Boat Details - Phil's Boat 2017

  • Team Name: Philip Smith
  • Location: Cambridge, UK
  • Boat Name: Phil's Boat
  • Intended Route: East to West
  • Class: Sailing
  • Division: Autonomous
  • Length: 85 cm
  • Weight: 7 kg
  • Beam: 26 cm
  • Draft: 30cm
  • Hull type: Fibreglass hull with lead fin keel and separate skeg with rudder.
  • Rig Design: A single sail with boom, sprung to the centre line of the boat. The sail can rotate fully around the mast.
  • Power source: 1.2 Ah 6V lead acid battery and 4x 0.5A solar panels.
  • Actuators: Savox waterproof rudder servo. The sail is passively held against the wind by springs.
  • Sensors: GPS Neo6 and LSM303D compass.
  • Communications: RockBlock
  • Computers: Arduino Nano
A photo of Phil's Boat
Background by Jenna Bash on Unsplash