In developing the world's first hydrogen-powered foiling speedboat, the masterminds behind it say they've done a lot of Googling.
Emirates Team NZ are swapping out wind power for hydrogen and, in the process, hope to revolutionise a dirty part of the sport.
They're developing the first hydrogen-powered foiling speedboat. The future is here... but it's just not quite finished yet.
"We're an innovator and we're always pushing things to the absolute limit," project manager Geoff Senior tells Newshub
The project is certainly doing that, with the two masterminds responsible never having anything to do with hydrogen before.
"We've done a lot of Googling in the time we've been building and designing this boat," Senior says.
Team New Zealand have taken a big step out of their comfort zone too. The hydrogen-powered foiling catamaran will be used as a chase boat and have a top speed of 50 knots - more than 90kph - just to keep up with the AC75s.
The team are so serious about it, they've included it in the rules for the next America's Cup. Every team must build two each.
"We all know we can't be using fossil fuels forever and this is one good way to have a clean source of energy," mechatronics engineer Michael Rasmussen tells Newshub.
The multi-million dollar project is at the very pointy end of the technology.
"It's a poster child to what hydrogen is going to be and where we can go in the future," Rasmussen says.
But they're not entirely convinced they've got the balance right between weight, speed and power, and will only find that out for sure when it's launched next month.
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