Green living: Boat powered by sunshine arriving in Miami

mfcorey1

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Sat Nov-27-10 01:56 AM
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Green living: Boat powered by sunshine arriving in Miami

BY CURTIS MORGAN
cmorgan@MiamiHerald.com

A vessel seemingly straight out of a vintage James Bond movie will slip into Miami's Government Cut sometime around 8 a.m. Saturday.

The craft, a strange mash-up of gleaming glass arrowhead, sleek flying saucer and knife-nosed catamaran, was not designed by an evil madman plotting world domination. It's the brainchild of Raphael Domjan, a Swiss engineer and self-described ``eco-adventurer'' with a not-all-that crazy scheme to circle the world using only sunshine for fuel.

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/11/26/1944980/boat-powered-by-sunshine-arriving.html#ixzz16SnDhpQt

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Catherina

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Sat Nov-27-10 02:03 AM
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1. Sweet

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Lasher

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Sat Nov-27-10 02:26 AM
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2. Delete

Edited on Sat Nov-27-10 02:28 AM by Lasher

Posted wrong place, sorry.

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DCKit

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Sat Nov-27-10 10:31 AM
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7. Not nearly large enough for Hugh and ALL the bunnies.

There is a smaller, two stateroom version out there (as seen on TV just yesterday) with a solar electric(6kw)/bio-diesel hybrid drive.

That said, how long until someone posts that "it'll never work", "what's the point" or "we're still doomed"?

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Lasher

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Sat Nov-27-10 02:27 AM
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3. Great idea, here's another eco-friendly craft.

Old Ironsides is rated for 13 knots, twice the speed of this solar powered vessel.

OK, I know the linked article discussed this point adequately at the end. I just like Old Ironsides.

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ixion

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Sat Nov-27-10 06:35 AM
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4. to be sure, it is. However, you need a full crew compliment to sail that vessel

as opposed to one or two people. Just sayin'...

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alphafemale

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Sat Nov-27-10 07:01 AM
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5. Yeah...like you could sail to other continents and reek havok in that flimsy contraption.

pshaw

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madokie

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Sat Nov-27-10 07:23 AM
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6. cool

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Countdown_3_2_1

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Sat Nov-27-10 10:35 AM
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8. He needs a deck for sun bunnies to tan on...

pretty lonely sailing around the world without sun bunnies...just sayin.

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DirkGently

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Sat Nov-27-10 10:40 AM
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9. Planet Solar is cool. I subscribed to the website, but everything they send is in French.

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