Solar powered yacht: 146 days and heading for Brisbane

11:40 PM Sun 20 Feb 2011 GMT

'Planet Solar - route so far' .

Last September, after many months of planning and construction, a very large solar solar-powered yacht called Planet Solar set out from Monaco, aiming to be the first to circumnavigate the globe in a 'solar' boat, i.e. one powered by a silent, pollution-free electrical engine, driven exclusively by solar energy. It planned that it would take around 160 days to circle the planet, but 146 days later, after crossing the Atlantic, visiting Miami and transiting the Panama Canal, they have just left Galapagos heading across the Pacific heading for Brisbane. A little slower than planned, but maybe they are just having ...

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by Nancy Knudsen

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