Trans Atlantic robotic yacht Pinta missing - 'some useful lessons'

7:55 PM Thu 21 Oct 2010 GMT

'Pinta before her departure' .

Pinta, the robotic yacht from a Welsh university, has disappeared after travelling about 350 nautical miles across the Atlantic Ocean. The yacht had been launched as part of a transatlantic challenge last month. Before disappearing, however, she set a record for the longest distance and period of time for such a yacht to sail. It was the first time scientists at Aberystwyth University had attempted the Microtransat Challenge crossing. Pinta, their 3m long boat, set sail from the Irish coast last month and was tracked up until two weeks ago. Equipment failures resulted in it sailing in the wrong direction, ...

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by BBC/Sail-World Cruising