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The World Solar Navigation Challenge W.S.N.C.
SOLAR NAVIGATOR - Competition
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9. COMPETITION
Where the Solar Navigator team have developed the circumnavigation concept steadily since 1996, inevitably, we have inspired others to think on the challenge, and finally another team have decided they are up to the task.
Accordingly,
in
about 2005 a Franco/Swiss team named PlanetSolar announced they would
be building a solar powered trimaran to attempt a world
navigation.
This revelation turned our project into a potential race, against
which we suggest that our sponsors might offer an incentive to
competitors with naming rights attaching.
PlanetSolar
adopted a near identical route
to that originally proposed at the 1996 Boat Show. Their design
changed after project launch from a wave piercing trimaran design to a
catamaran, we assume for reasons of practical economy.
PLANETSOLAR SPECIFICATIONS
Length: 31 meters Length
with flaps: 35m Width with flaps: 23m Height: 6.10 meters Draft:
1.55m Average Daily distance covered: 63.25 nautical miles Average distance per hour: 2.64 nautical miles Crew:
4
Earlier
this year a solar powered catamaran named Sun
21, crossed the Atlantic
Ocean from Basel to New York via Miami, a distance of 7,000 sea miles
in 40 days and at an average speed of 7.3 knots.
SUN 21 SPECIFICATIONS
Length:
14 meters
Set against this background, there are a number of high profile world class sailing events in which a potential sponsor might invest to attain a suitable sporty adventurous association but there are none so far as we are aware that embody all of the principles that we outline in this plan. To
minimise the risk to our sponsors and in turn maximise media returns
we have increased the solar panel area of the Solar Navigator.
We have also reduced the build costs by using subcontractors
and simplifying the design, reducing the construction to a number of
basic structures, which are then assembled to create the whole.
This approach has the net effect of reducing the overall price
tag of the project – which means a sponsor’s money goes further.
Although we have made every effort to keep build costs down, rest assured we will be using state of the art motors, batteries and solar panels (please see appendices for details). Your investment now will enable us to begin construction of the vessel and gain a valuable head start over other potential contenders. In return for immediate funding we can offer prime billing as the main sponsor, hence you will be seen to be taking the lead risk wise, which will further enhance your corporate image.
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