{"id":9802,"date":"2017-05-30T12:27:51","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T10:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/?p=9802"},"modified":"2017-12-11T17:19:18","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T15:19:18","slug":"clafis-victron-energy-solar-boat-team-drama-in-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/30\/clafis-victron-energy-solar-boat-team-drama-in-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"CLAFIS Victron Energy solar boat team: Drama in the sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may recall we’ve reported before on the CLAFIS Victron Energy solar boat team<\/a> and their successes. This weekend the team returned to the water with their updated 2017 boat Furia III in the hope of continuing their winning ways.<\/p>\n

The Eneco Solar Boat Race NK 2017 was held over two match day races. On Friday, May 26th, the Endurance race distance was 52km and on Saturday it was the ’round Akkrum’<\/a> race, completing as many laps as possible in a given time. For the last element of the competition it was a sprint race which ended as it did last year at the ‘De Kolk’ railway bridge in Akkrum. Taking these three different race elements into account they were then ‘weighted’, with all of them being counted toward the overall final result.<\/p>\n

Race classes<\/h3>\n

There are a number of race classes, the A class and the top class – a photo of the top class boat which you can see in the headline image above and below, which in this instance is the Victron sponsored Furia III piloted by Gerard van der Schaar.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Rounding a turn – not fully on the foils<\/p><\/div>\n

An additional class, which debuted in 2016, is the Young Solar class where teams are aged between 14 and 17 years old, racing with their homemade boats. Victron sponsor this class too, but I’ll let fellow blogger Justin Tyers explain these enthusiastic youngsters in a separate blog.<\/p>\n

For now here’s a video of various race boats and the surrounding area of the 52 km Eneco Solar Boat Race NK, held on Friday 26th May 2017. The video is courtesy of Jelte Van Der Meer.<\/p>\n\n\n