Hare Island © Ian Capper cc-by-sa/2.0

M3123 : Hare Island

taken 10 years ago, 3 km from Salthill, Co Galway, Ireland

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Hare Island

Island in Galway Bay opposite Rinmore Point, probably a submerged drumlin.

The boat is the Seaquester, a 2m robotic sailing boat and the US Naval Academy's entry into the World Robotic Sailing Championships 2014.

World Robotic Sailing Championship 2014

In September 2014, Galway hosted the World Robotic Sailing Championship, a competition involving teams from various research teams around the world, including ones from Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, Aberystwyth University, the US Naval Academy, University of Porto (Portugal), Åland University of Applied Sciences (Sweden) and ENSTA Bretagne in Brest (France).

The competition involved races between autonomous motorboat or sailing boats (in separate categories), over a series of days, with tasks such as positioning, speed in different conditions, accuracy, obstacle avoidance, target tracking, endurance and cooperation. It enabled the various teams to test and demonstrate (and in some cases develop) their boats in real conditions.

At the end of the event there was a separate "bottle boat" challenge, involving boats made from plastic bottles.

For website, see Link.

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Grid Square: M3123, 2 images (more nearby )
Photographer: Ian Capper (find more nearby)
Date Taken: Wednesday, 10 September, 2014 (more nearby)
Submitted: Tuesday, 13 January, 2015
Geographical Context: Coastal Islands People, Events
Place (from Tags): Galway Hare Island
Subject Location: Irish: M 314 236 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:15.5367N 9:1.6434W
Camera Location: Irish: M 304 245
View Direction: Southeast (about 135 degrees)