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SUN21 - Solar Boat to Cross Atlantic

Posted Sep 17, 2006 at 10:26PM by Ian C. Listed in: Environmental Campaigns, Engineering Tags: solar power, Canary, Solar Energy, Spain, New York
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In an effort to promote solar-power to be used as an alternative source of energy for oceanic commercial transport, Marc Wüst,shipbuilder and manager of the MW-Lin of ships thought up the idea to build SUN21. The SUN21 is a 14-meter-long catamaran that runs on nothing but solar energy.

The ship will undertake the first motorized crossing of the Atlantic without using a drop of gasoline. The creators hope that this new world record will demonstrate the great potential of the solar technique for ocean navigation. The boat is equipped with solar modules, batteries and motors allowing a constant speed of 5–6 knots (10–12 km/h) 24 hours a day, equivalent to the average speed of sailing yachts.

SUN21's campaign will start October of this year. After, a promotion tour along the river Rhine to Antwerp, the SUN21 will be shipped to southern Spain the actual voyage will begin in December in Seville. From Seville, the ship will head to the Canary Islands, then to Cape Verde. After a long travel across the Atlantic, it will reach St. Martin and then from there head to the Bahamas then to Miami then to its main destination - New York. When the ship arrives at the big apple in spring 2007 it would have covered about 7000 sea miles.

Below are a few thumbnails of the boat under construction. Take a gander if you wish.

Sun21 - Image 1 Sun21 - Image 2 

Sun Boat

Neat boat don't you think? Now that we have this, solar-powered wheelchairs, solar-powered eyes, and even solar-powered usb flash drives, I wonder what they'll hook up to the sun next? Solar powered flash-lights?

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