Is this sailing?

[clockwork orange]

Are you sure it is driven by an electric motor? It would make sense. I has always assumed it was mechanically driven through shafts, gears and a transmission. Charging a battery bank and running an electric motor would certainly make sense but it looks to me like they were running a diesel when docking.

Steve.

[nautical62]

Is this sailing? No, that’s photoshop!

[StuM]

If it is photoshopped and a hoax, someone has gone to a lot of trouble. Here's the earliest semi-authoritative source I've found. The BBC in 2001!

BBC News | UK | Design puts boat in a spin

It was apparently built at Multihull Centre, the same people who bought and are rebuilding the Gunboat 55 Rainmaker

[clockwork orange]

Originally Posted by StuM

If it is photoshopped and a hoax, someone has gone to a lot of trouble. Here's the earliest semi-authoritative source I've found. The BBC in 2001!

BBC News | UK | Design puts boat in a spin

It was apparently built at Multihull Centre, the same people who bought and are rebuilding the Gunboat 55 Rainmaker

Ahh the long con.

[JC Reefer]

I’d love to see and hear that thing in action. Probably like living in a clock. Yeah, I’m going with no just because. It is a clever boat though.

[Dogbah13]

one thing is sure, it's a weird looking sail boat

[Bob Morane]

One would think to be considered sailing you'd have to use sails at some point.