As Robbins, 44, and his 15-man crew approach the school--identified earlier by spotter plane--they lower two 40-foot boats into the water.

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Most incredible of all is the size of the Anzani engine - just 25 horsepower, barely enough oomph to carry even a tiny plane across the water.

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By using lightweight aerospace materials like carbon fiber, which has the strength of steel but weighs one-fifth as much, naval architects can design boats that plane across the surface of the water instead of plowing through it.

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