http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/02/su...owered-boat.php
Looks cool. and it works too. thats even better.
Rumor has it that there used to be wind-powered boats.
That guy is real impressive.
Remember that other guy
Captain Joshua Slocum
He sailed around the world in the 1800 :s
And wrote a book about it.
A real good one too.
guys like that is a kick to read about.
Remember that other guy
Captain Joshua Slocum
He sailed around the world in the 1800 :s
And wrote a book about it.
A real good one too.
guys like that is a kick to read about.
I was taken with this because it seems sooooo simple.
I can't understand why this wasn't common back when wind power was popular
I can't understand why this wasn't common back when wind power was popular
QUOTE (paul h+Mar 18 2008, 12:41 AM)
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/02/su...owered-boat.php
Good pic, look at that, could they circumnavigate the globe with it?
Here's something interesting:
http://www.dickrutan.com/page2.html
Good pic, look at that, could they circumnavigate the globe with it?
Here's something interesting:
http://www.dickrutan.com/page2.html
Yep :)
Love it.
I don't know Paul, wasn't it you that had been to sea?
So why ask us landlubbers :)
I'm guessing that there is a lot of technology behind that idea to get it to work.
As you say, if it's so simple, why haven't it been done before?
Love it.
I don't know Paul, wasn't it you that had been to sea?
So why ask us landlubbers :)
I'm guessing that there is a lot of technology behind that idea to get it to work.
As you say, if it's so simple, why haven't it been done before?
By the way, reading what he built them of I get the feeling that Captain Ken-ichi Horie is not only a inventor but a Sensei of the most enlightened kind. I wish him good speed and the best of luck.
Thanks paul h and PIATLAS for those links. Very cool info... 
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