It’s a boater’s worst nightmare. Howling 40-knot winds churning-up near-vertical 20-feet walls of frothing sea. Add to the maelstrom a vicious rip-tide, horizontal rain and menacing coal-black skies.
SAN FRANCISCO — In an elaborate effort to promote the virtues of renewable energy, a crew of New Zealanders is aiming to break the world record for circumnavigating the globe in a powerboat using a 78 ...