The Greenest Boat On Planet Earth

This may not be breaking news but definitely is worth mentioning. It’s probably the most advance boat on the planet. In the Sydney harbor, the Solar Sailor is a revolutionary piece of technology harnessing the wind and the sun to power itself. In other words it’s a clean and green sailing machine.

Being under the sun for an average of more that 340 days a years makes Sydney the perfect place to implant this type of technology. 8 movable solar paneled sails are used to catch the best possible combination of wind and solar power.

Drawing inspiration from the dual use of insect wings, Solar Sailor patented Solar Wing technology utilises the two most abundant sources of energy in nature – solar & wind energy.
Flexibility is key to the wing design, and depending on weather conditions, these two sources are used simultaneously or singularly. The wings move automatically, tracking the sun for optimal solar collection and the wind for optimal sail power. In extreme wind situations, they fold down against boat.
Engineered to operate in 40 knots of wind with 300% margin of safety.

“We are confident we can build everything up to ocean liners and in fifty years time people will look back at boats of the 20th Century and they’ll say “where are the wings”?”
-Dr Robert Dane, CEO, Solar Sailor