Sea Potential at Team Summit then back to work

It was great to meet all the teams and Prize administrators at the “Team Summit” in Washington. Phone calls and webinars are good – meeting the people and personalities face to face is much better and it was an excellent idea for the Wave Energy Prize to arrange this.

The visit to Carderock to see the test facilities was the highlight of the week - it was a bit like walking the pitch before a big championship game!

Great idea and it is doubtful if any team could deliver a successful test performance without this initial briefing and first-hand experience of the impressive MASK facilities.

It was then back to action with construction of the 1/20 model – with the support from the engineering and manufacturing talents Rhode Island has in abundance.

Luther’s are doing a great job constructing the aluminium hulls structures and mechanical components and it’s great to see the parts from the drawings come to life.

We want to also give a special mention to the team at Roger Williams University who are coordinating the component deliveries s and providing the facilities at their Hawkworks Lab for the assembly and component testing over the next few weeks. Tim is pictured at Hawkworks as we inspect the first shipment of parts from Luther’s to begin assembly.

The next few weeks will be critical to the team’s success in the Prize competition and the challenging timescale of the WEP final is setting everyone’s pulse racing. There will be an enjoyable evening had by all in mid-July when the model has been delivered successfully!!