2022

4–9 July 2022 · Port Hercule, Monaco 

The 9th edition gathered 38 teams from 21 nations and 27 universities, across Energy, Solar and Open Sea Class, alongside 36 industry exhibitors — a record field for the Challenge at the time. UniBoAT, from the University of Bologna, retained the Energy Class title and also won the Best Tech Talk award, while India made its first-ever appearance at an international powerboat event with the Sea Sakthi team. Source: official YCM press release, 9 July 2022.

38

Competing teams

3

Classes

21

Nationalities

50

Boats on the water — record
NEWS

What marked this edition

Return of propeller winglets

New propeller designs pushed efficiency close to 80%, against roughly 50% for the current industry standard. 

Onboard energy doubled to 10 kWh

The Energy Class energy allowance was doubled, making boats noticeably faster across the board. 

UniBoAT retains the Energy Class

The Italian team kept its title and also won the Best Tech Talk award for its knowledge-sharing and innovation. 

India's first appearance

The Sea Sakthi team (Kumaraguru College of Technology) became the first Indian team at an international powerboat event. 

Results & winners

🏆 Overall winner · 9th edition winner

UniBoAT — University of Bologna (Italy)

9° Monaco Energy Boat Challenge 2021
Energy Class

UniBoAT

University of Bologna · Italy · 1200 pts
 
9° Monaco Energy Boat Challenge 2021
Solar Class

Sunflare

Netherlands · 1100 pts
vita
Open Sea Class

Vita Yachts – Lion

United Kingdom · 827 pts

uniboat
Best Tech Talk

UniBoAT

University of Bologna · Italy 

Other prizes

Energy Class 2nd–3rd — RIT Dubai Sailing Tigers (694 pts), Physis PEB (640)

Open Sea Class 2nd–3rd — TU Delft Hydro Motion Team (700 pts), Vita Yachts – Seal (694)

Solar Class 2nd–3rd — Swiss Solar Boat (730 pts), Técnico Solar Boat (694)

Innovation Prize (Credit Suisse) — Técnico Solar Boat, Instituto Superior Técnico (Portugal)

New Generation Prize — Aquon (Switzerland)

Eco-conception Prize — Physis PEB, Politecnico di Milano (Italy)

Coup de Cœur (exhibitor) — Simrad/Navico (Norway)

Special Mentions — Exocet – Montréal Polytechnic (Canada) and Naylamp Uni – Nat. Univ. of Engineering Peru, both Energy Class; Neocean (France), exhibition

 

Relive the edition

Technology spotlight

2022 doubled the onboard energy allowance for the Energy Class to 10 kWh, noticeably lifting boat speeds, and saw the return of high-efficiency propeller winglets pushing close to 80% efficiency. It was also the year hydrogen dehumidification systems and bio-based materials — bamboo, flax fibre, recycled PET — moved into the spotlight through the Tech Talks.

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