First glimpse of the Marinekart

Just spotted this in Port Hamble marina. It's the new Marinekart that's been doing the rounds in the yachting press recently. 

I love the concept of a low cost go-kart like boat. Though it must be pointed out that no pricing is available on the website and several of the recent press releases also mentioned that pricing wasn't forthcoming.

Hybrid Propulsion for leisure boating

This is Nigel Calder's European Union funded research into the future of leisure boat propulsion. Really interesting stuff.

OMEGA and the Extreme Sailing Series