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Boat Transportation and Launch

A project log for OpenTransat

Building an Autonomous Sailboat That Pursues to Cross the Atlantic Ocean

andy-osuskyAndy Osusky 10/27/2016 at 09:160 Comments

One of the challenges was the logistics of transporting the boat to Newfoundland and launching it far enough from a rocky shore. With this in mind, it has been designed to be easily disassembled and packed into several small packages. The packages were shipped using different courier services to optimize the cost. The boat was assembled in a rented storage space and moved to the harbour in a van.

To get help with the launch, I was talking to random people along the harbour in a small fishing village. It didn't take long until I found a family house with helpful fishermen who had an awesome boat!

During a perfect weather window, we threw the boat overboard about 5.5 km (3.4 miles) from the harbour, leaving it at the mercy of the harsh Atlantic Ocean.

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