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on the Cam May 2008 |
EBA members fill Bates Bite Lock |
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The EBA flotilla visits Cambridge |
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Electric boats at Henley
Electric boats of all shapes and sizes
were on display at the Henley Traditional Boat Rally in July. Winner
of the Simonds Trophy for the best electric boat in the show was the
electric canoe
Cymba owned by Mr Guy Ferguson and built in 1908 by Bonds of Maidenhead.
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Cymba |
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Hope |
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Joanna |
Arabella |
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Mythical Maid |
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First Solar Trip from
Westminster to Lechlade |
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EBA member Mike Manisty is the first
person to complete a solar-powered voyage up the Thames from Westminster
to its furthest navigable point at Lechlade. The journey of around 150
miles against the current and in less than ideal weather conditions in
June and July was made in Mike's 12 ft wooden boat Corvelia and
raised several thousand pounds for the charity Action for Prisoners'
Families. Full details are on
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Royal Rewards
for Hybrid Boats
EBA members were
presented with medals by HRH the Duke of Edinburgh at an awards
ceremony for boats with hybrid electric propulsion systems. Before
the presentation the Duke met the winners and discussed details of
their boats.
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Hybrid catamaran wins the
Mansura Challenge Trophy |
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Mansura Trophy |
The competition for the Mansura Trophy,
named after a 1912 petrol-electric cabin cruiser, was organised by
the Royal Thames Yacht Club with support from the Royal Yachting
Association and The Green Blue, a joint environmental initiative by
the RYA and the British Marine Federation. The trophy winner was the
Lagoon 420 hybrid catamaran built by Chantier Navale de Bordeaux
with the Sydney Harbour Solar Sailor in second place. EBA
members' boats which were awarded Mansura Medals were steam and
electric launch Irene, diesel-electric yacht Maud
and Sun21 which made the first solar crossing of the
Atlantic (see next story).
For more details on the Mansura Challenge Trophy
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First solar voyage from Europe to
the USA
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On 8th May 2007 the Swiss
solar powered catamaran Sun21 arrived in New York at the
end of a 7,000 mile journey from Basel in Switzerland. This is the
first Atlantic crossing by a motorised boat using not one drop of
oil. Sun21 was built by
MW-Line SA and is powered by two 8kW
Agni Motors.
The 60 square metres of solar panels produce up to 44 kWh per day.
This achievement
serves as a powerful example of responsible energy use in
practice. It also is impressive evidence of the suitability of
solar technology for high-sea voyages.
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Sun21 on her
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Victorian electric boat "Mary Gordon"
wins
£23,600 Heritage Lottery Fund grant
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picture: Mary Gordon Trust |
The Mary Gordon was built in 1898 by Sergeants of Eel Pie Island
on the Thames of teak planking on oak frames. At that time
electric boats or launches were very popular on the Thames and at 52
ft in length The Mary Gordon was one of the largest, she could carry 75 adults or 120 children in comfort.
The Heritage Lottery Fund award will enable the Mary Gordon Trust to embark on a series of
planning and consultation programmes which are vital if they are to achieve
their aim of restoring this Victorian electric pleasure launch to her former
condition >>>
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70 mph electric boat
on Coniston Water
An Stradag on her world record challenge in
November 2005 - full story
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Queen Mary 2 -
She's the
world's largest electric boat !
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Four 250 ton Rolls-Royce Mermaid™ electric propulsion
pods totalling 86 Megawatts drive the QM2 along at almost 30 knots
(that's equivalent to about 172,000,000 Minn Kota 12v
electric outboard motors) |
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