{"id":9990,"date":"2017-06-14T09:38:16","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T07:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/?p=9990"},"modified":"2017-06-14T09:39:05","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T07:39:05","slug":"young-solar-challenge-stage-2-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/14\/young-solar-challenge-stage-2-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Solar Challenge &#8211; Stage 2 results!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For those of us who couldn&#8217;t make it to the Solar Boat race at Lelystrad, Flevoland, Holland last Saturday (10th June) there was an ingenious real-time vessel-tracker &#8216;app&#8217; available. Watching it was almost as much fun as the real thing!<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9993\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-11-at-11.21.19-copy_41120041.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9993\" class=\"size-blogpost-content wp-image-9993\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-11-at-11.21.19-copy_41120041-690x383.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-11-at-11.21.19-copy_41120041-690x383.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-11-at-11.21.19-copy_41120041-270x150.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-11-at-11.21.19-copy_41120041-730x405.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-11-at-11.21.19-copy_41120041-1024x568.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-11-at-11.21.19-copy_41120041-768x426.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-11-at-11.21.19-copy_41120041-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9993\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8230;almost as much fun as the real thing!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>However, those who <em>could<\/em> make it enjoyed over 40 minutes of nip and tuck in the &#8216;Trial&#8217; race which began at 0900. There were thrills and spills aplenty which caused five of the nineteen competitors to withdraw or fail to finish. The winning time, with sun-generated speeds of around 16kmh, was 41m 50s which was achieved by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csgbogerman.nl\/locaties\/sneek\" target=\"_blank\">Bogerman Sneek<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.piterjelles.nl\/leeuwarderlyceum\/\" target=\"_blank\">Leeuwarder Lyceum<\/a> came second with a five-lap time of 42m 35s, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mecanoo.nl\/Projects?project=41\" target=\"_blank\">Da Vinci College<\/a> gained third place with a time of 43m 55s.<\/p>\n<p>The afternoon saw the start of the &#8216;Sprint&#8217; races. For these, the average speed is taken over two heats. The fastest average was achieved by Leeuwarder Lyceum with a time of 20.51 seconds;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maritiemeacademieharlingen.nl\" target=\"_blank\">Maritieme Academy Harlingen<\/a>\u00a0clocked up an average time of 21.74 seconds to win second place; and Bogerman Sneek came third with a time of 21.4s. All nineteen entrants successfully completed this element of the competition.<\/p>\n<p>There is a complicated points system used to arrive at overall winners which I shan&#8217;t explain to you as I don&#8217;t understand it myself &#8211; but I can tell you that the winning three entrants emerged as Leeuwarder Lyceum, Bogerman Sneek, and Da Vinci College, in that order with scores of 7, 7 and 10.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9996\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/15972371_1848348405442472_3630934167851637249_o_41122407.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9996\" class=\"size-blogpost-content wp-image-9996\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/15972371_1848348405442472_3630934167851637249_o_41122407-690x518.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/15972371_1848348405442472_3630934167851637249_o_41122407-690x518.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/15972371_1848348405442472_3630934167851637249_o_41122407-730x548.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/15972371_1848348405442472_3630934167851637249_o_41122407-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/15972371_1848348405442472_3630934167851637249_o_41122407-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/15972371_1848348405442472_3630934167851637249_o_41122407-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/15972371_1848348405442472_3630934167851637249_o_41122407.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9996\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Engines revving!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Three cheers for Leeuwarder Lyceum!<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Kiki Merkies for those results.<\/p>\n<p>At Victron Energy we take a keen interest in news concerning <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youngsolarchallenge.nl\" target=\"_blank\">Young Solar Challenge<\/a>. Entrants are all students aged between 14 and 17 years who have had to build their own boats, install the solar power-train, choose a pilot, and also form a maintenance team to perform dock-side repairs on their boats. All this experience is invaluable to the mind of a young scientist &#8230;and we are proud to assist Young Solar Challenge with the purchase of Victron Energy products.<\/p>\n<p>All eyes now turn to the final event of the season which is to be held on 30 June at 12:00 to 1 July at 17:00, Appelscha, Netherlands. The event is called Young Emotions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/08\/new-blogger-justin-tyers-burning-building-blogging\/\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Tyers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those of us who couldn&#8217;t make it to the Solar Boat race at Lelystrad, Flevoland, Holland last Saturday (10th June) there was an ingenious real-time vessel-tracker &#8216;app&#8217; available. 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