Clippership v0

building an autonomous sailboat

Drone footage of the prototype in action.

Build Process

Testing the rudder

Testing the slew

Electrical integration

Testing and integrating the rudder (left), slew (center), and electrical (right) systems.

Building the wing

Installing the wing

Building and installing the wing.

Launching the boat

Launch.

First raising

Slewing wing

Docked

First raising of the wing (left), Slewing the wing (center), Docked and ready to go (right).

Remote control

Autonomous sailing

Coming out of the port under remote control (left), First autonomous sailing test (right).

Media

Clippership feature video from Fifty Years.