I have never done any sailing, but from what I know it’s really hard job and not many could do it. Well, the sailing of the future seems to be different and anyone could do it as you would need only a touchscreen. Sounds simple, isn’t it? And it could thanks to Project GreenJet, an astonishing 57-meter yacht designed by Erik Sifrer.

Project GreenJet was inspired by a previous design of Erik Sifrer cakked SY120 Yacht which worked the same but it was less advanced, smaller and slower. If Sifrer’s ideas are correct then those athletic sailors won’t be needed because just a few weather monitoring systems and one man to control the yacht with the help of a touchscreen will be enough.

The two sails of the GreenJet could be raised in about 40 seconds to their height of 55 meters and they can be rotated to 160 degrees. Although there are bigger yachts like the Maltese Falcon capable of automated sailing, Project GreenJet is far more advanced which has only one drawback: the money needed to finish his work. According to Sifrer, he would need $70 million and in about 3 to 6 years he would manage to complete the yacht.

Check an interesting article and full coverage about the Project GreenJet yacht at Gizmag.

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