IMOCA 60
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The ACCIONA 100% Ecopowered is the world's first IMOCA 60 racing yacht with renewable energy-powered navigation, communications systems, hydraulics and engines.
Developing the ACCIONA 100% Ecopowered has involved two years of applied R&D along two complementary lines. One, developing the concept of "zero-emissions sailboat" and defining and designing the best equipment for ensuring and optimizing the supply of energy for the vessel's navigation and communications systems and hydraulics and engines, relying exclusively on the sun, the wind and water. The second R&D line involved selecting and testing cutting-edge materials and coming up with the ideal designs for maximizing the sail's hydrodynamics. The 70-strong multidisciplinary team was backed hands-on by ACCIONA's Innovation Department.
The ACCIONA 100% Ecopowered features a range of new materials and naval engineering innovations resulting from exhaustive research and quality controls carried out with ultrasound technology.
The keel -the part of the hull below the waterline- is made from new-generation composite materials and has been put through its paces with non-destructive testing. Its hydrodynamic design came after seven prototypes tested on a 1:7 scale in a hydrodynamic testing channel and as a result of software studies based on fluid dynamics in order to determine the optimum configuration.
The vessel's deck was conceived as a structural element to keep down the number of struts for the hull; it has a superstructure (coach roof) based on "stealth" aircraft made from carbon fiber which is lightweight and reduces drag as the yacht moves forwards.
The carbon fiber mast is set back slightly compared to a conventional IMOCA 60: this reduces the surface of the mainsail and the weight of the boom and increases the surface of the sails at the bow, improving performance with the wind in favor.