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MONACO SOLAR BOAT CHALLENGE
Solar power competes at sea

On March 30 , Bernard d’Alessandri, Secretary General of the Yacht Club
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of Monaco and Dr Marco Casiraghi, the engineer who initiated the project,

presented the Monaco Solar Boat Challenge. This race among solar boats

is the only one of its kind in the Mediterranean. Organized by the Yacht

Club of Monaco in partnership with the Union Internationale Motonautique

(UIM) and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, this 4 edition will
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take place from July 13 to 15 , 2017.
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Over three days, races will be held among “The Yacht Club of Monaco’s wish is to build
solar boats designed specifically for this event by
engineering students in the spirit of Prince Albert the future of power boating”
II’s fight against global warming. “The Yacht Club
of Monaco’s wish is to build the future thanks Bernard d’Alessandri, Secretary General of the YCM
to the dynamism of a new generation of enthu-
siastic engineers inspired to imagine and create Its aim is to sensitize current and future policy
tomorrow’s power boating,” affirmed Bernard -makers about clean energy while encouraging
d’Alessandri, Secretary General of the Yacht Club universities and shipyards to design and build
of Monaco (YCM). solar and electric racing boats for launch on
the market in coming years. “The autonomy of
Twenty boats will engage in five different contests: clean-energy cars is constantly improving”, says
endurance, speed, parade, slalom and speed Marco Casiraghi. “We hope it will be the same for
duels. This year the YCM Offshore Class will also boats. Why not imagine aiming for Calvi a couple
be held for the first time. This 25-mile coastal race of years from now?”
between Cannes and Monaco created by the
YCM is special in that engineering students de-
signed the 3-person boats competing.