Circumnavigation with pure solar power!

[Rubycon]

Sounds interesting. I would not want a misbehaving lithium-ion pack at sea though!

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/05/19/solar.powered.yacht/index.html?hpt=Sbin

 

[JulesMaximus]

Sailors have been doing that for centuries harnessing nothing but the wind.

For $16 million I could build one hell of a sailing yacht and have $15 million left over.

 

[OUCaptain]

Sailors have been doing that for centuries harnessing nothing but the wind.

For $16 million I could build one hell of a sailing yacht and have $15 million left over.

True, but it takes that extra 15 mil to build it for the idiot rich that just want to point it that way and push the throttle up. Sailing is like, all complicated and junk.

I would not want a misbehaving lithium-ion pack at sea though!

Me either. Puffing LiPo packs are partly why I got out of RC helis. Too temperamental, and at $250 a pop,too expensive to replace.