Boat Details - Sailbuoy 2017

  • Team Name: Offshore Sensing AS (main webpage) (facebook page)
  • Location: Bergen, Norway
  • Boat Name: SB Wave
  • Intended Route: West to East
  • Class: Sailing
  • Division: Unmanned
  • Length: 2 m
  • Weight: 60 kg
  • Beam: 50 cm
  • Draft: 50 cm
  • Hull type: Custom designed hull made from composite materials.
  • Sail type: Single composite material
  • Power source: 40 Wpeak solar panel and 400 Watt Hour Lithium battery
  • Actuators: Only rudder is actuated
  • Sensors: GPS, Datawell MOSE G1000 Wave Motion Sensor
  • Communications: Iridium
A photo of Sailbuoy
Background by Jenna Bash on Unsplash