Boat Details - ENSICA and IUT de Nantes
- Team name: Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Constructions Aéronautiques (ENSICA) and IUT de Nantes.
- Boat Name: IBoat
- Length: 2.4m
- Weight: 40kg
- Mast: Carbon fibre tube.
- Hull type: Custom designed fibre glass hull with a compartment in the top to maximise solar panel area.
- Power source: 2x lead acid batteries and 4 solar panels.
- Sail type: Flexible plastic sail with jib and mainsail sharing a single boom.
- Actuators: stepper motors for rudder and sail control.
- Sensors: GPS, tilt compensated compass, tilt sensor and rotary wind sensor.
- Communications: 868mhz radio modem
- Computers: Infineon C167.
