# What are y'all doing with the BlueBoat!? **URL:** \ **Category:** Adventure Log\ **Created:** [December 21, 2023, 1:29pm UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/what-are-yall-doing-with-the-blueboat/15717 "2023-12-21T13:29:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![emiller](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.bluerobotics.com/emiller/32/14726_2.png) [@emiller](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/emiller)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 1:29pm UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/what-are-yall-doing-with-the-blueboat/15717/1 "2023-12-21T13:29:29Z")
Hello blue family šŸ’™ You may have noticed the name of the category has morphed from ā€œDive Logā€ to ā€œAdventure Logā€ and thatā€™s because, well, the BB doesnā€™t really dive, now, does it! We know BB hasnā€™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 havenā€™t taken them out yet, what are your big hopes and dreams for them??? Basically, please just tell us everything youā€™re willing to share, pictures STRONGLY encouraged! šŸ˜… Cheers friends! ---
**Author:** ![tony-white](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.bluerobotics.com/tony-white/32/13297_2.png) [@tony-white](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/tony-white)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 8:06am UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/what-are-yall-doing-with-the-blueboat/15717/2 "2023-12-27T08:06:40Z")
Hi friends! Here is a video to get things going - it shows how well the BlueBoat holds position, even in some surge! [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/bluerobotics/original/2X/b/bc9ca3f795901b9d948daa7dd904c7a1e48ace74.jpeg "BlueBoat station keeping in surge") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwLrZqC2qpk) ---
**Author:** ![AndyM](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.bluerobotics.com/andym/32/13064_2.png) [@AndyM](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/AndyM)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/what-are-yall-doing-with-the-blueboat/15717/3 "2024-04-15T15:54:44Z")
Hello! Weā€™re using our BlueBoat, Elysia, to map seagrass in sheltered sealochs around the coast of Scotland! [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/bluerobotics/original/2X/f/f143a401e61c12d35ef3b0ebaefc901f8c902b64.jpeg "Tritonia Seagrass Mapping") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p24jFOGKxb8) ---
**Author:** ![emiller](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.bluerobotics.com/emiller/32/14726_2.png) [@emiller](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/emiller)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 1:57pm UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/what-are-yall-doing-with-the-blueboat/15717/4 "2024-04-18T13:57:56Z")
This is so awesome, Andy! What kinds of payloads have you integrated? ---
**Author:** ![AndyM](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.bluerobotics.com/andym/32/13064_2.png) [@AndyM](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/AndyM)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 2:22pm UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/what-are-yall-doing-with-the-blueboat/15717/5 "2024-04-18T14:22:20Z")
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)! ---
**Author:** ![Loick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Loick](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/Loick)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2024, 8:09am UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/what-are-yall-doing-with-the-blueboat/15717/6 "2024-06-01T08:09:11Z")
Hi there, Iā€™m happy to report our first successful automomous mission with the BlueBoat. We are in facts researching obstacle avoidance solutions for autonomous sailboats but to make testing of sensors and algorithms easier we run a sailboat simulation and track the virtual sail boat with the blueboat. The blueboat does behave as a sailboat and we can see what the sailboat would perceive and evaluate its trajectories. It sounds a bit far fetched I know but this is interesting research for us and in the end, from the blueboatā€™s point of view, this application is basically dynamic trajectory tracking. Iā€™ll upload photos and videos when weā€™re back in the lab. I would also like to report that due to an uncontrolled series of events, we ended up using the blueboat in RC mode to pull a 250m long BlueRov tether from one boat to another passing between two rocky islands in a 20 knots wind and Michel Le Blue (thatā€™s his name now) did a great job. I was genuinely impressed by the thrusting power and stability of the BlueBoat even though the conditions were pretty rough! Cheers, LoĆÆck ---
**Author:** ![philparisi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.bluerobotics.com/philparisi/32/13317_2.png) [@philparisi](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/philparisi)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 1:59am UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/what-are-yall-doing-with-the-blueboat/15717/7 "2024-06-04T01:59:37Z")
Hi there, Iā€™m starting to document my journey with the BlueBoat, hereā€™s a video of some of my initial testing! Looked at the turn radius, underwater footage of the props, and autonomous waypoints. [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/bluerobotics/original/2X/b/b5eba1c3366616779806ef1c077b216472b1b133.jpeg "Testing an RC Electric Robot Boat! šŸŒŠ BlueBoat USV") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzbc88OIn8c) ---
**Author:** ![BryanGT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@BryanGT](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/BryanGT)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 5:42pm UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/what-are-yall-doing-with-the-blueboat/15717/8 "2024-06-27T17:42:37Z")
Hi Andy. Can you send me an email at [bryan.goodsir-thompson@cefas.gov.uk](mailto:bryan.goodsir-thompson@cefas.gov.uk) Interested in your seagrass monitoring setup! ---
**Author:** ![AndyM](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.bluerobotics.com/andym/32/13064_2.png) [@AndyM](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/AndyM)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 5:53pm UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/what-are-yall-doing-with-the-blueboat/15717/9 "2024-06-27T17:53:29Z")
Hi Bryan, Will do! Andy