08-22-2016, 08:40 AM
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Originally posted by HereOnThePrimalEdge
A man in California built a solar powered autonomous boat, which recently traveled 2,413 miles in 41 days to the Big Island. 41 days, that's almost as fast as my last three Amazon deliveries:
Indeed, the idea of this tiny, homemade boat surviving 2,400 miles of open ocean to reach Hawaii seems foolishly unrealistic, and I know that more than anybody else. With help from friends, I built the eight-foot-long, autonomous, foam-and-fiberglass, solar-powered SeaCharger in my garage – not to make money or to win a contest, but simply as a challenge. And a challenge it was.
http://makezine.com/2016/08/22/solar-pow...mous-boat/
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