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AMG Mercedes electric offshore powerboat at speed

 

AMG MERCEDES - At speed offshore testing, this Mercedes deep V powerboat (cigarette) is undeniably fast. 86 knots on batteries and electric motors. Not that fast in reality compared to other powerboats, but then this is offshore racing where the hulls get a severe pounding.

 

 

RECORD HOLDERS & IN PROGRESS ATTEMPTS

 

On this page we give you a few examples of some extraordinary human beings who have changed the world, by doing or making something that inspires others to think differently about what is possible, in this case raising the speed at which humans have been able to travel across water in a boat.

 

These records do not involve the burning of fossil fuels like diesel oil and aviation kerosene blend or even petroleum, all of which add to global warming. The new breed of record breakers are climate friendly engineers and scientists. They come from all sectors and walks of life, from private citizens to university students.

 

 

 

Helen Loney driving An Stradag to an electric world record boat speed

 

 

 

 

BATTERY ELECTRIC WATER SPEED RECORDS

 

MPH

Craft

Motor(s)

Pilot(s)

Location

Date

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45.76

Miss Nickel Eagle

General Electric 196v

Darryl Goad

USA

1978

50.83

An Stradag (spark)

Lynch 48v

Countess Fiona Arran

UK

1989

55.91

DeSilva runabout

Prestolite 144v

Norman Boddy

U.S.A.

1994

68.09

An Stradag

Agni 48v

Helen Loney

UK

2005

76.80

Ringwood

Agni 60v

Helen Loney

UK

2008

98.80

72v runabout

Prestolite  72v

Michael Bontoft

USA

2008

   99.00

Top Gun

Mercedes electric

AMG

Offshore

2013

 

 

SOLAR POWERED

 

 

MPH

Craft

Motor(s)

Pilot(s)

Location

Date

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   3.45

PlanetSolar

140kW total

Raphael Domjan

Circumnavigation

4 May 2012

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TU Delft

Solar

Solar hydrofoil

Cross Channel

August 2019

 

 

 

 

CLIMATE CHANGER - On the 4th of May 2012, history was made, as Raphael Domjan, at the helm of a giant of a catamaran powered only by solar panels crossed the finishing line at Monaco to become the first electric boat to sail around the world. MS Tūranor PlanetSolar, known under the project name PlanetSolar, was (@ 2018) the largest solar-powered boat in the world. The vessel was launched on the 31st March 2010, also going into the Guinness Book of World Records. The project was mostly financed by Immo Stroeher, the owner of the boat, making him one of the great Climate Changers in our books.

 

 

 

CLIMATE CHANGERS - Guinness World Records recognize water speed records for vehicles powered only by solar panels. The cross-channel attempt will go down in the history books.

 

 

LINKS & REFERENCE

 

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/fastest-solar-powered-vehicle/

 

 

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