2023

5–8 July 2023 · Port Hercule, Monaco

The 10th edition brought together around 50 teams from 31 universities and 25 nations across Energy, Solar and Open Sea Class. HSH Prince Albert II called it “living proof [that] must replace all the promises.” UniBoAT, from the University of Bologna, claimed a third consecutive Energy Class title, Sunflare Team Veolia continued to dominate Solar Class, and TU Delft Hydromotion Team (Netherlands) was the overall Open Sea Class winner. Source: official YCM press release, 8 July 2023.

50

Competing teams

3

Classes

25

Nationalities

34.71kn

Speed record

NEWS

What marked this edition

A life-cycle focus

More hydrogen, recycled materials, biomaterials and supercapacitors this year. For the same energy as 1 litre of diesel, the best Energy Class boat travelled 27 nautical miles in 4 hours.

Speed record: 34.71 knots

Performance Marine, powered by an Evoy outboard, set a new outright MEBC speed record — a mark that stood until 2024.

UniBoAT's 3rd consecutive win

UniBoAT topped the Energy Class for the third year running with its multi-hybrid boat ‘Futura’ — battery, hydrogen and solar combined.

Corporate Mentoring Program launched

Oceanco mentored Néréides – UTT Marine (Energy Class), supplying a fuel cell and technical support throughout the project.

Results & winners

Overall winner · 2025 🏆 Overall winner · 10th edition winner Champion

UniBoAT - University of Bologna Argonauts Team (Italy)

Energy Class

UniBoAT

University of Bologna · Italy · 3rd consecutive win

Solar Class

Sunflare Team Veolia

1600 pts · Netherlands

Open Sea · Speed Record

TU Delft Hydromotion Team

Netherlands · overall winner

Other prizes

Solar Class 2nd–4th — HAN Solarboat (1200 pts), Solar Boat Twente (788), Van Hall Larenstein–Aeres (746)

Solar Class 5th–6th — AGH Solar Boat (494 pts), UAntwerp Solar Boat Team (388)

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Relive the edition

Technology spotlight

The 10th edition put a spotlight on full life-cycle thinking: a new assessment tool, built with Marine Shift 360, let teams measure their boat’s environmental footprint from design to end of life. UniBoAT’s multi-hybrid ‘Futura’ — combining batteries, hydrogen tanks and solar panels with a stereo-vision autonomous-driving system — captured the technical ambition of the year, alongside the first Corporate Mentoring Program pairing industry shipyards directly with student teams year-round.

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