I used to work for a naval architect so I shall try not to over think this.
I'm actually a little surprised they are so ... Conventional? I was expecting something a little whackier.
I've been thinking of making a boat kit. One of the things I dislike about boat models you buy is hat even the waterline ones done have the necessary double curvature in the hull. They are basically just vertical slab sided and curved to a point at the bow.
I could make a much more realistic boat shape by mimicking the plank build style in laser cut styrene, but I've been uncertain about the style to do that with so as to make a good impression with the technique. Think it would work best by having large amoun og hull visible above the water line, so perhaps the quite upright style of the first picture? Is it supposed to be wood or iron or some form of fubarnii botany ear wax?
I like the tug. I love way the hull just seems to have stopped and a paddlewheel is rammed in there... The aesthetics of that really work for me.
The floating city is just silly... In a good way. You'll have a lot of stability issues as you have all your buoyancy arranged deep under the central point (like an inverted volcano) this will make it capsize almost instantaneously. You'd have to arrange the bulk of the buoyancy around the edges, like a circular life raft or a katamaran. Having said that the idea of making some form of waterline raft/buoyancy structure on which I could balance existing buildings could be visually very interesting!
The last one intrigues me most. I'm presuming the vane structures create rotational motion that drives the Sid paddle wheels rather than acting as aerosol sails? I like the silly novelty of this in a way I can't quite put my finger on...
Thanks for the food for though mike.
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