offshore wind power, and the U.S. Navy.
It’d be great to say we came up with an ethos,
determined the company vision, and then stuck
to that with a laser focus, but the truth is that we
started as makers and tinkerers. And honestly
today, we’re still making and tinkering. But we’re
no longer in a garage, and we’re no longer quite
so clueless.
Trans-Pacic Is Next
Still, the challenge of crossing an ocean lingers
in all of our minds. Now located in San Diego we
see the Pacific Ocean every day and imagine the
challenges and possibilities. Later this year, we
will attempt to cross that ocean with one of our
Seasats. Let’s call it Scout 2.0.
“Victory isn’t guaranteed, and in many ways the
fear of failure is stronger now,” says Dylan, “It’s
easy to be the underdogs, a couple of kids who
no one expects to succeed. Now that we look the
part, and know enough to be leaders in our field,
there’s some expectation that we should be able
to do this.”
But the ocean is a dangerous place with no
shortage of obstacles. Stormy seas, overcast
days, corrosive salt water, garbage patches, and
solar-deck-pooping seagulls all stand in our
way. But just like last time, we’ll forge forward
undaunted. “Once you accept uncertainty as the
only certainty,” Dylan says, “you begin to realize
that it’s possible.”
Scout team, Seasats, Declan Kerwin
OCEAN SCIENCE Robot Boats
Scout team, 2013.
Seasats team, 2021.
Strings to keep pooping birds off the solar deck.
Seasats ASV heading out into the Pacific for offshore
testing.
Follow along! Learn more about
SeaSats at makezine.com/go/seasats,
and track Scout 2.0’s upcoming
autonomous journey at seasats.com/
tracking.
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