‘Liveable’ solar yacht that lifts up on stilts

The Miami Dade County authority has declared an ARKUP 75 anchored off Star Island as a yacht, and therefore exempt from property tax. But will other authorities be so accommodating?

A new type of all-electric sustainable yacht has been developed by two French engineers, and the key USP is its ability to lift itself up out of the water on stilts. The pinning of a vessel to the seabed instead of shoal-water anchoring has been around for decades, usually in ...

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