Ecofriend

Eco Factor: Boat constructed from recycled materials. After working on his dream for a total of nine years, Beardstown based Butch Williams, a retired draftsman at the Illinois Department of Transportation, is set to roll in his paddlewheel boat...

Eco Factor: Boat powered by diesel/electric hybrid engine generates solar electricity to recharge batteries. Hybrid technology is nothing new for the automobile world, with major car manufacturers laying their bets of both diesel/electric and...

Eco Factor: Concept boat powered by solar energy. Solar energy seems to be getting on the minds of the designers who are always looking forward for ways to use this abundant energy to power gadgets and vehicles that till now have made use of...

Eco Factor: Speedboat powered by gasoline/electric hybrid engine. The seekers of high-speed cruising won’t have to put their attempts to go green at stake, as the designers of the Aptera have developed something for the speedboat fanatics. The...

Eco Factor: Zero emission water cruiser. Daniel Nätterdal’s new design concept aims to green those weekend waterway trips on an electric boat made from recycled materials and bio-plastic. Dubbed The Manta Bay Cruiser, the plastic components are.

Eco Factor: Battery-powered boat uses solar panels for a recharge. Alan Belle, an engineering lecturer at the Australian Maritime College, and his team have developed a battery-powered, solar-assisted boat dubbed the Greenliner. The designers of...

Eco Factor: Pedal-electric hybrid concept boat. Designed by Manuel Schneider, “1Liaison” is a paddleboat that offers you much more than high levels of enjoyment. The paddleboat comes with an onboard battery for high speed boating. The...

It is interesting to note that the industry of luxury yachts is going green with each passing day and in the last few months; we have seen more green designs than in the entire past. It is a very heartening trend to watch and one hopes that it...

Now, since I use up all the words known to me in the title to qualify this piece of aquatic luxury (Which, by now, you would have known means I have a very limited vocabulary and far more limited imagination), I guess I have nothing else to say. I...

You hear about how a 69 year old guy is trying to set a world record by traveling from Hawaii to Japan in a ‘Wave Powered Boat’ and you feel that age is truly a number. I suppose you are only as old or in case of Horie, as young as you feel. This...