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LIVE: follow the Solar Boat Race here

LIVE: follow the Solar Boat Race here

Luxury yachts, expensive sunglasses and crystal clear water. Last year the Delft Solar Boat Team won the offshore competition in Monaco where they competed for the first time in 2016. Before that, the solar boat race was a marathon over Frisian waters. This year, the corona crisis has kept the team at home and the students organised a competition on the Ketelmeer, a large stretch of open water between Flevoland and the Noordoostpolder. Wooden ships, red faces and green water.




The Dutch national championship will be held on Monday 17 August. The other participants are: the Solar Boat Team Twente, the Sunflare Solar Team, and the Clafis Victron Energy Team. The race consists of three parts: an endurance race, a slalom track and a sprint. The TU Delft team is hopeful because they have a trump card. Their hydrofoil has a layer of small ridges. This artificial shark skin should reduce friction through the water resulting in greater speed. Will it work?  (JW)

Science editor Jos Wassink

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j.w.wassink@tudelft.nl

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