Competition updates and live webcast information.

We’ve been tweeting throughout the week on our twitter account: @subjugatoruf. For the most up to date information about our progress and results, that is the place to look. There will be a live web broadcast of finals on Sunday from 1-4pm PDT via Robosub.org.
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Recap of day 3 from the Transdec!

We awoke early in order to get an early practice in before our preliminary round competition run at 9:30am. We left the hotel at 6:15am to reserve a spot on the practice side of the pond at about 8:20am. Our official weigh-in was at 46.5kg (102.5 lbs), well above the weight that we were told on day one, but about what we expected. After a pretty good practice run, we had a disastrous preliminary run! On our first pass the sub went straight through the gate, but at a pace
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Competition day 1 recap from the Transdec

Day one at the Transdec in San Diego was a great success for Team SubjuGator. Our morning started at 6:30am. We quickly packed the pelican cases with the items necessary to run the sub all day. This turned out to be 2 medium pelicans and two small pelicans. Luckily, the sub (on its cart) and the four pelican cases fit perfectly inside our two Suburbans (thanks Dr. Schwartz). We arrived at the Transdec at 7:20am and began to setup our tent. Our new awesome SubjuGator banner stood out among all of
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First day in San Diego

Today was our first day in San Diego. We are staying at the Kona Kai on Shelter Island, as per the usual competition host hotel. It is a great location overlooking the bay and a huge marina. We started off with a nice team breakfast at the Red Sails Inn. This is an annual event that the team participates in every year thanks to Dr. Schwartz. Our sub was supposed to arrive yesterday (Monday) at 10:30am guaranteed next day air by FedEx. The sub ended up missing a flight in memphis so it didn’
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Enroute to San Diego!

SubjuGator 7 has been packed and has now left Gainesville on her way to San Diego, CA.It was tough to see her go, but she’ll be waiting for us on Monday when we get there! [singlepic id=738 w=320 h=240 float=center]
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