Brave Puffin 2020

  • Team Name: Brave Puffin
  • Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
  • Boat Name: Brave Puffin
  • Intended Route: West to East
  • Class: Non-Sailing
  • Division: Autonomous
  • Length: 1.8 m
  • Weight: 22 kg
  • Beam: 0.2 m
  • Draft: 0.5 m
  • Hull type: Aluminium inner frame, foam filled hull with carbon fibre outer layer.
  • Power source: 100 W solar panel and 388 Wh Lithium Ion battery
  • Actuators: Two brushless motors for rudderless thrust based steering
  • Sensors: CMPS14 compass, NEO-6M GPS and temperature, humidity and pressure sensors
  • Communications: Globalstar SmartOne C
  • Computers: ESP32 microcontroller
  • Other: A separate module manages a safety light and takes a picture every 15 minutes during the day
A photo of Brave Puffin
Background by Jenna Bash on Unsplash