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Around the world in the coolest boat.

November 28, 2006 on 5:14 pm | In Uncategorized |

Here’s another interesting site about an epic journey. It’s called Earthrace and this has to be the coolest looking boat in the world, and environmentally friendly too. Here’s how they describe their challenge.

Earthrace is a bid to break the world record for circumnavigating the globe in a powerboat, and using only renewable fuels. The program includes an 18-month tour calling at 60 of the worlds great cities, promoting fuels like biodiesel, and raising awareness about sustainable use of resources.

Circumnavigating the globe represents the pinnacle of powerboat challenges, and at 24,000 nautical miles, is also the world’s longest race. The current record of 75 days was set by British boat Cable & Wireless in 1998.

The Earthrace aims to smash this record by completing the voyage in less than 65 days, and will mark the first time in history that an official UIM Powerboat record will be attempted using renewable fuel.

You can visit their website www.earthrace.net for the latest on their journey. The record attempt starts on March 6 2007.