Southampton Team Hydro flies on Lake Geneva

Team hydro in action
Team hydro in action

For the second year the Maritime Engineers and Ship Scientists amongst others from the University of Southampton have taken part in the HYDRO challenge on Lake Geneva and as recently reported by the University.
This year their foiling catamaran performed strongly as noted on their facebook page excerpted below. Many congratulations to all involved and grateful thanks to all those who sponsored the team! Onwards and upwards for 2017…
HYDROCONTEST FINAL UPDATE:
Well it’s all over now! The team is currently waiting at Calais to board a ferry back to the UK, and we’re all happy to be heading home after a wonderful experience!
Just to recap:
Lightweight race: 6th
Heavyweight race: 4th
Endurance race: 4th
Communications Prize winners

We’re very proud of our achievement, but would also like to congratulate all of the other teams who participated in the ‪#‎Hydrocontest‬. Your spirit, friendliness and eagerness to share information truly made the competition a fantastic experience.
That’s it for our coverage of the Hydrocontest for now, though stay tuned for thanks to our sponsors/partners, and for some unseen photos and videos that we didn’t have time to show you!
Once again, thanks for your continued support, and we can’t wait until we can do it all again next year!

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