Premium Content Subscriber only A Whitsunday tour operator is developing a luxury vessel to be run purely on hydrogen to be produced south of Bowen in what is hailed an Australian-first. Ricochet Yachting and H2 Energy Company last week signed a landmark memorandum of understanding to fuel a purpose-built luxury vessel using hydrogen produced in the Whitsundays. Ricochet owner Frank Hobson has operated luxury yacht tours from Hamilton Island for more than a decade and had wanted to develop emission-free operations for years, but it had been financially unviable. But collaborating with H2EC, he said, would shore up hydrogen supply to fuel the vessel he hoped to build in Cannonvale.