Engineers sail to victory with a perfect score

The UBC Sailbots successfully defended their championship, winning the 2013 International Robotic Sailing Regatta held June 9-13 in Gloucester, MA. The UBC Sailbot team – Kristoffer Vik Hansen (captain), David Lee, Josh Andrews, Sirous Soltanolketabi, Alexander Kroitzsch, Yasmeen Akbari and James Lee – sailed their two-metre, unmanned robotic sailboat to a perfect score of 50/50 – the first in the history of the competition. For more information, click here.