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Old 07-16-2005, 01:15 PM
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You always should have a backup. It's neccessary.
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Old 07-18-2005, 06:59 PM
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Why not consider catamaran hull? Is it consider superior when talking about power consumption?

Here is Sydney's SolarSailor, a solar & wind powered sightsee cruiser.

http://www.solarsailor.nl/

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Old 07-18-2005, 07:16 PM
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For a cat I may be able to afford somthing like this.
http://www.tamarackelectricboats.com/ For my needs I want a mono hull.

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Old 07-19-2005, 10:49 AM
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i really like the idea of a wind/ solar boat what nice should be if one day sails could be solar generator.. no gasoline, no pollution.. !!! they just made flexible solar panel....
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