Leyton’s Ocean Fifty mast has been fitted with 5 square meters of organic photovoltaic modules. The LEYTON offshore racing team skippered by Sam Goodchild will experiment with HÉOLE technology on the 2021 Jacques Vabre.
“Give meaning to performance!“, such is the pursuit of the LEYTON sporting project which has made its trimaran a veritable laboratory for innovation. Taking advantage of the dismasting to revise the rigging with a view to participating in the next Jacques Vabre transatlantic, 5m² of HÉOLE organic photovoltaic modules were installed on the mast.
One of the advantages of HÉOLE OPV modules is their ability to capture energy regardless of the incidence of sunlight. This now makes it possible to equip previously unexploited vertical surfaces.
In port, the OceanFifty and its futuristic looking mast do not go unnoticed!
The weight of the modules must not hamper the performance of the winner of the Pro Sailing Tour. On the contrary, the savings made on fuel intended for on-board energy production will lighten the total weight of the trimaran.
One more step towards the realization of a photovoltaic mainsail for the Route du Rhum 2022.
This is what makes sense of performance!
