Treehugger presented in February a story about a wave powered boat and its sailor (Heinichi Horie), who had the guts to go from Honolulu to Japan on a 4,800 miles trip, with a boat powered solely by the waves. Today he finished his trip, according to Associated Press.
Wave powered boat
Wave Powered Boat: Free Energy from the Oceans
(via www.greenoptimistic.com)
Submitted by sweet_andra87 on Mon, 2008-07-07 13:08. | Tags: technology | mermaid 2 | mermaid boat | Suntory | suntory boat | suntory wave powered | wave power | Wave powered boat
Wave-Propeller Boat Isn’t Fast, But Loves The Environment
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Kenichi Horie is a brilliant man! It might seem obvious to think at a boat powered by the most abundant energy source in the ocean:the waves. But the 69 year old sailor will attempt to travel between Hawaii and Japan (4,350 miles) this month in his Mermaid 2, the world’s most advanced wave-powered boat
Submitted by sandossu on Wed, 2008-03-19 16:13. | Tags: transportation | Suntory | Suntory Mermaid | Suntory Mermaid II | Wave powered boat | Wave-powered
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