List of solar-powered boats
SB Collinda crossed the English Channel on solar power[1]
Solar Sailor of Australia
List of solar-powered boats is a list of boats powered by Sun, typically solar panels providing electrical power to motors.
- SB Collinda was the first solar powered vessel to cross the English Channel (in 1997).[1]
- Tûranor PlanetSolar circumnavigated the globe on solar power
- Sun21 sailed the Atlantic from Seville to Miami, and from there to New York.[2] It was the first crossing of the Atlantic powered only by solar.[3]
- The Firefly solar boat[4]
- Solar Sailor[5]
See also
- Electric boat
- Electric aircraft (including section on solar-powered aircraft)
- Solar Splash (Solar-powered boat race)
- Frisian Solar Challenge (Solar-powered boat race)
- List of large sailing vessels
- Human-powered watercraft
References
- 1 2 "Solar power rules the waves". New Review (34). 1997. Archived from the original on 4 March 2005.
- ↑ "Solar boat makes Atlantic history". BBC News. 30 March 2007. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ↑ "Solar boat completes fuel-free voyage". USA Today. Associated Press. 8 May 2007. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ↑ "Firefly: A $2900 electric boat powered entirely by homemade solar panels". EcoChunk. 7 July 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ↑
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