Seawing made headlines a few years back as the first and only automated kite sailing system in the world. Developed by the French startup Airseas, it proposed a unique mechanism for harnessing the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The solar-electric vessel is one of eight Silent 60 hulls currently under construction at the yard’s Thailand production facility, ...

Can you imagine a massive vessel, about 250 meters long (820 feet) and weighing 180,000 tons, moving ahead with the help of a kite? Granted, this is no ordinary kite, but it’s still an awe-inspiring ...

A groundbreaking sailboat could reshape the future of sustainable transportation. The SP80, a futuristic, kite-powered vessel designed by a Swiss engineering team, has just logged the second-fastest ...

Solar boat engineer and designer Silent Yachts has shared new details of the SILENT-60, a 60′ catamaran with 42 solar panels and two electric propelled motors backed by 286 kWh of battery capacity.

It looks like kites are taking off in the marine industry. Silent Yachts, whose solar-powered fleet continues to grow apace, has just unveiled a new catamaran that uses a giant kite to generate even ...