Thread: 300 watts and only 1.5 knots ~ A Canada revolution
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Default 300 watts and only 1.5 knots ~ A Canada revolution
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On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:02:47 -0400, Wayne.B
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On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 06:37:54 -0700, Joe
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The prototype's creator, Jim Harrington, equipped the sailboat with a
300-watt Horizon fuel cell system with the hydrogen supplied by NRC in
Vancouver and the only by-products of the operating fuel cell being
heat and water.

300 watts is less than 1/2 hp. No wonder they didn't reach their goal
of 6.5 kts. They need at least 20x more power, and then there is the
hydrogen generation or storage problem to be solved.


I recall the Wright Brothers first flight wasn't quite ready for
commercial success, either. This is a start. Give it time to develop.


I disagree.

Fuel cell technology started with the Gemini space program amd developed
rapidly.

It is mature stuff - not emerging new tech.

300 watts?
My daughter's stereo uses more power than that.

Richard