The Mansura Trophy Seeking Solutions to Environmental Challenges

GREEN MOTION SAILS AWAY WITH THE MANSURA TROPHY

& Agni Motors win the Royal Thames Mansura Medal

 

At a ceremony in the Club on Thursday evening 12^th May 2011, Gideon Goudsmit of African Cats BV was presented with the Royal Thames Mansura Trophy.

 

The revolutionary “Green Motion” was the runaway winner in the Offshore division. Built in Durban, South Africa, by African Cats BV with very lightweight construction and an innovative propulsion system allowing batteries to be recharged while under sail, she completed a long and successful maiden voyage to Ijmuiden in the Netherlands via Cape Town, St Helena and the Azores in 2010, to read more click here.

THE ROYAL THAMES Mansura Trophy, supported by Bosch is offered in biennial international competition for excellence in the design, development and operation of hybrid craft of all types, within stated limits, whose final propulsion delivery system is, either wholly or as a stand-alone option, electrical.  The hybridity is defined by having at least two independent sources capable of delivering the propulsive power to the final drive.  Awards are to be made in 2010 in three separate classifications, Offshore and Coastal craft, Inland Waters craft and Prototypes.  Entrants are not required to state the division in which they wish to compete.  This is left to the discretion of the judging panel, who may consider an entry in more than one division.  There is no restriction on other additional propulsion systems such as sail power.  Entries must be capable of accommodating a minimum crew of one person.

Craft may be entered regardless of age or date of construction, but must have completed a qualifying voyage by the closing date.  Craft entered in earlier competitions may enter again with the sole exception of previous winners of the Mansura Trophy, which may only enter again if there has been significant technical change from the winning configuration.

For more information on the rules for the 2010/11 competition or to enter click here