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Sam Fortescue examines how renewable energy afloat is benefitting from technical developments in other sectors
Oceanvolt s electric drives feature a clean display that can tell you exactly how much electricity the system is consuming under power or generating under sail. Credit: Richard Langdon/Ocean Images
As the rest of the world grapples with decarbonisation, the sailing community is benefitting from the various technical developments made in other sectors, and now has more options to use renewable energy afloat.
It is now simpler to harvest and store power on board than ever before – no bad thing when you consider how many power-hungry gadgets fill a modern cruising yacht.
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Jimmy Cornell has abandoned his Elcano Challenge – a quest to retrace the world’s first circumnavigation in a fully electric boat – for now.
Jimmy Cornell at the helm. CREDIT: GILLES FOUCRAS
Jimmy Cornell has abandoned his Elcano Challenge – a quest to retrace the world’s first circumnavigation in a fully electric boat – for now.
The yachtsman, author and World Cruising Club founder, now in his 80s, says vital lessons were learned in the attempt to retrace the Magellan-Elcano expedition.
Aventura Zero, his Outremer 4.Zero multihull, proved ‘outstanding seaworthiness’ during a 1,500-mile passage from Tenerife to La Grande Motte.