Friday, May 22, 2009




The boat was put into the water on Lake Lanier to see if it would even float and remain upright. Amazingly, the boat did remain upright, watertight and extremely stable. The small trolling motor was run at 12 volts and 24 volts. At either voltage, there was plenty of thrust to drive the boat through the water.


The boat at one point was pulling the 6,000 pound houseboat at 0.7 mph into the wind and waves.


Now that we have proven the boat is stable, and it did not sink, we will add the solar cells and the autonomous navigation system.

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