New propeller designs pushed efficiency close to 80%, against roughly 50% for the current industry standard.
4–9 July 2022 · Port Hercule, Monaco
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New propeller designs pushed efficiency close to 80%, against roughly 50% for the current industry standard.
The Energy Class energy allowance was doubled, making boats noticeably faster across the board.
The Italian team kept its title and also won the Best Tech Talk award for its knowledge-sharing and innovation.
The Sea Sakthi team (Kumaraguru College of Technology) became the first Indian team at an international powerboat event.
United Kingdom · 827 pts
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
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