The SUNTORY mermaid ? - wave-powered boat

"Horie, who has sailed around the world solo, travelled the Pacific in a yacht made of recycled beer cans in 2002".

Hum, I hope he got to drain those beers all by himself. Seems to me, to make this work, you heading would be important. Probably, not much better than relying on the wind. But it is very interesting. Remember, not that long ago, you could only sail with the wind.

Here's the SkySails home page (if it comes up in German, there's a button for English).

http://www.skysails.info/index.php?L=1

And here's an article on the successful maiden voyage:

http://sun-enews.com/news_full.php?cpfeatureid=26801&id=242924

It's the successful outcome of imaginative power being applied to a presumably outdated technology.

Reminds me of the flippers on penguins sub from the show Batman

6' model

The best part is Horie San's actually work and by wave power.

Back to the ol Bat design board, Horie has given me an idea.

Brad