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#138836 - 07/07/08 12:11 AM Worlds first Wave powered boat
falcon5000 Addict Registered: 09/08/05 Posts: 662	Worlds first Wave powered boat, Japanese master sailor and environmentalist Kenichi Horie waves from "Mermaid II", powered only by waves in March off the coast of Waikiki in Hawaii. Horie has completed a 110-day solo voyage across the Pacific Ocean in a boat propelled by wave power to claim another world first. http://www.tsuneishi.co.jp/english/horie/about.html http://www1.suntory-mermaid2.com/english/sm2_experiment.html http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Japanese-sailor-Kenichi-Horie/ss/events/lf/070608japanesesailor _________________________ Failure is not an option! USMC Jungle Environmental Survival Training PI 1985
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#138847 - 07/07/08 01:59 AM Re: Worlds first Wave powered boat [Re: falcon5000]
OldBaldGuy Geezer Registered: 09/30/01 Posts: 5695 Loc: Former AFB in CA, recouping fr...	Interesting. Not being a sailorman, or an engineer, or very smart, I have to wonder how this thing works if there are few waves, or you are going with the current, or something like that... _________________________ OBG
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#138898 - 07/07/08 05:20 PM Re: Worlds first Wave powered boat [Re: OldBaldGuy]
James_Van_Artsdalen Addict Registered: 09/13/07 Posts: 449 Loc: Texas	A macroscopic version of Maxwell's Demon! I assume that when there are no waves it behaves just as ships did when the was no wind in the Age of Sail: better not be in a hurry.
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