'eco voyage' across atlantic on solar powered boat ends in tragedy as couple found dead

[Enrique Ignacio]

British pair found dead after setting out to prove that they didnt need fossil fuels for their journey

[Anthony342]

How did they expect to use the boat at night?

[PNUT901]

How did they expect to use the boat at night?

Solar cells store power in batteries. It's a sailboat, most of the time they aren't using an engine. Lots of sailboats run everything but the engine on solar power. The sun doesn't need to do out for solar power to work. Engines on a sailboat are usually not used much .