Team Slava Asipenko 2026

  • Team Name: Team Slava Asipenko
  • Location: Boston, USA
  • Boat Names: Brave Puffin
  • Intended Route: West to East
  • Class: non-sailing
  • Division: Autonomous
  • Weight: 23 kg
  • Length: 1.8 m
  • Beam: 0.6 m
  • Draft: 0.4 m
  • Hull type: marine foam filled HDPE kayak hull.
  • Power source: 100W solar panel, 400 Wh underwater battery
  • Actuators: A servo actuated rudder and motor pod
  • Communications: Iridium 9603 modem for offshore/ LTE modem for near shore bi-directional communication, Backup: SPOT Trace
  • Computers: ESP32
Background by Jenna Bash on Unsplash