Suntory Mermaid II
The boat was designed by Hiroshi Terao of Tokai University, the drive consists of two -situated under the stern of the boat Finns, who controlled via a sophisticated spring mechanism, the energy of the transform by waves moving up and down the boat into a forward movement of the boat. The converted energy is sufficient for the Suntory Mermaid II, to speed this up to a maximum speed of 5 knots. The Suntory Marmaid II was built by Tsuneishi Shipyard (常 石 造船).
First ocean crossing with a driven solely by wave power boat
From March 18 to July 4, 2008 crossed the Japanese Kenichi Horie with the Suntory Mermaid II Wave power driven only by the Pacific from Hawaii to Japan. On April 17, Hori said in an interview via satellite phone that he each day about 100 kilometers lie.
World Record
On 4 July 2008, the Suntory Mermaid II reached without any mishap Japan. Horie, 69, thus reaching the world record for the longest solo ride on a wave -powered boat, so a drive with "green energy".