Team Philips
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Team Philips was a catamaran sailing vessel built to try to take Pete Goss around the World in record time.
The design consisted of two thin, wave piercing hulls, each with its own sail, connected by high placed bridges between the hulls to minimise wave drag.
It broke up during its trials in March 2000 due to errors in the computer modelling of the composite hull. The first 40 feet of the left hull was the piece that broke off. It was repaired with the addition of internal bracing. However, it was later abandoned in severe weather on its way to startline of The Race off Barcelona in December 2000.
[edit] External links
- Scilly News (28 March, 2000) - Team Philips
- BBC News (16 November, 2000) - Team Philips back at sea
- National Maritime Museum Cornwall - Team Philips exhibition for 2005
