Phil Sharp is a professional offshore skipper and cleantech innovator taking action in the fight against climate change. His project OceansLab, focuses on developing and demonstrating clean energy solutions such as green hydrogen, to bring maritime emissions down to zero. To date Phil has achieved over 25 podiums in transatlantic and coastal racing, taking victory in two Championships and breaking three World Sailing Speed Records – uniquely with zero emissions. Now his mission is clear: to race around the globe in the world’s first hydrogen race yacht.
Ranking
45th
Status
Distances covered
in nautical miles (1 mile ≈ 1.852 km)
Profile
Achievements
OceansLab - Cleantech Accelerator
- Architect : Sam Manuard
- Construction : 2023, Black Pepper Yachts
- Launch date : 01 Septembre 2023
- Lenght : 18,28 m
- Draught : 4,5 m
- Mast height : 29 m
The OceansLab - Cleantech Accelerator structure offers a range of unique partnership opportunities enabling companies to act as clean energy accelerators, by supporting the world’s first hydrogen-electric race yacht.
The project aims to align with like-minded organisations that not only share a spirit of adventure, but are also working towards delivering a zero emissions infrastructure that will highlight the importance of clean technologies, both in the marine and wider environments.
Commitment
Clean innovation & eduction
Clean innovation: Phil developed the world’s first drop-in Hydrogen Power Module, which has been officially labelled as a solution to ‘change the world’ by the Solar Impulse Foundation.
Education: Phil is a co-author for the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, and acts as a mentor for students at Imperial College London and EIGSI University.
