Tag: Earthrace
Earthrace sunk by red tape at Torquay
on 01/09/2008
A round-the-world powerboat met its match during a visit to the Westcountry when officials said it was breaking health and safety rules by carrying invited passengers…
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Green machine Earthrace arrives Southampton
on 16/08/2008
The fastest and greenest powerboat in the world will be making waves when it sails into Southampton 15th August 2008. The $1.5m eco-craft is on a victory tour after smashing the world record for the fastest circumnavigation of the world in a powerboat…
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Earthrace turns heads in Arendal
on 20/07/2008
Earthrace, the eco-boat, that recently smashed the world record for a circumnavigation of the globe by a powerboat, turned heads earlier this week as she gracefully pulled into Arendal’s harbour, the Pollen, to share centre-stage at this weekend’s BMW Norwegian Grand Prix, round four of the Class 1 World Powerboat Championship…
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Earthrace - a vehicle for fuel change
on 29/06/2008
Team Earthrace, led by New Zealand Skipper Pete Bethune, has smashed the world circumnavigation record for a speedboat by almost 14 days. Almost five years of preparation, planning and two record attempts have paid off leaving the bio-diesel powered Earthrace team to claim the round the world speedboat record…
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Earthrace - New Record Round the World in 60 days
on 28/06/2008
Possibly the coolest powerboat on the planet, the space age, wave piercing trimaran Earthrace today took bio-fuel into history as the 78 foot, (24 metre) boat crossed the ‘Round the World’ finish line in Sagunto, Spain. In just 60 days Earthrace has powered almost 24,000 nautical miles around the world…
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Earthrace - aims for 60 day World Record
on 27/06/2008
The 74 foot (24 metre) bio-diesel fuelled powerboat Earthrace is set to thunder across the finish line off the Vulkan Shipyard in Sagunto, Spain this afternoon 27th June 2008 local time…
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Earthrace 1000 miles from new World Record
on 26/06/2008
After 59 days New Zealander Pete Bethune and his crew aboard the 78 foot (24 metre) bio-diesel fuelled trimaran Earthrace are just 1,000 nautical miles from the finish line in Sagunto, Spain…
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Earthrace heads for Spain
on 25/06/2008
The 78 foot (24 metre) bio-diesel fuelled wave piercing trimaran Earthrace entered the Mediterrean Ocean at 0700GMT today and is currently speeding across a flat calm sea heading for Spain…
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Engine problems on Earthrace
on 23/06/2008
The 78 foot bio-fuelled Earthrace is running up the Red Sea towards Port Suez, just over 3,000 miles from the finishline in Spain, but all is not sweet…
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Earthrace in the Red Sea
on 22/06/2008
Earthrace, the bio-fuelled UIM powerboat is speeding up the Red Sea heading for Suez on Day 55 of her Round the World record run, just three thousand miles from the Sagunto in Spain and the finish line…
