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10 July: Exitement till the end

After a week of sailing, tinkering, disappointments and joy the DONG Energy Frisian Solar Challenge 2010 has ended. We know the winners and the awards are presented. Who was going to win was exciting till the end in the different classes. But there are more prizes to win. The ‘Energietransitie’ Creative idea prize, the bad luck prize, the incentives prize and the Fair play prize.

Big winner of the DONG Energy Frisian Solar Challenge is the Private Energy Solarboatteam (T83) from Leeuwarden with a time of 11.26’.32”. winner of the Challenge A is Team Sunrise (A03) from Terneuzen in 16.06’.40”. In the Challenge B the polish team Energa Solar II won the first prize with a time of 19.25’08”.

Happy winner of the Fair Play prize is Jappie Baayma, from FSC De Wilgen (A02). He is nominated by several teams because of his disinterestedness and incredible dedication to help other boats with technical problems.

The Bad luck prize goes to the Brazilian delegation, who sailed with their three boats (A13-Catalao, A24-Copocabana, A09-Ipanema). This competition started badly for these teams when all boats were stopped at the customs. After that they got harassed with technical problems.

The Incentive prize goes to the municipality of Leeuwarden with the Swette Switter (A17). Employees of the technical department of the municipality of Leeuwarden helped with the race of 2008. They came in touch with ‘the solar feeling’. On the loft of the building of the technical department they were busy building their boat. This enthusiasm is reason for the competition organization to give them the incentive prize.

The ‘Energietransitie’ Creative Idea prize is presented on Wednesday 8 July by minister Tineke Huizenga to the Andela Solar Team (T89). The Technical Commission decided that this team from the Top class deserves this prize because they achieved a low resistance, combined with a light weighed construction. ‘Andela was also the first team who showed to accomplish a gain of t. with the use of hydrofoils’, said Joris Melkert, Chairman of the Technical Committee.

Top-klasse

1. Private Energy Solarboatteam (T83) uit Leeuwarden 11.26’.32”
2. Gowring Energy, Sunseeker(T81) uit Maasdam 11.55’.45”
3. Delta Loyd Solar Boat Team(T82) uit Delft 12.25’.27”

Challenge A

1. Team Sunrise (A03) uit Terneuzen 16.06’.40”
2. Vripack Solar Team (A19) uit Sneek 16.28’.14”
3. Scylla Solarboat Racing Team (A23) uit Leeuwarden 16.45’.11”

Challenge B

1. Energa Solar II (B55) uit Polen 19.25’.08”
2. ROC van Amsterdam (B56) uit Amsterdam 20.26’.49”
3. Fachhochschule Emden (B54) uit Duitsland 21.01’.38”



DONG Energy Frisian Solar Challenge

Dokkum – Leeuwarden

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10 July: Private Energy Solarboatteam (T83) winner of the DONG Energy Frisian Solar Challenge

Winner of the DONG Energy Frisian Solar Challenge is Private Energy Solarboatteam (T83) from Leeuwarden. This team sailed 220 kilometer in five days with the marvelous time of 11:26:32 hour. That’s 40 minutes faster than the winner of 2008. Sunrise Team (A03) won the race in the Challenge A. they finished the race in 16:06:40 hour. The Energa Solar II (B55) from Poland finished in 19:25:08  hour and won in the Challene B. From the 44 solar boats from all over the world who started on Monday 5 July. 37 teams reached the finish line in Leeuwarden today.

The Private Energy Solarboatteam (T83) participates for the second time. In 2008 this team did not win an award, they finished fourth. In the first edition 2006 and second edition 2008 the Delta Lloys Solar Boat Team from Delft won the first price. This year they finished third. ‘we had a lot of technical problems at the beginning of the race’. This team had a boat with hydrofoils. These are wings that lift the boat out of the water to increase the level of resistance.

10 July: Solar boats as a present for organization given by University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)

Disappointed, for sure. Juliette Savin of the Brazilian delegation of the University of Rio de Janeiro states that the DONG Energy Frisian Solar Challenge hasn’t become what the team dreamed of. There was a lot of bad luck, for the A9, A13 and A24. These three boats will stay in Leeuwarden, and are not returning to Brazil. The organization is able to use them for educational purpose or promotion of the event.

Bad luck for the team because there was a huge delay at the customs. Therefore there was too little time left to make technical adjustments. ‘We did have a lot of technical problems, in fact, that was the only thing we had’, tells Juliette. Two stages before the end they decided to withdraw from the race. ‘All three engines were broken, next time we will make them ourselves.’ And there will be a next time. ‘For sure we will be there again, in 2012!’

10 July: First teams arrived at the Grote Wielen

The Private Energy Solarboatteam (T83) and the Delta Lloyd Solar Boat Team (T82) headed really fast to the Grote Wielen, near by Leeuwarden, after the start. Gowrings Energy (T81) was following on a distance. Meanwhile arrived also the first participants from the Challenge A at the Grote Wielen. At head in the Challenge A was Team Sunrise (A3), followed by the Scylla Solarboat Racing Team (A23) and the Vripack Solar Team (A19). Energa Solar II finished first in the Challenge B at the Grote Wielen.

Today at 15.00 o’clock the restart is going to be at the Grote wielen, just outside Leeuwarden. A few minutes later the first boats are expected to finish in the Prinsentuin in Leeuwarden. After a thrilling week the winners of this third edtion of the DONG Energy Frisian Solar Challenge are revealed.

Bolsward-Franeker

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10 July: Start of the last stage

All teams, with an exception of three Brazilian teams who expelled yesterday, appear at the start of the last stage of the DONG Energy Frisian Solar Challenge. Today will be decided which teams win the Top class and Challenge A of the Frisian solar boat race, it’s very exciting.

The start was in Dokkum at 11pm. The participants follow their route to recreation area ‘De Grote Wielen’. Here is a restart at 3pm where the participants take off to finish in the Prinsentuin, Leeuwarden. We expect that some teams shall get here very fast.

Organization

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