RACING AEOLUS©

Get ready for a new level of excitement; master the winds!

For the first time ever, RACING AEOLUS© will be held, in The Netherlands, from August 20 to 23, 2008. Offering a unique chance to be part of the most innovative windpowered vehicle race in the world: sailing straight into the wind in a single-handed land yacht equipped with rotorblades or a (Darius)turbine.


The challenge

The first, ambitious edition of Racing Aeolus©, the sole race for Wind Powered Vehicles able to race STRAIGHT INTO THE WIND, will take place alongside the festivities of the Tall ships
Races 2008 in Den Helder, in the Northwestern part of Holland. Though sailing and landyachting are both considered never to be straight into
the wind, stranger things happen on the Den Helder shores. The race lasts for 3 days. The track is a 5.3 kilometers seawall on the
boundary between land and the sea, which runs from Huisduinen (a former fishermens village) to literally Hollands’ last stop before the Northsea: Lands End.
Participants will have to ride their unique, custom designed, built and tested WPVs' straight against the wind on the (slope)side over the seawall.


Definition of the Wind Power Vehicle

* A land vehicle on wheels, steered by a driver,
* Propulsed by a device with spinning blades or turbine coupled to the wheels
* Temporary storage of energy is allowed during the ride (the storage device has to be empty at the start); the device will source and store it's power from a combination of wind and battery power solely during the course of the race (all depending ond weather condition, racing skills and -strategy.

We hope to welcome come a broad range of Wind Powered Vehicles from all around the world.


Categories & Ranking

The event is open to three, different (national and international) participating categories (all keen to show their competitive, enterprising and technical ingenuity):

1. Technical Universities (f.i. departments of Mechanical Engineering, Automotive, Logistics, Computer Science: all students are invited to compose participating teams)
2. Institutes of Higher Education
3. other such as business community and members of the public

We hope all participants will prove worthy challengers.


Learn more about windenergy and yourself

We hope that each and all teams will show at the start with unique, innovative designs. From preparation to the finish you will be put to the test. Steadfastness, cooperation, endurance & dauntlessness: a great deal is expected of the teams. All to face this unique challenge!

AEOLUS WINDE ENERGY EVENTS

PRESS: contact Sylvia Scheper + 31 628 08 53 89, media point at the old coast guard tower, Zeeweg 6, 1783 AC DEN HELDER |