Race Day 3

According to one of our engineers, Tim Hageman, the only thing that has to be said in the newsletter is: Yeaahh! But maybe it is nice to tell you a little bit more of today.

Today was a busy day. In the morning the WASUB sailed four rounds with success. The first round went exactly as planned. The engineers, Tim Hageman and Jasper Wijkhuizen, and the pilot, Bram Bronswijk, spoke about a slow and easy round, so we could make as many laps as possible. In the first lap the pilot sailed with a top speed of 6.2 knots and finished after 79.1 seconds. 
The second round was a bit harder, because the shoe of the pilot came loose of one of the pedals, so he had to pedal the whole lap with only one foot. Still the pilot managed to finish the round in just 79.7 seconds with a top speed of 5.0 knots. 

The third lap was quite a journey. Two things were really exiting about this lap. First of all the shoe came loose again. Second, the pilot missed a slalom pole, so he decided to go back and try it again. Because of this small detour the third lap took 134.3 seconds. We did however win the “Ocean Explorer” award for our extensive tour of the basin. 
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The last time before lunch was a real success! We were pretty careful to make sure the shoe wouldn’t get loose again. The WASUB and pilot managed to finish the lap in 71.8 seconds with a speed of 6.8 knots! This was the record of today!
After lunch it was time for our second pilot, Robin van der Sande. He was told not to go too fast, since it was his first run on the altered course with slalom. Still he went quite fast, he sailed with a speed of 6.0 knots and finished the lap in 77.1 seconds.
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Later today we are going to the submarine museum with all the other teams. It sounds pretty exciting. The teams get a change to be in a submarine. Tomorrow is another race day and hopefully WASUB will beat the record of 6.9 knots this basin.