Handover of material to the attending teams

Papenburg, 19 June 2008 - Yesterday representatives of the teams participating in MEYER WERFT's solar boat contest received the first part of material needed for the construction. More than 60 students had accepted the shipyard's invitation and were given the remote control units for the solar boats. The project team headed by the training officer Dirks Kreutzmann disclosed more information to the students and teachers as to the next steps in the contest.

Over the next few days the teams will receive three modular solar units each, and a budget of € 700.00 will be provided to each team.

Of the 20 teams taking part, plenty come from all kinds of public schools in Emden, Papenburg, Leer or Dörpen.

This is the first time that MEYER WERFT and Celebrity Cruises organise the solar boat contest. This event is well received by students from regional schools as well as schools from all over Germany, which is reflected by the number of 60 registrations the shipyard received. The selected teams will put their model solar boats to the test in the shipyard's harbour basin on 7 September 2008.