What are y'all doing with the BlueBoat!?

Adventure Log
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Hello blue family :blue_heart:

You may have noticed the name of the category has morphed from “Dive Log” to “Adventure Log” and that’s because, well, the BB doesn’t really dive, now, does it! We know BB hasn’t been out in the wild for THAT long yet, but we know this crew is an active bunch and we are very curious to learn what journeys these boats are going on. If you haven’t taken them out yet, what are your big hopes and dreams for them??? Basically, please just tell us everything you’re willing to share, pictures STRONGLY encouraged! :sweat_smile:

Cheers friends!

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Hi friends! Here is a video to get things going - it shows how well the BlueBoat holds position, even in some surge!

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Hello!
We’re using our BlueBoat, Elysia, to map seagrass in sheltered sealochs around the coast of Scotland!

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This is so awesome, Andy! What kinds of payloads have you integrated?

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Thanks Elisa!
Currently just a Lowrance transducer for shallow seagrass mapping, with a forward looking camera for collision avoidance and a planar DWE camera for seabed inspection/photogrammetry. The plan is to increase the bouyancy and fit it out with a slidable central pole mount for sidescan sonar and/or a WASSP multibeam (again, primarily for seagrass mapping)!

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