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Worlds Largest Solar Powered Vessel cruising down the Chesapeake Bay Now
that is very cool.. but why do they let the props hang half out of the water? They would be more efficent if they were not thrashing the water like that
The Arneson Surface Drives are among the most efficient marine propulsion systems in the world. Their surface-piercing propeller design reduces underwater drag by 50% compared to conventional submerged propeller drive systems.
That thing is hideous, really, really, really ugly, but it is neat in high tech sort of way, but extremely ugly. Oh and since the winds are actually created in part by convection due to solar heating...is it not then true that any sail boat is a solar powered boat, and if it sails without an engine it is a totally solar powered boat?
And any sailboat would look better than that hideous thing.
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