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What in the world is a "Sail/yak"? A kayak with a sail, of course!

As a follow-up to our post yesterday about the guy who set a new human powered boating world record of 107 miles by pedalling straight for 24 hours, I decided to show you this invention, the Hobie Mirage Adventure Island, a 16' Trimaran "Sail/yak". What in the world is a "sail/yak? Good question. If you can't tell by the big picture above, what you are looking at is a kayak with two outboard floats (making the vessel a trimaran) which has pedals and a sail. Therefore, you could pedal, row or sail using the wind. A tribrid, and all options use ... Read more →

Earthrace attempts to circumnavigate the globe using only renewable fuels Jeremy Korzeniewski

A while back, we showed you a catamaran that crossed the Atlantic using solar power. They also planned a return trip back across the Atlantic to New York. That was the first time a vehicle made the ...

What in the world is a "Sail/yak"? A kayak with a sail, of course! 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

As a follow-up to our post yesterday about the guy who set a new human powered boating world record of 107 miles by pedalling straight for 24 hours, I decided to show you this invention, the Hobie Mirage Adventure Island, a 16' Trimaran "Sail/yak". What in the world is a "sail/yak? Good question. ...

Earthrace attempts to circumnavigate the globe using only renewable fuels 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

A while back, we showed you a catamaran that crossed the Atlantic using solar power. They also planned a return trip back across the Atlantic to New York. That was the first time a vehicle made the voyage powered by something other than fossil-fuels since boats were human and wind-powered. Now, we ...


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