Launch of the Roboboj®
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Explained the technical features and the ecological advantages of the Roboboj®
From Tomorrow 600 children into the water at the 7th Halloween Cup Optimist class, the first regatta in Italy completely managed by robotic buoys.
From roboboe technicians
These are the
characteristics explained by Alain Rubeli of Roboboj®: The electric buoys are naturally ecological, we are also developing
solar battery chargers, there is no more fuel in the management of inflatable
boats to lay and move the buoys as it happens today, there is no material that
is thrown and left in the water: so this project is realized with total
attention to the environment. Attention in the choice of the type of materials,
the type of propulsion; using them you get an overall saving for number of
inflatables and personnel, necessary to manage a race, as well as an extreme
ease of use. The great difficulty in making these roboboe was to make simple a
complex thing with a tablet or phone. The battery life is about 24 hours, after
being tested even in the wind at 25 knots; the accuracy of the GPS has a
variable of only 15 cm. We are happy to be here in the paradise of sailing; we
have collected a series of feedbacks from sailors and race committees and in
the next few days we will be working for the first time in Italy with this
model of buoys perfected after a year of experience in racing fields across
Europe, where we found 30 knots, as 5 and everything has always worked.
Rodolfo Bergamaschi - President of the XIV FIV Zone Rodolfo Bergamaschi said he was very sensitive to the possibility of using these buoys throughout Lake Garda; it is a project that must certainly be believed: “I expect to have feedback, suggestions, on how the FIV Zone that I represent, can make this project come true.”
Carlo Pompili President of Circolo Vela Arco: “Congratulations on this Halloween Cup, which has the incredible number of 600 members in a period of the year that could be low season: we clubs, all together, bring here on Lake Garda hundreds, thousands of sailors from around the world and from today we want to offer a strong message, as well as a better service for the races themselves; the municipalities, the province, all institutions, must try to meet us in these efforts, which with the roboboe project touch the ecological sphere.”
Armando Bronzetti, President of Circolo Surf Torbole: “The possibility to change the racing fields quickly with a single click becomes essential for the organization of high-level events, as well as in every season each of us has on the calendar between the World Cup and Europe.”
Massimo Concini, Lega Navale Italiana, Riva del Garda: “As a Naval League we have as our founding values the culture of seafaring and the protection of the environment, so we can only marry this project by joining forces with other circles so that it can come true.”