Super clever project

"rich people trying to flex but their boats cant self direct" - the soundtrack is as entertaining as the content!

Bro this seriously looks like a life-saving piece of equipment. With a few minor modifications this could be designed to be rigged up to lifeboats for at-sea emergencies. It would turn the situation from "hope you get rescued before eating each other" into "be bored and uncomfortable for a few days."

Quick tip to find out really quick (less than a second with a trained eye) if you're on a collision course with a boat. Compare the background (shore) with the boat you want to check. If it goes faster than that boat you will cross first, if the boat goes faster they will gross first. If the background stands still compared to the boat you are on a collision course. Adjust immediatly. With adequate programming and a camera, this could maybe be (part of) the solution for your live boat/ crossing water situation.

The irony of people yelling “lazy” at him when he spent so long designing and building the tugboat XD

*Daniel at the grocery store later that day* Stranger: Excuse me sir do you know where the bathroom is? Daniel: Yeah it's solar powered Stranger: *visibly confused* Daniel: It's autonomous

Been a recreational mariner for 30 plus years and for the life of me I will never understand how disrespectful other jack-wads on the water can be regardless if they are on a wave runner or a yacht. Mindboggling! That is why I live in the hinterlands of Northern Michigan, still cannot escape them here but there certainly is a lot less of them... and the season is much shorter! :(

Never thought I'd see my old ship again! That old boat, the "Vulcan" (19:56) that's docked at there Seattle Maritime Academy, was my first duty assignment in the Army! She was originally the "FMS Vulcan" or Floating Machine Shop! A great find!

"Are you rctestflight?" "Yeah, I'm about to be run over by a fucking yacht" Comedy gold

I know you probably won't see this, but what a great idea and hope you have lots of fun with future inventions! Good luck! The video was super fun to watch! Thank you.

Who needs a self driving car when you can have a self driving tugboat, that is more than happy to run over swimmers and whatever else gets in its way. Great work. Very entertaining. Somewhat calming as a video actually. Like a background noise of someone's trip while one preps potatoes for dinner.

This is why rctestflight is the best channel on KZfaq.

Timestamps of all the chanties 0:00: GPS will lead the way 10:01: full speed across lake Union 14:41: course set in stone 27:51: draw bridges tilting up 34:32: hulls slicing thru the sea

"we got some...... metal boats" a true master of words. also the Bering Leader is one of a fleet of four fishing vessels in the Northwest/Alaskan region.

Some suggestions, if you decide to update your project: 1. If you can't completely seal your SolarCat Tug hulls, then at least, equip them with a min-bilge pump in each hull to automatically pump any water out. 2. Move your solar panel aft; it looks like it's bow-heavy, especially when encountering waves. 3. Consider using ducted props; not only do they resist fouling from things like seaweed, but they're also more efficient when using them in a low-speed high-thrust application. The ducts might also add to the directional control, like rudders. 4. Oh, yeah, final recommendation, consider a new(er) laptop? Have you considered making a full-size version of your SolarCat Tug, one in which you can actually sit inside, like a solar-powered autonomous boat? It seems like you already have all you'd need, just up-scale it. Great project!

34:40 "as he passed the nice big yachts, the bikini babes were looking hot, he started to feel like a dork, his confidence did waver" 😂😂😂😂

"How is the robotic slave galley doing?" Hahaha

This is so awesome. I remember when you were firs testing your first waypoint missions all within view. You've come so far and can actually get this thing to pull all that weight around. It's amazing I love it

Awesome project! Congratulations for such a great successful run. Entertaining vlog, including the vocal harmonies and lyrics. 😎

why has no one commented about how amazing the intro song and harmonies were! holy cow that was great

This video: "It's solar powered" "What a cool (insert naval thing)" "This must have not been here when I planned the mission"

Hey! I watched this last year and i couldnt find it for my mates. but somehow it came back in the recommended. Just wanted to let you know this is one the best videos ive seen of all time. And ive been here since the start of youtube. Good job man!

That was an awesome little adventure!!👌🏼 Loved every minute of it.👍🏼

An absolute slapper of intro!

Im suprised how many people you actually get to talk to on the waters.

I don't know which is better - the absolutely well tuned and composed one-man harmonic choir or the FREAKING UNLIMITED RANGE TUG-ANYTHINGlight-BOAT the biggest congratulations for your achievement of 2 years ago!!!!!!!!!!!!

Amazing video. Just chilling with you on a boat, why not. Very easy to watch all of it. Good Shanties

i find it funny how all the people in the massive engine powered boats called you lazy, but all the rowboaters where like, wow neato.

The passerby asking "How's the Robotic Slave Galley doing?" made me laugh my ass off. If you were to ever market this as some kind of commercial product, you should definitely make RSG the serial number prefix. It could "officially" stand for something else, but we'd all know the truth.

Love it! Your enthusiasm is infectious I am looking forward to the big tug across the pond

WHAT A VIDEO... loved it, was always looking forward to another shanty

"how do you turn?" "yeah it's solar powered!"

DAMN I'm not sure what's more crazy, the fact you managed to complete the mission and spend 8 hours on the water or me watching your 36min video of it and loving every second of it. well done

You deserve an award for the custom theme songs for these videos. Amazing and fun! 👍🏻🙌

That was very cool. I really enjoyed that and I love your 'shanties'! Here in England, I have a good friend from Seattle, so it was nice to see some of it here. Great project and a great video to showcase it!

“Sir, youre choking are you okay?!” rc “yeah its solar powered!”

With all that electrical power around you, it was kind of funny to see you inflate the boat with a manual pump :D

So inspiring. Thank you for this!!

what a nice trip man..!! great build too! really enjoyed it

To me, the most amazing part of this is the fact that your laptop rode on top of that box the whole time without falling in the water.

We need all these songs in a playlist, omg! Also nice work!

this is one of my favorite rctestflight videos ever! i love watching him ride around on his boat for 20+ min :D

Outstanding video, loved the tour, keep up the fantastic work.

5 shanties, love it! The jibe at people calling you lazy was great too!

What a diverse water way Seattle has. There is so much going from heavy industry to small boats and peoples houses and then planes landing and taking off, all with Seattle in the background. Totally, completely beautiful. Seriously dope video man, awesome solar powered robot boat too

This video totally inspired me to make my own solar boat! Amazing video!

That was a brilliant video excellent work there man good little tug 👏👍

"Lazy!" Love the sailboat owner who is motoring himself calling you lazy..does he not see the irony? Lol

The guy calling out "LAZY" lol... The alleged lazy person in question: *literally built autonomous tug like a boss*

Awesome vid! Thank you for the personal tour 😁

All the people on gas/diesel powered crafts calling you lazy is hilarious. This was an amazing project that had no right being as successful as it was on the maiden voyage! Really nicely done. I'm so damn impressed!

I love how people are calling him lazy while they are chilling in their yachts probably watching KZfaq on their bed

Hey man, just wanted to say your sea shantys are awesome. You are both an engineer and artist. Great video :-D

such an interesting look at Seattle small and big boating life. Thanks 🙂

the fact you did one of the coolest things ever, and then also recorded multiple original verses to the Wellerman with full harmonies to describe what we're seeing. just amazing.

Ok, this was a random recommendation on the right margin of my KZfaq page. I wasn't going to watch but then decided to pause and see what it's all about. I am very happy that I did, very interesting and entertaining. Thank you for an excellent video diversion. Solar-powered propulsion? Yes Please!!!! Would love to see that scaled up! Thumbs up! Figuring out an efficient consumption to speed ratio is something the Navy also does :)

Ya' know, I watch a lot of videos on KZfaq.....but this was undoubted one of the most enjoyable I can remember. Simply put, it was a real pleasure to watch from beginning to end. Thanks so much, Daniel.!!!!

So, I just searched for this video to watch it again. This is imo is you best work on KZfaq. Thank you.

Very cool video, took a ton of work and dedication! Awesome job man :]

Daniel: spent hundreds of hours and dollars on designing, building, and programming his autonomous tugboat People chilling on their bought motor-powered boat: _LaZy!_

As non nativ english speaker I have never heard someone say "good for you" in a non sarcastic way... Amazing project!

I LOVE hearing ya go on about all the neat stuff out there. It's the best, lol.

Your point-to-point videos are so cool! All the videos are really cool but my fav are the solar autonomous adventures.

I'm seriously fascinated by your work! Not only the build, but the execution of your goals - you just don't let all of the things that could go wrong stop you from embarking on these journeys! I teach "future engineers" at the local college and I wish they had the "can do" attitude you have exhibited over and over. I want them to realize they can do so much more than they are doing. I want them to experience the nearly 100% probability that every major achievement involves problems and they must have motivation to keep going and then they get to experience, to practice the holy grail of becoming a great engineer: "problem solving!" Be safe out there - keep going - and thank you for sharing your amazing adventures! 🚤👍‼

Ah, so there IS another design / science channel in Seattle. I'm eastside. Nice build brother.

The fact its totally guided by GPS is allready amazing, but the tour of the shore line of the lake is even fullfilling , love this vid!

i cant believe i watched all 35 minutes and thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks

What a journey! You should definitely make a full size boat like Sripol's solar powered Jon boat, but autonomous.

The songs really caught me off guard, so amazing, made me smile several times. What an amazing guy!

That’s pretty brave of you out on that big water with all that going on. I love the invention. The songs are awesome.

What a great video! Fantastic work.

Dude, this was epic!!! 8h in the water in an inflatable kayak loaded with electronics, sailing among big boats! Congratulations!

"Lazy", shouts the guy using a sailboat with the sails wrapped up and the engine going...

good shit mate . what a awesome nerd project . I loved every minute of your video youre very talented in so many ways . good on ya ! 👍

17:52 I bet that guy had no idea his Gatorade bottle would be seen by more than 2 million people.

Loved the sea shanties... Colin deserves a musical award for those. The solar autonomous tug boat was alright too I guess.

im not into boats and i never would've thought this 36 minute video of you on this slow journey would keep me entertained the entire time

Really enjoyed your inventiveness and the cruise!

First video of your that I've watched...so far! It was like going on an adventure!

Just a random passing by. It was an amazing journey. I love how people call you out "lazy" or "getting fat" not knowing how much time R&D gone into this project. It's not like you can buy thing like this and just plug and play it. Amazing work and awesome content. Thank you for filming it.

36 minutes?? Is it our birthday?? ♥️ Awesome!!! We didn't even knew how much we needed these songs lol I hope we can get them on Spotify This one might be my favorite autonomous vehicle episode. Pretty cool and everyone seemed so nice and interested

Super fun super satisfying! Nicely done!

The singing is on point🤣😂🤣😂 Great video doing my DIY jetsurf board hope to be successful like your project

Bro, did you invent a solar tug boat for a kayak and perform a sea shanty about it? How spectacular.

All the people yelling lazy is comedic. Here they are sitting on boats they simply paid to acquire, and you’re being tugged by something you designed, built, and programmed. Whose the lazy one?

Now send this thing on a round the world trip, please!

Nice cruise. Thank you! That's a great idea

Maybe I'm really wrong here, but those props look a lot like the ones on my Traxxas Spartan. Those might be meant for an Arneson drive which is a half-submerged, high-speed propeller. You probably want a prop like a freight ship or tug boat. Something worth looking into.

As an Aussie who has never been to the US, Seattle looks like a really cool place to live and/or visit. Especially if you do something like this.

This gotta be one of the best videos on youtube. Awesome!

lol, the ads are actually hilariously effective, it is like watching a slow motion car accident: it is so terrible, you can't look away! Two thumbs up!

I love the idea of seeing you do a solar(autonomous) boat from the scrapyard!

If I'm ever in Seattle, I'm hanging out with the sea planes!

I like how everyone is happy with him beeing pulled around the place.

Killing it dude. Great job.

28:00 is the best song. So happy I found this channel today.

This was way more interesting than even I expected. The sailor's ballad was fantastic.

Was not expecting to chill on an boat with hot potato for 30 minutes. Thank for the chill vibe video.

this is an amazing project! I love it!! :D

Take a shot everytime he says "uh oh, those might not have been parked there when I planned the mission"