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Seatrials Bluebottle ‘Bruce’ USV February 2017 Botany Bay – Figure of 8 Sailing on Waypoints
10 March, 2017
The Ocius team have further tested Bruce’s navigational capabilities on Botany Bay to great success.
Robert Dane said:
“Figure 8 sailing at a waypoint is really valuable as the boat is ‘gybing’ at each end so a towed sensor is always trailing properly. We can set the sweep legs to anything from 500m – 5 miles and we stay on station with very little energy, mainly moving sail and rudder at each end.”
Watch footage of Bruce responding to satellite navigation controls below: