Archive for September, 2010

Yacht powered by wind even with sails lowered

Yacht powered by wind even with sails lowered

Hybrid-electric catamaran uses lithium-ion battery charged onboard with wind-generated electricity.

Published Sep 30, 2010.
Read more: CNET

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Wind Charger Voyage Home Part One

Father and Son, Robbie and Lloyd, go to Trinidad to get Wind Charger, Lloyd’s 46ft sailing boat and bring it back to England. Wind CHarger has been in Trinidad for two years and needs a bit of work to get her going agaijn. The trip took 10 weeks altogether. Four weeks preparing in Trinidad and then 6 weeks at sea.