Boat Details - MAST
- Team Name: Queen's University Mostly Autonomous Sailboat Team
- Location: Kingston, Ontario, Canada
- Boat Name: GaelForce XL
- Intended Route: Westt to East
- Length: 3.73 m
- Weight: 400 kg
- Beam: 1.5 m
- Draft: 0.98 m
- Mast: Mast and boom constructed from 2 inch (5.08 cm) outer diameter, 0.12 inch (0.3 cm) wall aluminium tubing.
- Hull type: Hull is custom made. Recently reinforced for increased durability.
- Rig Design: Catboat swing rig sail, approximately 4 m x 1.5 m.
- Power source: 12 volt deep cycle lead acid batteries powered by a wind turbine powered by a wind turbine.
- Actuators:
- Sensors: Two Airmar PB100 sensors. Each of these senses wind speed and direction, barometeric pressure, air temperature and humidity, magnetic compass heading, roll/pitch and GPS position.
- Communications: Rockblock Iridium Modem
- Computers: Arduino and Raspberry Pi
