The story about Las Gaviotas is one about a visionary guy who didn’t let himself get stopped by other peoples opinion. He didn’t waiver from his goal and his vision just because it wasn’t going fast enough. Or because..
Author: Green Boating
Vetus e-line
Since I have been working on boats, and renovating very old recuse sloop from a large container ship, my goal has been to make it fully sustainable, clean and silent. That has been a challenge, to say the..
Swiss lakes ban…
…the two strokes engines and favor the electric propulsions We have taken this article from our friends at Groove Boats. “Swiss law on inner water navigation (“ordonnance sur la navigation intérieure – ONI, article 166 al 22) limited..
PlanetSolar continues
PlanetSolar has circumnavigated the world as the first solar powered boat. She has been discussed here mor than once before, see for example this post about PlanetSolar. She is a magnificent catamaran, covered in solar panels and can..
The future is green…
The future is green, even on the blue waters we love to sail. But there still is a long way to go.
We are investigating how to turn an old sloop with a diesel engine into an electrical powered boat, ready for the future. What do we need? What are the challenges? Step one.
It’s been a while
But we are at it again. Working on a sustainable future of our boat! The diesel engine should go out. And in comes electric. That was already the original aim when this blog was started, back in 2010..
Sustainable boat building
Although sailing is probably one of the oldest ways to travel in a sustainable way, the boats currently being build are far from sustainable. With wind, solar and tides often available one would assume this can easily be..
Hoe houd jij je hoofd cool in de komende hittegolf
Wordt het weer zo warm? Hoe houd jij je hoofd cool in de komende hittegolf? Het klimaat verandert, en Nederland wordt na het weekend overspoelt door een enorme hittegolf. Temperaturen die dagen achtereen boven de 30 graden uit zullen..
Printing a boat
We have thought about this and talked about it for quite some time. There have been some small examples where. This is one of the first, probably the first, that looks very serious! Imagine the implication. You can..
Combi Wind and Solar power (video)
Great video about sustainability possibilities. On a totally different note, do you already use s Simple CRM system? This is an easy way to track your contacts and notes.
Evernote
Reading Getting Things Done, I realised I have been using an important tool for a long time. Both to collect information, as well as to write down thoughts and concepts. I am talking about Evernote.