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Arrived in Japan on Wave Powered Boat - Photo

Kenichi Horie — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:44:45 +0000

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Arrived in Japan on Wave Powered Boat - Photo

Kenichi Horie Completes Wave Powered Voyage!

YachtPals — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:35:00 +0000

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Kenichi Horie Completes Wave Powered Voyage!

Wakayama, Japan - Kenichi Horie, YachtPal and venerable sailing adventurer, has completed his wave powered voyage aboard the Suntory Mermaid II. Small waves and opposing currents slowed the journey considerably, but Kenichi struggled through, and is now the first person to have traversed the Western Pacific on a boat powered by waves.

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Wave Powered Boat on the Pacific - Kenichi Horie

Kenichi Horie — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:38:33 +0000

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The height of the wave is approximately 1.5m. I have moved 30' west since yesterday.
This boat has one traditional and three inflatable life jackets. You'll find the traditional life jacket in the cockpit as a cushion but every time I lay down I use it as a pillow. This is a little bad manner of mine. I'll be safe if I have it near in case of emergency, but I'm using it this way. Although, this boat can't produce enough speed, I'm sailing smoothly and taking all possible measures as a crew.

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Sailor in the Spotlight - Kenichi Horie

YachtPals — Sun, 11 May 2008 22:48:43 +0000

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Sailor in the Spotlight - Kenichi Horie

What would you do to help conserve natural resources? Switch to fluorescent lighting? Drive an economy car? Cross the Western Pacific alone in a prototype, wave-powered boat? While most of us would consider carpooling effort enough, Japan's most famous sailor Kenichi Horie is not a man with average limits, and he is slowly but steadily progressing across the big blue to prove the value of an untapped renewable resource: wave power.

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Kenichi Horie Wave Powered Boat - Blog

Kenichi Horie — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:21:16 +0000

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May 1

Midnight, the sky was clear and starry.

From my right are the pole stars and above the horizon in my left is the Southern Cross.
I keep remembering all my good friends' support while I gaze into the stars.

"Thank you everyone!"

May 2

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Wave Powered Boat - Blog

Kenichi Horie — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:04:53 +0000

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The wind is strong and the waves are high. My boat has recorded by multiplier effect a speed of 2.9kn.

Japanese-speaking broadcasts in Hawaii are slowly fading. I still can't receive signals from an AM radio station in Japan. How I wish I could hear a baseball game! I can't wait for one.

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Wave Powered Boat Update

Kenichi Horie — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:54:08 +0000

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The green bananas I received on departure have become pretty ripe. Perhaps tomorrow is the last day they'll be good for eating. There's a lot left over though…

I shampooed with salt water for the first time this voyage. It really does feel good, as expected.

Today I saw a beautiful albatross.

Lat: 22°01'N
Long: 164°14'W
Weather: Sunny
Wind Beaufort Force 1 ESE
Speed: 2 kn

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Wave Powered Boat Scrapbook

Kenichi Horie — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:29:41 +0000

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This is the front page of the Suntory Mermaid 2 scrapbook. Photos, articles, blogs and videos of the wave powered boat.

Wave powered boat leaving Hawaii.

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Wave Powered Boat Moving at 2.2 Knots

YachtPals — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:03:34 +0000

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Wave Powered Boat Moving at 2.2 Knots

We received word from Ken-ichi Horie on the wave powered boat last night. He is moving along at 2.2 knots using only the power of the waves. The weather and currents are working in his favor, and he is enjoying clear Hawaiian skies.

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Wave Powered Boat - Photo

carrollcox — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:03:44 +0000

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Wave Powered Boat Begins Voyage

YachtPals — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:21:28 +0000

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Wave Powered Boat Begins Voyage

Miles Anderson of the Hawaii Yacht Club has just reported that Ken-ichi Horie has cleared Ala Wai Channel on his wave powered boat! He will now travel all the way to Japan, on the first ever wave-powered Pacific crossing. Ken-ichi says the journey will take him about two and a half months on the Suntory Mermaid 2.

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Wave Powered Boat - Kenichi Horie's Historic Pacific Voyage

YachtPals — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:22:07 +0000

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Wave Powered Boat - Kenichi Horie's Historic Pacific Voyage

Singlehanded Sailor Plans a Wave Powered Crossing

Ken-ichi Horie is preparing to be the first skipper to cruise from Hawaii to Japan solely on wave power. This 69 year old Japanese adventurer will attempt the pacific crossing on March 16th using his three-ton yacht Suntory Mermaid II. The 4,300 mile crossing should take him about 2 and a half months.

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