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May 13, 2012 | No Comments

The Atlantic Glider team have been busy; travelling the UK in constant meetings, Atlantic Stig has been beavering away in Italy of late and as usual with Stig he never stops and so we introduce here a picture of our prototype Bay Glider who we are now calling ‘Baby Glider’ (Must be something to do [...]

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FIRST Great Western Go Transatlantic!

March 13, 2012 | No Comments

ECOchallengers is pleased to welcome the support of FIRST Great Western in their bid to demonstrate the fastest and most efficient vessel to cross the Atlantic from New York to Bishops Rock, a journey of 3106miles within 58 hours. HEV High Efficiency Vessel Atlantic Glider, a 52m revolutionary ship, has been 5 years in design. She will be the fastest commercial [...]

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Trans-Atlantic Sub-Wave Piercing V Wave Piercing?

March 12, 2012 | No Comments

Now where does Atlantic Glider’s design differ from the that of other wave piercing technology? Atlantic Stig gives his overview of Atlantic Glider’s uniqe characteristics that will enable her to become the World’s most efficient powered vessel. What sets this project aside from the rest is what I would call the reality proposition: Sir Richard [...]

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18m Prototype: ‘Bay Glider’ Ready For Construction

January 29, 2012 | No Comments

ATLANTIC GLIDER’S baby sister, BAY GLIDER, is our 17m prototype which is now ready for construction. The specification for BAY GLIDER is approximately a 1/3rd scale of the planned Blue Riband Record challenger. The vessel has been designed and will be tested in secrecy for she has unique hull forms which will soon be demonstrated [...]

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Bluestone360 Brand ATLANTIC GLIDER

November 21, 2011 | No Comments

Our slick new brand and logo was unveiled at Venturefest Bristol where ECOchallengers were selected to showcase our GLIDER technology. Plymouth based Bluestone360, working in association with Sue Handford of Chocolate Dog Marketing have delivered a fabulous Mark which best represents what will become our range of HEV Vessel Products all under the dominant mark [...]

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Lake Como – Rory Takes Victory Honours!

October 18, 2011 | No Comments

Challenge Director – Rory Power is one of the most experienced powerboat racing people in the World. He is currently Race Team Manager for the Victory UAE, the Class 1 World Powerboat Champions. I met Rory for the first time when he was Race Director for the Honda Formula Four Stroke Powerboat Championships. His first [...]

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