Adaptable and driven by renewable energy, saildrones voyage into remote waters

ENN
May 22, 2018, 8:28 am238 pts
In March 2009, engineer Richard Jenkins broke the world land speed record for a wind-powered vehicle by sailing a bright green sailboat on wheels across a dried lakebed in Nevada at 126 miles per hour. Now, after many engineering developments and an orange paint job, Jenkins’ design autonomously sails the sea…

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