Here’s an interesting sailing story we just found in the Honolulu Star Bulletin:
It is counterintuitive that a boat that relies on wave propulsion could move in the direction of oncoming waves.
But that is just what the Suntory Mermaid II does.
Now, Japanese adventurer Ken-ichi Horie is planning to skipper the world’s foremost wave-powered vessel 4,350 miles […]
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Adventurer Using Waves to Sail From Hawaii to Japan
March 7th, 2008 · No Comments
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Tom Slingsby Declared 2008 Laser Champion
February 14th, 2008 · No Comments
The finals of the 2008 World Laser Champion were held in Terrigal, Australia yesterday and defending world champion Tom Slingsby was declared the winner again!
Agreeing that he knew he had a good chance of successfully defending his 2007 world title, Slingsby nevertheless admitted, “while you feel confident, you never know in a great fleet of […]
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