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“Solar
Sal”
O
n June 8th
Solar Sal 44
was launched into the Roundout
Creek in Kingston. She in in the process of becoming the
first ever 100% solar powered, US Coast Guard Inspected,
commercial tourboat. (The boat is in the water for final Coast
Guard inspection)
Only three lifetimes ago all transportation was solar powered,
powered by people, animals and wind. Rowing craft of many
sorts were the pick-up trucks of the day. Over 1000 sloops plied
the Hudson River, they were the 18 wheelers of the day. The
international jet plane travel of today was provided then by
clipper ships those 3 short lifetimes ago.
Some wooden ships have been replicated and/or restored.
The most famous is the Clearwater. Her cargo now is people
and her value is not goods but education. The fresh water she
sails in is only a drop in the bucket of the water that sustains