Biodiesel-Powered Boat, Earthrace, Breaks World Record Trip Around the World
 

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Rising from the ashes of it first attempt, Earthrace has smashed the world record for the fastest circumnavigation of the globe by speedboat. The biodiesel-powered trimaran sailed into the Spanish port of Sagunto yesterday, just shy of 61 days since it set off. That took 14 days off the previous world record. Earthrace traveled the 24,000 nautical miles fueled by biodiesel to demonstrate the efficiency of alternative fuel sources.
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just saw this on the cummins-mercruiser website and had to see if it was already posted up here or not. it's a good read, pretty cool! really though, I could do amazing things too if someone gave me two 8.3 cumminses and a couple hundred million dollars!! anyone have either available to me?

that is one mean looking boat

I wonder if there is any video of that thing. I bet it sounds nasty!