The Turanor PlanetSolar, the world’s largest solar-powered boat, successfully made it across the Pacific Ocean over the weekend and docked in the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia on March 5.

The catamaran, which measures almost 100 feet long and is covered by 5,800 square feet of solar panels, set out for a cruise around the world on Sept. 27 from Monaco.

The solar boat beat a world record for the distance traveled by a solar-powered vehicle on this Pacific leg of the journey, and the crew plans to apply for recognition from the Guinness Book of World Records, according to a press release from the project’s ground crew.

The boat has covered 11,411 nautical miles since it took to the waters.

The previous record for the greatest distance traveled by a solar-electric vehicle was 9,364 miles. The Midnight Sun Race team accomplished that in a solar-electric car race through Canada and the United States in 2004.

“We are more than content with the successful progress of our eco-adventure,” project founder Raphaël Domjan said. “Having crossed the largest ocean of the world only with the power of the sun is another significant proof for the efficiency of renewable energies, showing that we have the technology to change.”

Domjan wrote in an e-mail that he created the Turanor PlanetSolar because he wanted to show the world that solar energy technology is already advanced enough to make a big difference in the world and that we don’t have to wait around for it get better before we begin using it.

“I strongly felt the wish to find something in order to demonstrate that solutions do exist, and that solar energy in general is functional,” Domjam wrote. “I was thinking of a world tour.”

The boat has docked in major port cities around the world, including Miami, where the crew greeted throngs of visitors and answered questions about solar technology. In Cancun, Mexico, the crew addressed world leaders about the importance of using clean renewable energy technology like solar.

The crew later passed through the Panama Canal and explored the Galapagos Islands and then crossed the Pacific.

In the next month, the boat is scheduled to visit Tonga, Australia, China, Singapore, India and the United Arab Emirates before returning to Monaco, where its journey began.

Pictured: Turanor pulling up to the Galapagos Islands, courtesy of PlanetSolar.