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How I'm building an autonomous sailboat to cross the Atlantic.
How I'm building an autonomous sailboat to cross the Atlantic.
Flask, GPS, and real-time sensor data combined into a web dashboard running on the Pi, accessible from anywhere via Cloudflare.
May 2026 · Ivan K.
Every component that makes the boat think, sense, and communicate assembled on a single prototyping board.
June 2026 · Ivan K.
What Sailone is, who is behind it, and why we are sailing it across the Atlantic.
June 2026 - SOPHIE B.
Setting up the AIS receiver with a Raspberry Pi and a homemade wire antenna, and decoding real ships from the bedroom window.
July 2026 · Ivan K.
Prusa Research joins the project with a CORE One L printer and Prusament, powering in-house fabrication for the Atlantic crossing.
July 2026 · Sophie B.
17 printed PLA shells, seven layers of fiberglass and paint, ending in a stiff 7 kg hull.
August 2026 · Ivan K.
Designing and building a rigid double sided airfoil wing from printed parts, aluminium poles and fiberglass.
August 2026 · Sophie B.
Our first float test in the Sado estuary. The boat stayed upright, the rudder stayed dry, and the keel joint leaked.
October 2026 · Ivan K.