Largest solar yacht in the world arrives Australia

8:23 AM Fri 27 May 2011 GMT

'Turanor-PlanetSolar' . Click Here to view large photo

There'll be some surprised faces at Rivergate Marina in Brisbane on Sunday next, as the largest solar yacht in the world, Planet Solar arrives Brisbane, having crossed its second ocean, the Pacific. Originally intended to stop in Sydney, the arrival city has been changed and nobody is saying why. The vessel, which has been compared to the Starship enterprise from the Star Trek Trilogy saga, is 31 metres long, 15 metres wide and stands an impressive 6.1 metres high. The yacht also has a solar surface of over 537 square metres with 38,000 solar cells. It can reach speeds of ...

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