{"id":994,"date":"2022-10-24T12:32:56","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T11:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/maritimeblog\/?p=994"},"modified":"2022-10-24T12:32:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T11:32:56","slug":"southamptons-sumoth-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/maritimeblog\/2022\/10\/24\/southamptons-sumoth-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Southampton’s SuMoth challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A group of University of Southampton student in the School of Engineering representing Ship Science, Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautical Engineering took part in the SuMoth challenge<\/a> in June on Lake Garda .\u00a0 The SuMoth challenge is to design, build and race an international moth class sailing boat but using sustainably sourced materials and components.\u00a0 The students did this as part of their final MEng Group Design project.\u00a0 Their solution, named Moonshots (an acronym of Soton\u2019s Moth), comprises of a flax fibre and bio-resin hull and wing bars that are made from wood.\u00a0 All of the components are either a combination of recycled and upcycled parts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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