Building an Unlimited Range Electric Boat

Circumnavigation of the earth when?

You might want to do an IR camera crack check on those panels now. They're able to flex but not intended to flex while in operation and the cells themselves will still get damaged. A lightweight yet rigid mounting substrate would be advised, or at minimum a support grid underneath.

Winch was probably pulling the spud up out of the water, the huge metal spike that goes into the river bed to hold the barge in place while the crane works.

Catamaran or Trimaran would definitely be the ideal hull configuration and give you maximum style points too.

you can also flip the motors around and have them in a pull configuration. they also do this on large ships with azipods so the prop can take in clean water.

For your solar panels, I feel like you're either going to drop a main pin or a cotter pin into the water eventually. I think a "ratchet" system might have been better for controlling the position of the panels. Using pins looks tedious and it's an accident just waiting to happen.

Nice video! Some bio-corrections (based on taking marine science like 40 years ago): The "sea slug" was actually a sea cucumber. And the anenome-like things are tube worms.

surprised how practical this is, making the Tech Ingredients catamaran combined with solid sunpower rigid panels for a roof would make a hell of a boat!

I love how curious Daniel is about everything going on around him. What all the ships are probably doing, how much they cost, how they got there, who owns them, how they operate etc. he reminds me a lot of myself that’s why I enjoy watching his videos. Also a great teacher. Explains difficult things in a simple way. Don’t ever stop making these videos !!!

Version 2 will have a solar roof, with solar outrigger/wings that fold up for easy access, and fold down to protect the cabin area from rain.

Definitely, a roof build would be awesome. Utilizing the sun at the same time being protected from the sun. 👍

For this setup and maybe in the feature V2 version, there are two-sided solar panels, so with the water reflection or the roof reflection you could give a good amount of energy with even 1 panel ( Same size of one set that u have in the side). Additionally for the roof would be interesting to have a system that elevates the left or right side depending on the sun's attack angle

man i like it how you take us all out with you for a ride on the boat, explaining and showing us around like a dad lol

Might help you to add buoyancy to the "wings" like outriggers, or a tri-hull catamaran.

I absolutely love the dialogue and description narration of what you were seeing and where it was with details. Feels like you were hanging out with you both, makes for great content to listen and watch.

I love all of the cinematic shots with the drone and bridge I would really want to see more of that

You're really good at keeping our attention. Very entertaining.

I recently saw a huge cruise ship with propellers that pull instead of push and they said it's done for efficiency, makes sense to me. Might be something to try.

The roof is sooooooo much better of an idea. Shade on the open lake is pretty important, especially for something that goes slow and will be cruising for hours. They also get in the way and are easy to damage when docking. They are also a paint to adjust. Also some panels loose all power if even a small area is shaded. It would be cool to do a solar house boat. My dad had an old Boston Whaler built in the 70s. It had a nice outboard motor and a driver spot in the middle on the right side. Having the flat bottom made it easy to beech.

I foresee a day when a sail could be made of PV viable materials. The best of both worlds.