Quest Nº 18 Turtle, squalls and The Brain | Our DIY autopilot setup

#tranquility #electricsailboat #sailing #sailboat #oiyshTerminal #solarpower #panama #gunayala #sanblas #autopilot #esp8266 #nodemcu #arduino #iot #mqtt #termux #youngcouple #slowliving Last time we left you in suspense about our autopilot. Yes not only you but for us it’s also a big question mark what will be the skill lever of our new autopilot driver. On a boat it’s important to have redundancy of everything possible. Boat often is in remote locations. And it’s for sure remote if you are sailing from A to B on a many day passages. Another crew member to drive the boat is a very welcomed addition. We were all the time in San Blas islands, Panama. It’s our favorite spot to be. We are not a couple with a problem “what we can do whit that money” so for us DIY plus programming is a solution for many things. Ready solution from the shelf (autopilot) can sand you back couple thousand dollars. We came up with a solution to build it from a phone and some popular items from ebay. Detached f