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Subject: Unpersoned sailboat race
From: ed.korn@mecheng.fullfeed.com (Ed Korn)
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Date: Wed, 19 Jan 94 00:38:00 -0600
Organization: MechEng / American Society of Mechanical Engineers
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A bit of speculation:
     Let's say someone put up prize money for a transatlantic sailboat
race...Unmanned (Unpersoned?). What sort of rules would make it
interesting?

To keep the cost modest
  Maximum boat length: small sailing dinghy size, say 8 ft.
  Motive power must come from the wind (windmill drives are OK).

To keep it interesting
  Position report at least once a day.
  Sea state and wind condition report once a day
  A minimum of three competitors.

What else?
