The sun21 crew at the press conference after their arrival in New York (Beat von Scarpatetti, David Senn, Michel Thonney, Martin Vosseler, Mark Wüst, from the left)
Arrival in New York City
The mayor of Miami, Manuel A. Diaz, presents the crew the Keys to the City of Miami.
Arrival at Martinique.
The sun21 heading to Martinique.
On the way to the Canary Islands.
Due to a storm the sun21 sought refuge in the harbour of Casablanca (Morocco).

Press reviews

Cruising
July 2007
Schweizer Solarboot überquert den Atlantik (German) 3.1 MB

Electric Boat News
No 2, summer 2007
Solar boat in New York 235 KB

Erneuerbare Energien
July 2007
Ins Rennen geschickt (German) 317 KB

Asia-Pacific Boating
July 2007
Solar Powered Swiss Trace Columbus' Route 158 KB

La Voz de Cadiz
22 June 2007
Con el sol a favor (Spanish) 149 KB

Handelszeitung
13 - 19 June 2007
Mit Solarenergie auf Wachstumskurs (German) 156 KB

Nordstjernan
7 June 2007
"sun21" arrives New York 419 KB

treehugger
2 June 2007
Cheers: Sun 21 Crossed The Atlantic!

Deutsche Seeschifffahrt
June 2007
Solar so gut 4.6 MB (German)

Erneuerbare Energien
June 2007
"sun21" in New York (German) 174 KB

Bieler Tagblatt
23 May 2007
Wir haben gezeigt: Es funktioniert (German)
106 KB

Spectrum Online
23 May 2007
Using the sun to cross the atlantic

BusinessWeek
17 May 2007
New Light on Solar Energy (sun21 featured in the slideshow!)

Tages-Anzeiger
15 May 2007
Ich hatte volles Vertrauen in das solide Schiff (German) 104 KB

gizmag
15 May 2007
World's first solar-powered transatlantic crossing a complete success

Climate Change
14 May 2007
Solar Boating and Green Building

Worldwatch Institute
11 May 2007
Historic Atlantic crossing powered by sun
105 KB

Plenty Magazine - Environmental news and commentary
11 May 2007
Solar sailing
60 KB

Der Bund
10 May 2007
Mit der Sonne liber den Atlantik (German) 215 KB

Metro UK
10 mai 2007
Across the atlantic by sun power 

Welt Online
10 May 2007
Solarboot "Sun21" hat erfolgreich den Atlantik überquert (German) 23 KB

Neue Zürcher Zeitung
10 May 2007
Das Solarboot "sun21" erreicht New York (German) 304 KB

20 Minuten
10 May 2007
Ohne einen Tropfen Sprit über den Atlantik nach New York (German) 300 KB

Die Welt
10 May 2007
Solarboot "sun21" hat erfolgreich den Atlantik überquert (German) 320 KB

Badische Zeitung
10 May 2007
Historische Tat aus Basel (German) 225 KB

Basler Zeitung
10 May 2007
"Die Reaktionen machen Mut" (Interview with Martin Vosseler, German) 191 KB

Daily Telegraph
10 May 2007
New York: A Swiss-built solar vessel arrived in New York yesterday (English) 43 KB

Le Temps
10 May 2007
Le "sun21", un rêve suisse à New York (French) 346 KB

Scholastic News Online
10 May 2007
Solar-powered boat crosses the Atlantic (English) 124 KB

Sail World - Powerboat World: sail and sailing, cruising , boating news (English)
10 May 2007
Swiss and solar, Sun21 arrives New York (English) 35 KB

Reuters TV
9 May 2007
Solar boat sets record (English) 28 KB

Ny Teknik
9 May 2007
Solbaten framme i New York (Swedish)
101 KB

10 vor 10, Swiss TV
9 May 2007
Watch on www.sf.tv (German)

Dow Jones International News
9 May 2007
Swiss solar boat completes fuel-free Atlantic voyage (English) 36 KB

Agence France Presse
9 May 2007
Solar-powered boat completes 13,000 km journey (English) 36 KB

Fox News
9 May 2007
Solar-powered boat completes trip across Atlantic (English) 57 KB

msnbc
9 May 2007
Solar boat completes oil-free Atlantic crossing (English) 272 KB

Schweizer Radio DRS
9 May 2007
Ohne einen Tropfen Öl über den Atlantik (German) 52 KB

Gazette SSES
9 May 2007
Le catamaran SUN21 est arrivé à New-York (French) 60 KB

Gothamist
9 May 2007
Video of the day: solar-powered boat makes first Transatlantic crossing (English) 57 KB

Newsday
9 May 2007
Solar success (English) 36 KB

Broadcast News
9 May 2007
Solar-crossing (English) 31 KB

The Irish Examiner
9 May 2007
Solar boat completes fuel-free Atlantic voyage (English) 39 KB

The Toronto Star
9 May 2007
Catarmaran claims transatlantic solar first (English) 34 KB

rtn.ch
9 May 2007
Mission accomplie pour Sun21 (French) 61 KB

Edmonton Journal
9 May 2007
Solar-powered boat crosses the Atlantic (English) 45 KB

Guelph Mercury
9 May 2007
Solar-powered boat finishes fuel-free Atlantic voyage (English) 40 KB

El Pais
9 May 2007
El barco "sun 21" (photo) 81 KB

BYM Product and Industry News
9 May 2007
USA. Swiss catamaran, sun21 completes 1st 7,000 mile solar powered Transatlantic crossing (English)
46 KB

Power and Motoryacht Magazine
9 May 2007
Solar-powered boat arrives in the Big Apple (English) 138 KB

The New York Times
8 May 2007
Across the sea under power from the sun (English) 58 KB

Associated Press Newswires
8 May 2007
Swiss solar boat completes fuel-free Atlantic voyage (English) 81 KB

ABC News Now: World News Now
8 May 2007
Going green reducing the effects of global warming (English) 50 KB

Metro New York
8 May 2007
Solar boat completes fuel-free Atlantic voyage, arrives in New York (English) 52 KB

WCBS News Radio 880
8 May 2007
Boat... (English) 54 KB

1010wins
8 May 2007
Solar boat completes fuel-free Atlantic voyage, arrives in N.Y. (English)
75 KB

Staten Island Advance
8 May 2007
7,000 miles to the beat of the sun (English) 72 KB

Swiss TXT
8 May 2007
Le catamaran solaire "Sun21", construit à Yvonand (VD), est arrivé à New York mardi soir (French) 52 KB

SolarPeace.ch
8 May 2007
Schweizer Solar-Weltrekord in New York - und in der Schweiz? (German) 112 KB

CNBC
3 May 2007
Sun21 makes anticipated arrival in New York harbor! 54 KB

Ilsolea360gradi
May 2007
Newsletter - Sezione dell'International Solar Energy Society

Plenty Magazine
May 2007
Solar Boat Bliss (English)

Swiss Review No 2
April 2007
"Z'Basel a mim Rhi" First Atlantic crossing by solar-powered catamaran "sun21" (English)
2.0 MB

Zeitschrift: "intern "
April 2007
Newspaper for the Basel University staff members
Mit der "Sun21" über den Atlantik (German) 113 KB

20 Minuten
4 April 2007
Sun21-Crew in Miami von Bürgermeister empfangen 80 KB (German)

NZZ am Sonntag
1 April 2007
Atlantiküberquerung mit Solarstrom (German) 123 KB

BBC News
30 March 2007
Solar boat makes Atlantic history (English)

SF MTW 
29 March 2007
Watch on sf.tv (German)

Binninger Anzeiger
15 March 2007
"sun21" besucht das Schweizer Projekt "Kinder in Dominica" (German) 302 KB

Neue Zürcher Zeitung
13 March 2007
Ohne Sprit über den Atlantik (German) 298 KB

Energiespektrum
March 2007
Solarboot überquert Atlantik (German) 293 KB

Green Energy
Jan-Feb 2007
Sea voyage powered by the sun (English) 197 KB

Bieler Tagblatt
14 February 2007
100 Delfine und viel, viel Sonne (German) 168 KB

Lanzarote 37°
February 2007
Mit Sonnenenergie über den Atlantik (German) 1.0 MB

Natur & Mensch
January 2007
Mit Solarstrom über den Atlantik (German) 157 KB

Solarboulevard
January 2007
Atlantiküberquerung per Solar-Katamaran (German) 1.1 MB

nonstop - German Lloyd
January 2007
The Power of the Sun (English) 171 KB
Sonne tanken (German) 197 KB

Welt am Sonntag
24 December 2006
Mit Sonnenkraft nach Amerika (German) 522 KB

FACTS
21 December 2006
Interview Mark Wüst (German)
187 KB

SF Tagesschau
14 October 2006
Watch on sf.tv (German)

OnlineReports
21 September 2006
Weltrekords-Traum (German)

Bieler Tagblatt
6 September 2006
Mit dem Solarschiff über den Atlantik (German) 158 KB

MTW Special broadcast
First aired on SF 1: 31 August 2006
Watch on sf.tv (German)

BlickOnline-article
11 May 2006
Mit Solar-Power bis nach Amerika (German)

Erneuerbare Energien
April 2006
Solarshiff - von Basel über Sevilla bis New York (German)
45 KB

 

Contact

transatlantic21
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PO Box 2032
4001 Basel

Kati Rutz
++41 (0)61 205 10 66
kati.rutz at ecos.ch