It is a spinoff competition from the Microtransat challenge, a trans Atlantic race for autonomous sailing robots.
The WRSC is intended to promote the development of autonomous wind propelled sailing robots, through a series of short distance races, navigation and autonomy challenges.
The 2009 WRSC/IRSC event was held in the city of Matosinhos, north of Portugal, from July 6 to July 12, 2009 and organized by the Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (School of Engineering of the University of Porto), in cooperation with the Clube Naval de Leça (a local sailing club).
This edition of the WRSC/IRSC [3] event was held from 2 to 6 September in the city of Brest, in north west of France, and organised by the National Institute of Advanced Technologies of Brittany, in cooperation with the French Naval Academy and Ifremer.
The ninth edition of the WRSC/IRSC [6] event was held from 5 to 10 September in Viana do Castelo in the north of Portugal, and organized by the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto.