefatigable—first too germy, now too wasteful and too hot! I will ask them. But yes, that's what they said, they're going to change the water for each ride. And from their FAQs: "The maximum hot tub temperature is 104 degrees fahrenheit. However, we recommend a slightly lower temperature, about 100 degrees fahrenheit, to allow for maximum soak time."

Posted by Bethany Jean Clement on March 5, 2012 at 3:05 PM

I think I'm gonna build a swimming pool in my back yard so I can put a floating hot tub boat in it.

Posted by john t on March 5, 2012 at 3:21 PM

@20,

Every hot tub I've been in where I couldn't choose the temp was cool enough to soak in for hours if I chose to.

A good, hot soak ought to be 104 f, minimum, but most seem to be set at 100.

Posted by keshmeshi on March 5, 2012 at 3:27 PM

@21, all right, all right, you have defatigated me at last. It's a great idea and you'll all have a lovely time.

UNTIL THE MARINE BORERS GET YOU.

Posted by Fnarf

on March 5, 2012 at 3:35 PM

While hilarious in concept, I suspect this will not last too long. Make yr money and get out quick. I can imagine the fun of capsizing into Lake Washington at night wearing only a swimsuit.

It all sounds like pointless decadence. And I like decadence; but this is dopey. Also, I'm a curmudgeon.

Posted by treacle on March 5, 2012 at 3:58 PM

Why do you have to wait for summer?

Posted by Weekilter on March 6, 2012 at 6:27 AM