I'm glad to hear you'd avoid that nightmare. I couldn't believe it when I first saw it either. Like you say, the weather and water conditions in the video are perfect and it still looks dangerous as hell. I hope they never get approved to market that deathtrap. I can picture somebody driving it into a lake and having it suddenly fill with water and I don't see any easy exits.

Apparently it was built to be a motorhome and then some rich idiot decided to make it amphibious. Hey, call me crazy but if I want to go out onto the water I'll do that in a boat. That Frankenboat thing scares me even on flat calm water. It's just too way too heavy and it doesn't look very stable. It wasn't designed to float. I agree with you that it looks unstable and I didn't hear any mention of stability tests in the advertisement. It would have to be Coast Guard approved and I just can't imagine that ever happening. The passenger carrying Duck boats that you mention are Coast Guard inspected and certified before they can carry passengers but they've had their share of problems.

Unlike the motorhome, the duck boats were designed to be amphibious and even they get into trouble. I think at least a couple of them have sunk with loss of life. Personally I wouldn't go near one of those either. Don't get me wrong, I like boats fine, as long as they're seaworthy.