A new propulsion system for boats ditches the diesel
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 9:04 pm
http://www.popsci.com/gear-gadgets/arti ... ave-runner
This month, 69-year-old Japanese sailor Ken-ichi Horie will attempt to captain the world’s most advanced wave-powered boat 4,350 miles from Hawaii to Japan. If all goes as planned, he’ll set the first Guinness world record for the longest distance traveled by a wave-powered boat and, along the way, show off the greenest nautical propulsion system since the sail.