Ok, don't tell anyone, but I flat-out admit it:
As a sailor, I loathe powerboats.
I watch them speeding by with inept skiiers, waves crashing into my (no wake zone) dock, jarring and jostling my beloved boat... The high whine of the sea-doos as they zip about oncoming boats with no inkling of right-of-way much less port or starboard... UGH. The oily film they leave about the piers where they congregate... Ew, I'm making myself queasy when I think of it (or maybe it was last night's Green Drinks cocktails?)...
Any-hoo, to that segment of our seafaring population, I humbly submit:
The Solar-Powered Power Boat
Go check it all out (there's even a video) here:
http://ecoble.com/2008/04/15/awesome-solar-powered-bicycle-boat-design/
and make *sure* you visit the designer's site:
http://www.mj-design.fr/
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wow. Copeland, where on
wow. Copeland, where on earth did you dig this up? - maxmsf
Solar Powered Power Boat
Actually what is cracking me up is that, reflecting my opinion of the power boat culture, please note the imaginary sketch child is 1. not wearing a life jacket and 2. diving into shallow water.
Now a sailor's child would never do that!
(They'd be climbing someone's mast and jumping ship to ship to capsize their opponent... NOT that I ever did that or would teach my children such a pirate move.)
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I do like that the solar
I do like that the solar panels are atop of a pedestal that works as shade. So not only is it using the sun to save energy it is protecting the riders from the harmful rays. I would like to know where the propeller is. It seems like the ladder is always right near the propeller. Take it from someone who was hit by a boat as a child. That is NOT the best place for a ladder.
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