Sections: Best of the Web Jul 26th, 2007 10 Comments 
Sent in by one of our Spanish readers are these pictures of the hottest thing for summer! If you are thinking that it looks like a MINI in the water, then you would be correct.
It looks like someone converted a CR/W MINI to actually operate in the water. Follow the link below to see more pictures in which you can see the windscreen was removed and you get a hint at the propulsion system. It is all in Spanish, but the pictures require no translation.
Where do I sign up to get this done to my MINI?
[ the MINI Boat ] Masmini.com message board.
Nathaniel Salzman Jul 26th, 2007 Link
Looking closely, given the window proportions, it looks like it’s not a MINI converted to be a boat, but rather a boat converted to look like a MINI. Which is fabulous none the less. Ha!
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MiniMatt Jul 26th, 2007 Link
Haha! Classic stuff! Wow, Gotta get me one of these!
It looks like it could be the same life-sized plastic Mini they had on the DJ stand at Mini United?
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R50HyperBluevee Jul 26th, 2007 Link
It’s been said before: If you think you’re perfect, you try walking on water!
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prkali Jul 26th, 2007 Link
It looks like it could be the same life-sized plastic Mini they had on the DJ stand at Mini United?
Although I wasn’t at MINI United I know I had seen one of these plastic MINI’s at my local dealership in Orlando quite a few weeks back…..that thing was completely realistic looking!!! Great job to the person who carved this thing out to make a boat!!!!
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xBoXlOvEr Jul 26th, 2007 Link
I’m gald you liked the new! I saw it this morning placed at something like a port with karting and more stuff, and It was shocking to see a MINI floating in the water parked as a sea motorbike! Hahaha…
Mu mom was amazed and she didn’t realized it til seconds later… She was fleeping!!
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GregW Jul 26th, 2007 Link
You’re all wrong so far. This is the new America’s Cup yacht design to be sailed off Valencia in 2009. Cup Holders syndicate Allinghi have surprised challengers Larry Ellison’s Oracle BMW team and Emirates Team New Zealand with this stunning new design. Allinghi Boss Alberto Bertarelli said ” We wanted to make yacht racing more like a Formula 1 car racing event”.
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lilcoopr Jul 26th, 2007 Link
My birthday’s coming up…… hint hint (but in black/pink to match my MINI, please!!)
But seriously, it does look like the plastic MINI from MINI United! Haha GregW it would be AWESOME and HILARIOUS if they had a yacht event like that!!
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Aussom Jul 26th, 2007 Link
… So it’s not a real MINI – unlike the one used in the memorable scene in the movie Austin Powers – Goldmember, where a MINI Cooper resplendent in a Union Jack paint job is driven into the ocean (!)
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