Fastest solar-powered Pacific crossing

According to Official Guinness Records,

Kenichi Horie (Japan) made the fastest crossing of the Pacific Ocean in a solar-powered boat when he travelled 10,000 miles 16,092 km from Salinas, Ecuador, to Tokyo, Japan, in 148 days between March 20 and August 5 1996. His cigar shaped vessel, Malt's Mermaid, was 9.5 yards 8.68 m long, weighed 813 lb 368.7 kg and was powered by 130 ft² of solar panels. The boat was partly constructed from recycled aluminium equivalent to more than 20,000 drink cans.

For a complete list of 1996 records, please visit 1996 Guinness Records in Ecuador.

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