Solar boat makes Atlantic history

Erik · Post by **Erik** » 30 Mar 2007, 14:47

We're saved! Now we can travel across the Atlantic by solar boat!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6509677.stm

And it only takes 117 days to get to Miami from Seville !!

Erik · Post by **Erik** » 30 Mar 2007, 14:50

Picture of the "Ancient Mariners" in Miami at last (They were teenagers when they left Seville!

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Neily at the peak · Post by **Neily at the peak** » 10 May 2007, 20:24

The crossing from las palmas (Canaries) to Martinique (Carribean) only took 29 days!! not bad for an emerging technology.

Neil

Kentucky Fried Panda · Post by **Kentucky Fried Panda** » 11 May 2007, 09:09

Kind of slow, they could have done it quicker with sails.