Boat Details - Phil's Boat 2019/20

  • 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: 3 Ah 8.4V Lithium battery and 2x 0.8A solar panels.
  • Actuators: KST MS 825 rudder servo, with contactless position sensor and brushless motor. The sail is passively held against the wind by springs.
  • Sensors: GPS Neo6 and LSM303DHLC compass.
  • Communications: RockBlock
  • Computers: Arduino Nano

Note: This boat launch in 2020 but is competing under the 2019 rules.

A photo of Phil's Boat on its stand A photo of Phil's Boat on the water A photo of Phil's Boat on the beach
Background by Jenna Bash on Unsplash