Author: Floris Romeijn

July 23, 2018 Floris Romeijn

We are very proud to announce that we are third in this years V20 solar boat race overall rankings. Also we got a very special price from Yacht Club Monaco, the “YCM Spirit Price”. This price is awarded to the team with the best team-spirit, sportsmanship and helped out other teams despite there own problems….

July 19, 2017 Floris Romeijn

The last months everyone worked hard to achieve one common goal, our very own solar boat! We are excited to announce that the solar boat is safe and secure on Dutch soil. Last week a team of members of the society represented the society in Monaco, during the Monaco Solar Boat & Electric Challenge at…

July 17, 2017 Floris Romeijn

We would like to thank Clafis Victron Energy Solar Boat Team and MG Energy Systems B.V. for their effort for getting our boat up and running. They helped us with an important part of our boat, the battery. Without them we would not have been able to fix the battery before the race at Yacht Club…

July 13, 2017 Floris Romeijn

Today the technical inspection took place at the Yacht Club Monaco. We cleared every section of inspection without major problems. Tomorrow morning we will start our first race, this will be an endurance race we hope we can set a descent time to compete with other V20 teams. Keep an eye out for boat number…

July 10, 2017 Floris Romeijn

After a two-day trip Engineers of Innovation finally arrived in Monaco. Yacht Club Monaco handed over the V20 solar boat so we could use it. The boat is looking good, as well is the weather. We are now getting the boat ready for the competition in the harbour of Monaco. We thank Yacht Club Monaco…

June 29, 2017 Floris Romeijn

Dear members and enthusiasts, As many already know, Yacht Club Monaco is willing to lend us a V20 solar boat made by Vripack. If we take good care of the boat and enter the upcoming solar boat competitions the solar boat will be officially ours at the start of 2020 the only problem is that…

May 12, 2017 Floris Romeijn

To stimulate the solar sport racing and make it easier innovate for new teams, Yacht Club De Monaco & Solar Sport One launched an “Innovation Challenge”. To participate they asked for a motivation and financial plan for the next three years. The price? A free V20 boat!   In close cooperation with the boat committee we…

March 27, 2017 Floris Romeijn

Dear members and interested people of Engineers of Innovation. We have decided on a date and location for our monthly meetup. We will like to have a drink/meeting at every second friday of the month from 19:00 in Café Vrijdag. Please feel free to join, you don’t have to be a member (yet). If you…

February 28, 2017 Floris Romeijn

Dear all, tomorrow evening we have our next conference. We will talk about our progress and next steps. Everyone is welcome, we will start at 18:00. Location Leeuwenburg,  C1.72. There will be drinks and snacks. See you tomorrow! Beste aankomende leden, morgenavond is er weer een bijeenkomst. We gaan het over onze voortgang en de…

February 22, 2017 Floris Romeijn

To all who is interested, our next conference will be held on 1 March. Finally you will be able to join our society officially. We will discuss the submitted ideas that we did receive in our suggestion box. Also Jan-Willem Meijer will be joining us for some technical insight. There will be some time to…