<div>Celebrating my 85th year on planet earth
</div>
<div>I’m Anthony Howarth inviting you to support
</div>
<div>the first voyage in my adventurous series of
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>SOLAR SAILING LOOPS</strong>
</div>
<div><em> solarsailingloops.org</em>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Exciting and arduous journeys demonstrating
</div>
<div>practical Solar Electric Power for transport.
</div>
<div><br />
</div><img alt="" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/69977523_1671380228326141_r." width="100%" />
<div><br />
</div>
<div>These voyages will also promote my personal passion -
</div>
<div>the potential of the WorldWide Solar Electric Grid
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Support SSS Teela Brown and her crew
</div>
<div>as we SolarMotor canals and rivers
</div>
<div>and SolarSail the open waters of our first loop.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>The GREAT WEST-EUROPE SCANDINAVIAN LOOP</strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div><img alt="" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/69977523_1671643012256838_r." width="100%" />
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Agde to Alphen aan Rijn, Åland and the Arctic.
</div>
<div>The Arctic to Aalborg, Argyll, the Algarve and back to Agde
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>A continuous solar powered voyage through
</div>
<div>France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden,
</div>
<div>Finland, Scotland, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and back to France.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>March 2023 to March 2024</strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>1 Year – About 7500 nautical miles (13,500 Km)
</div>
<div>with no fossil fuel back-up
</div>
<div>Absolutely no diesel, no gasoline, no gas on-board
</div>
<div><br />
</div><img alt="" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/69977523_1671644357362980_r." width="100%" />
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>STATUS</strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>The Solar Sailing Ship SSS Teela Brown (aka <a href="https://markswain-author.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-building-of-longboat.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">LongBoat</a> )
</div>
<div>is complete, in the water, under the winter sun
</div>
<div>and raring to go in February to Agde
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>FUNDING</strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>GoFundMe SOLAR SAILING LOOPS has been set at £62,500
</div>
<div>based on anticipated cost plus a contingency allowance
</div>
<div>for time-table variations due to weather,
</div>
<div>closed waterways, maintenance and the
</div>
<div>unexpected … and the GoFundMe fees.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>For decades</strong> I’ve championed the practical value and suitability of direct <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/-0vkxsyWQU-4QAqKWGThaQ" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Solar Electric Power in transport</a> .
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>In 1978, I wrote a report on sustainable and practical transport for the World’s “ordinary roads”. I calculated that, even then, solar panels mounted on the roof of a lightweight station wagon or utility vehicle could provide up to 50% of the average energy used by these vehicles on the road.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>In practice across latitudes and seasons it seemed more likely that vehicles with a hybrid diesel solar-electric drive could get at least 25% of their energy direct from the sun. A massive environmental improvement.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Right up to today almost all efforts to introduce solar power for transport have fallen foul of the usual culprits. Blatantly, fossil fuel companies have even bought up solar panel manufacturers then closed them down.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>More surprising to me, the concept of solar power for transport has been viciously resisted by the electricity generating giants. In the early 2000s I sat in a boardroom in Monaco next to a director of probably the largest electricity generating company in Europe.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Without any civility he turned and said to me, “I detest you, Mr Howarth. I detest you. We have tested your solar vehicles. They work. But, they do not use one Watt of MY electricity. I’ll stop you. When I leave here I am going to meet with people who are interested in your ideas. I will tell them to stop. I can do that...”
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>He was right. He could. And he did. End of a promising ten year Solar Light Utility Vehicle project!
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>Now, years later,</strong> electric plug-in cars are starting to appear on the roads in significant numbers. But the vehicle industry has followed a route of crude, lazy engineering. Huge batteries. Overweight inefficient vehicles. On average, across the world, appalling amounts of fossil fuel generated electricity.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>I still feel that we have to do something
</div><img alt="" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/69977523_1671381249148154_r." width="100%" />
<div>to counter the apathy toward solar power in transport. We can’t give up. In retirement it’s tempting to do just that. So, over the past ten years, I have constructed the 14 meter Solar Sailing Ship Teela Brown – aka LongBoat.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><br />
</div><img alt="" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/69977523_1671645004107140_r." width="100%" />
<div><br />
</div>
<div>At the age of 85, I’m embarking on yet another adventure. This series of voyages will demonstrate the real value and practicality of solar power in transportation. As we set sail we will develop our website, books, blog and social networking to spread the word about solar power for transport.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Thank you for your support
</div>
<div>Tony
</div>

Emma Richards

Steve Richards

Tom Krop

richard borsey

Rufus Maurice

Marguerite Heppell

Ed Williams

Devonoak Limited

SOLAR SAILING LOOPS

platform

Platform is iOS

Android

Adyen Google Pay Development Audience

$opt_dummy_attribute

English only

Deprecate Stripe Legacy

dyn_template_ids

Adyen V6 Bene Transfer & MyMoney Campaign Organizers - test01

Bene transfer V6 and AdyenV6MyMoney Campaign Organizers - production

OneTrust next-app audience

fundCountryCode

NextDoor Share Option Users

Fundraisers with Reactions feature capability

fundCurrencyCode

US + Non-charity COs Only

locale

fund country is US and user language is English

personId

comms-internal-person-ids

Enhanced Story Experience Users

Suggested Goal Experience Users

user language is English and fund country: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

Poster share - new funds eligible (newest 9/18)

Streaming widgets beta user

paymentProcessor

3DS payment method

user language is English and fundCountry: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

currencyCode

Money Box Donation List Prompt Experiment Audience

GoFundMe Employees

ipAddress

Mark Rieth IP Address

Version 9.2.0 and above

Fund is in English speaking country

desktop

Android v12.11.0 and above

Platform is Android

paymentMethodType

checkoutType

Payment method type group to be vaulted on success

admin pr kit prod

EUR Donation Upsell

Share Text generation Skip Fundraiser

(prod) new funds eligible for amp12 (UGC gallery)

fintrac_cad_idv_form_v2 audience

paymentProcessorAccountId

fallback mode accounts

proCampaignId

p2p legacy startfundraising page

AMP24 New Funds Only PROD (DO NOT MODIFY)

Eligible for Profile Share Badge

countryCode

charityId

UKCharities

Federated Search Internal Testing

route.pathname community

US Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks Feature Audience

Supporter Comments Eligible Funds

International Only

fundId

braze fundraiser group 

Payment Identity Transfers ATO Risk Check (Targeted) - Production

Fundraiser Saved Payment Method Rate Limit Bypass (Production)

leaderboard-partner-id-audience-givepanel

Version 9.2.1 and above

AUD Donation Upsell audience

fundraiserCountryCode is US/EN

Active Fundraiser - Smart Default Cadence

DAF Internal

Vault on success card payment method

Platform is iOS v11.0.0 and above

Desktop users

Person ids

United States (US) users

allow yuno fundraisers for test

Mexico country code

Posters INTL

NPO Profile Opted-In

iOS at or above 12.4.0

non-US recurring donors

Canada Campaign Owner Group

Fundraiser Without Meta Link

Scheduler payment tester gorup

charityCommunityId

Charities allow to be claimed unclaimed (PRD)

Canada (CA) users

UC Tipping v20250115 International

pymk_production_xplr_fe_team

Android at or above 12.2.0

Profile photo entry point audience

smart goals (fundraiser/manage) on test01

Activity Tracking v1 Beta Testing

start gfm intl allowed locales

Platform is iOS v11.2.0 and above

NPO upsell education category

unclaimed charities

prod_ach_audience

AI Chatbot Audience

amp13 only new funds (prod) (anyword auto)

UC Flow Enabled (Prod)

Payment Identity Beneficiary Verification - Production

shared notification bell audience

Custom users

ach frontend audience

Android v11.0.0 and above

Users Receiving Payments Paused Notifications

smart goals test01

Manage Coach - US English Organizers Only + new funds only

Team EGG - IP Address list

NPO recommendations prod

Fundraiser Without Instagram Deep Link

Native 11.4.0 and above

UC Tipping v20250107

Users Receiving Braze KYC Validation Failed

ai_title_page

anyword

openai

control

manual_entry

userEmail

template_id

userId

fundUrl

isCharityCo

email

appVersion

shouldBucketIntoExperiment

isEligibleForProfileBadge

partnerId

donationCadence

isActiveFundraiser

isPartner

isMobile

npoProfileOptIn

fundIsLinkedWithMeta

hasSessionDonation

categoryGroup

isCampaignOwner

fundHasInstagramDeepLink

Native 11.3.0 and above

Native 11.4.0 and higher

New funds eligible - Video Sharing (PROD)

GB Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks V3 Rollout Audience

Thank you V3 testing whitelist

isRecurringFriendly

Is Recurring Friendly

Excluded funds - Video Sharing

NPO upsell animals category

NPO upsell disaster relief category

Logged In Users

CH Donation Upsell audience

Android v10.6.0 and above

NPO upsell essential needs category

NPO upsell medical category

userCurrencyCode

Localized Currency

NPO upsell cancer category

v11.5.0 and above

testAudience

pathname

Survicate

appVersion is at or above 12.8.0

Non-charity fund

isChallengeFundraiser

challenge-fundraisers

Payment Identity Launch Verification - Production

New funds eligible - Posters v2

CAD Donation Upsell Audience

Braze Email Tester

NPO Profile Opted-Out

iOS App Version

hasKnownDonors

PYMK has donors

iOS v12.3.0 and above

SOLAR SAILING LOOPS

Still £58,130 to go. Help us build momentum.