Comment from Fr. Paul R. Bear >>
"You go, girl!! We ice bears are left to wonder, "what will the humans think of next?" My you are a clever bunch. (Smart, but not wise...) Still, from where I sit, buying an energy-efficient yacht in even the smallest luxury boat class does not excuse you from going to carbon confession."
Motoryacht Ark Angel
By Keith Henderson at March 22, 2011 10:43
Maritime Propulsion
"...Sauter Carbon Offset Design recently introduced the superyacht Ark Angel with a design claiming to be faster and far greener than any megayacht in her class. The design aspires to achieve 50 to 100 per cent reduction in fuel consumption and GHG emissions.
The 78 m hull and decks are of Carbon/Kevlar composite construction, beam is 10 m and draft 2.4 m (at 50 per cent load): the superstructure is aluminum giving a displacement of 450 tons.
The total propulsive power of the ship is 4,000 kW, split between three electric pods with counter rotating propellers (CRP). A multi-mode solar hybrid propulsion arrangement offers flexibility in the choice of several power sources available to propel the vessel."
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