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WOB
modular, lightweight micro-catamaran for social connection
Hi everyone, I’m Iggy Love, a multidisciplinary designer and engineer.
I started WOB after visiting boat shows in Poland and Oslo and noticing a massive gap in how we access the water. Most boats are monolithic, expensive, and require a trailer or a permanent berth. On the other end, you have paddleboards that are portable but solitary and cramped. I wanted to create something that offered the stability of a boat with the logistics of a bicycle.
The core of WOB is a 3×3 modular grid. I spent a lot of time in Rhino and Blender balancing the physics—it had to be light enough for a car roof (41.5kg frame) but stable enough to stand on. One of the most interesting parts of the process was taking 3D-printed miniatures to boat shows to talk with marina builders, which helped me refine the 'Quick-Pin' hardware for tool-less assembly in under 8 minutes.
Beyond the hardware, I built a browser-based sailing simulator so people could feel the unique hand-crank steering intuition before a full-scale build. My goal is to treat naval architecture more like an open operating system where modules can be 3D-printed from recycled plastics.
I’m curious to hear from the community: when you think about water recreation, what is the biggest 'friction' that keeps you on the shore?
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About WOB on Product Hunt
“modular, lightweight micro-catamaran for social connection”
WOB was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 3 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #83 on the daily leaderboard. WOB is a modular, lightweight micro-catamaran designed for effortless transport on a car roof and rapid social assembly on the water.
WOB was featured in Hardware (11.4k followers), Social Impact (3.2k followers) and Design (5.4k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 6.9k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
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