Round the world solar-powered boat on course
航行在環行世界一周航道上的太陽能船
Tue, 5 Oct 2010, Nick Hall
Solar-powered boat makes first milestone
PlanetSolar is approaching the Straits of Gibraltar as it completes the first week of its attempt to become the first solar powered boat to circumnavigate the world. Raphaël Domjan, the project's founder and initiator, is one of six men aboard the boat and says that their goal is to navigate around the world at an average speed of 7.5 knots.
PlanetSolar 正航行接近直布羅陀海峽，它初步完成了嘗試成為第一個環繞世界的太陽能船的第一週旅程。拉斐爾 Domjan，該計劃的創始人和發起者，也是搭乘於該船的六名男子之一，述說他們的目標是駕駛該船以平均7.5海浬的速度航行環繞世界一周。
"It's a technological challenge", said Patrick Marchesseau, the boat's skipper, "one I want to participate in". PlanetSolar's electric motors and onboard systems are powered solely by electricity generated by 537m² of solar panels covering almost all the upper surfaces of the boat.
船長 Patrick Marchesseau說：「這是個技術性的挑戰，也是我想參與本計劃的原因之一」
PlanetSolar的電動馬達和機載系統，完全是由幾乎覆蓋全船上層表面的537平方米太陽能板所產生的電力來驅動。
The 31m catamaran, built by Knierim Yacht Club in Kiel, has already encountered lively seas and up to 40 knot winds since setting off from Monaco. It will make its first stopover in Miami, with further stops planned for Cancun, San Francisco, Sydney, Singapore and Abu Dhabi, and the voyage is expected to take around 160 days.
這艘長31米的雙體船，是由位在德國基爾的 Knierim 遊艇俱樂部所建造，航行世界一周的壯舉計劃以摩洛哥為出發點，航行期間經歷過活耀且充滿趣味的海洋，也曾經歷風速高達40節的惡劣海況。
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