569

Finnish man builds inexpensive solar boat and sets off to mediterranian. Gives out the plans for free (m.youtube.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Nickelalloy@lemmy.world to c/solarpunk@slrpnk.net

79 comments fedilink hide all child comments

So i thought this fits here, he calls the boat Helios 11 and builds it with very little experience. He docunents the adventure quite well and shares what he learns, and also shares all the plans for the boat for free.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] poVoq@slrpnk.net 9 points 2 weeks ago

Except that the risk of a 35 foot catamaran flipping over is very significantly lower in the first place.

[-] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 weeks ago

Depends where you sail, but I've made some edits to that comment since anyways.

this post was submitted on 09 May 2026

569 points (99.1% liked)

Solarpunk

8957 readers

313 users here now

The space to discuss Solarpunk itself and Solarpunk related stuff that doesn't fit elsewhere.

What is Solarpunk?

Join our chat: Movim or XMPP client.

founded 4 years ago

MODERATORS

SteveKLord@slrpnk.net

ex_06@slrpnk.net

poVoq@slrpnk.net