Students have designs on yacht race
A model yacht race that began more than 40 years ago, as a bit of end of term fun for Southampton Solent University yacht design and production students, will take to the waters this June.More than 28 first-year yacht designers of the future will be racing their craft at Gosport Boating Lake on Friday 6 June. The annual race now forms part of the first-year unit assessment for Southampton Solent University yacht design and production students. Students have spent 70 hours designing and building the vessels to conform to the ‘metre classed’ yacht design rules, with 85% of the unit mark