Article: XPLORER UNVEILS SECRET AT NAUTICUS.(LOCAL)

Byline: PAUL CLANCY, STAFF WRITER

NORFOLK -- With a cloud of spray and speed that would guarantee a ticket on a western interstate, a boat that ought to be a plane made its debut on the waterfront Friday.

Mayor Paul D. Fraim was on the inaugural run as the Xtreme Xplorer roared off from a dock at Nauticus. It gathered speed and went airborne, gliding over a cushion of air just above the flat water's surface at 92 miles an hour.

``It was quiet, smooth and very exciting,'' Fraim said after the brief ride down the Elizabeth River and back.

Along with the mayor on the swift ride was Francis Chen, the Taiwanese investor who wants to build ...

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