On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 08:28:04 -0800 (PST), Joe
wrote:

Do you plan to use the captured energy to supply house loads or to use
it as recharge/propulsion when the wind dies?- Hide quoted text -

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Both would be the goal.....zero emissions. They have some very good
re-generative systems and nickel-metal hydride and lithium-ion
batteries. The boat would have plenty of room for some huge battery
banks.

You could probably supply house loads with just solar panels and/or
wind generators. However I'm a bit skeptical about standby
propulsion regardless of battery banks size. By the time you drag
props that are big enough to capture significant power, you'd be
adding enough drag to considerably slow the boat. On the other hand
if you are just looking for talking points in a marketing plan, what
the heck.