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How many pounds can your vessel hold?

by Joff Brown | Dec 12, 2016 | Q&A, Q&A ExpertJoff wk6

Hi Jennifer, Thanks for your question. The boat weighs around 8800Kg (19,400lbs). Because it is a racing boat the aim is to carry as little weight as possible, as opposed to a commercial ship which wants to carry as much as possible. The lighter the boat is, the...

What sort of redundancy do you have for your overall electrical system?

by Joff Brown | Dec 12, 2016 | Q&A, Q&A ExpertJoff wk6

Hi Bob, Thanks for your question. We try to double up or carry spares for most of the systems on board. Read this answer Rich wrote, describing the four methods by which we can charge the batteries. Further down the system we have three batteries on board which can...

With all the damage suffered by impacts with UFO’s so far into this race, has there been any consideration given to installing underwater collision detection systems?

by Joff Brown | Dec 12, 2016 | Q&A, Q&A ExpertJoff wk6

Hi Jim, Thanks for your question. I believe SAFRAN did trial a system at some point in one of the previous races but I don’t think it worked and I’ve not heard of anyone trying since. You can imagine some form of thermo imaging or sonar working in theory but I guess...