User talk:TeamGreatBritain

Team Great Britain (http://www.teamgreatbritain.com) is a group of highly experienced people with a passion for the Oceans. The team is developing a series of projects by using the assistance of advanced technologies normally more associated with aerospace and F1 engineering.  The Blue Riband of the Atlantic Record and the World WaterSpeed Record

1. To develop a commercial vessel to smash the Blue Riband of the Atlantic record, which is currently held by the private yacht Destriero which crossed the West to East route from New York to UK in 58 hours. The same record famously held by Sir Richard Branson in Virgin Atlanctic Challenger in 1986 2. To claim the Hales Trophy, currently held by Cat Link V since 1998 for the fastest crossing by a commercial vessel which passes the rules regulated by the Hales Trophy Trustees

3. To further develop an existing design concept to smash the World Water Speed Record by being the first vessel to break 400mph

The History

TEAM GEAT BRITAIN was formed in early 2014 by a group of highly experienced individuals who's prime objective is to use advanced technology to build vessels capabable of breaking World records. The group evolved from the establishment of Ecochallengers in 2010 and Glider Marine in 2011.

After 18 months of following the design leadership of Robert McCall (with his radical Atlantic Voyager concept) and whilst identifying structural issues with the existing design, it was decided in September 2012 that the team would part company with McCall as it had become clear that the structural integrity of the 'Baby Glider' prototype was not appropriate for sea testing after analysis using FEA (finite element analysis) software by the team's FEA engineer. In consideration too there were too many unsubstatiated claims and the product was too similar to the Hydrolance concept of Haarth, a radical design which was published on the internet.

The search began again for a naval architect who had both the necessary skills and more importantly the track record to undertake the task and to drive the design process forward.

The team includes: Project Leader: Richard George who is an experienced high speed powerboat racing driver Andrew Lea: Leading Naval Architect Rory Power: Former champion powerboat racer and UIM Official Race Director Dag Pike: World authority on navigation, ocean challenges and successful writer. (Sailed on Virgin Atlantic Challenger in 1986 and was rescued with Sir Richard Branson during the previous attempt. George Robson: Experienced FEA engineer and CFD specialist and former Earthrace team member Tony Crossley: Powerboat raceing driver and former Deck Officer in the Merchant Navy Fabian King: Former assessor of Naval Architects and expert in 3D technologies for engineering Sue Handford: Gig rower and Marketing Consultant Mike Parsonage: Ex Royal Navy Chief Engineer Neil Northmore : Commercial Advisor and former legal advisor of the Royal Yachting Association (RYA)

TeamGreatBritain (talk) 09:18, 16 November 2014 (UTC)