Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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13 August 2010
08:3065306#1
Been nice knowing you :)
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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13 August 2010
09:4965322#2
Been nice knowing you :)
13 August 2010
10:3865337#3
Wow, that's some piece of technology. Hopefully she will be around for the traditional sail round the harbour on Sunday afternoon. Can anyone actually stand on the deck?
Guest 643- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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13 August 2010
11:5865350#4
Taken from the Western Heights at about 17.30 yesterday.
There's always a little truth behind every "Just kidding", a little emotion behind every "I don't care" and a little pain behind every "I'm ok".
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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13 August 2010
12:0165351#5
Oooo that's one cool looking craft
Guest 643- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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13 August 2010
12:0265352#6
And here's another to give a perspective of her size.
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Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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13 August 2010
12:0365353#7
I want one.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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13 August 2010
12:0865355#8
That's pretty big, yeah I'd like one too.....please
Jan Higgins
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13 August 2010
12:1665356#9
I just showed my 17 year old grandson the pictures and his first question was, "I wonder how fast it goes, you don't get much power from solar".
Typical boy. Can I have one as well? I mean boat not boy.
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13 August 2010
12:4965358#10
Ugliest looking boat I've seen for a long while, hopefully it is only a prototype.
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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13 August 2010
13:2065364#11
I'd love to stand on the top of it like the guy in Jacqui's pic.
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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13 August 2010
13:2265366#12
Looks impressive - I think it is on a 160 day round the world tour.
Only does 9.5 knots apparently, but looks fast !!
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Guest 641- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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13 August 2010
15:2965378#13
Where's Kate Winslett?
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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13 August 2010
15:3665381#14
Diane, one can't stand on the deck, as it has none. The 'deck' it seems to have is a special kind of glass to receive light, sun-light.
However, there is also a technology called photo something or another, which receives power merely from light, sun or no sun. This latter technology is very expensive and too ineffective to be used commercially.
As for the solar-power system, which is the case of this boat, it is also too uneconomical to be used other than for a show-off.
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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13 August 2010
16:1765391#15
These things are a good start to prove that such things/scale are possible.
Talking of renewables, a massive new tidal turbine has been unveiled
http://www.recycle.co.uk/news/2514000.htmlBeen nice knowing you :)
14 August 2010
10:4465447#16
Contrary to your post Alexander and see Jacqui's photo, one can stand on the solar panels.
DianA
Admittedly it is not very beautiful but an example of new technology which is not polluting earth, sea or sky.
