A solar-powered boat on a first-ever around-the-world voyage stopped in the Sunshine State over the weekend.

Having arrived from Monaco, the Turanor PlanetSolar is believed to be the largest and most advanced solar powered boat ever built, according to the Miami Herald. It is aiming to circle the globe fueled only by sunlight and the four-day Miami visit is one of two U.S. stops.

"We want to show what we can do with solar power,'' Raphael Domjan, a Swiss engineer and the brains behind the boat, told the Miami Herald. "We have the technology to change the world, not tomorrow, but today.''

Measuring 102 feet in length, the ship equipped with a six-member crew is attempting to build on accomplishments of another solar-powered vessel. In 2007, a 46 foot catamaran named Sun21 arrived in Miami after crossing the Atlantic Ocean from southern Spain. The crew is forced to study weather patterns and reports so that they can catch sunshine and wind.

"What we are doing now, nobody does this sort of navigation,'' Domjan said. "We have to find the sun to go as fast as possible.''