@rctestflight so pleased you got a sail boat to play with, a bit of help for you...   set your close hauled jib boom to 12 degrees from the Center Line and main boom 2 degrees from CL, and regular sailing 15 deg jib boom to cl and 5 deg main boom to cl , this will make the boat sail really well. Make your sail stick get to 15 deg max jib boom then use a switch to get the last 3 deg of inhaul so you can switch in and out between close hauled and regular. Make the rudder and sail 100% expo , it helps you you sail much smoother and faster.    also tighten up your jib luff so it doesnt sag so much.     i have sailed rc for a long while and these are the fist things i do on any boat before it even touches the water.   the rest of the fine adjustments are left to you..  Bon Voyage.

My plans for a productive next 30 minutes have been foiled!

How much are they paying you??? 😂

After many years racing RC sailing boats, I learned that no matter how "waterproof" and sealed anything is, especially servos and control units, moisture will ALWAYS find a way inside.
I ended up using the receiver sans the plastic housing. Some of the variable potentiometers corroded off their plating, but it meant a quick spray of water displacing oil shifted the short-circuit inducing water, and the IC chip was plugged into a socket, allowing for rapid replacement at the waterside when it invariable blew up.
So those failed power units were to be expected, after getting dunked a few times. On the other hand, those grease-filled servo boxes were the first ever truly waterPROOF enclosures I have seen. The immersion in grease meant that there was no route for water to get to the servo. Great idea and execution.

The rent cant be this high bru

That FPV pilots amazing

You've really created something amazing here, bud. This thing is awesome!

Loved this series, one of the coolest things built on youtube

I loved this project.  Can't wait for more next summer.

Seventeen miles!? That's crazy, dude. That's like, an entire day of chillin' out on the water. Well, more like flying out on the water. Too cool, man.

I miss the Factor sponsor ads. That stuff looked delicious af.
PCBWay ads are also interesting.

Going in reverse, and then forward,
usually takes any weeds off,
I think what you have achieved so far,
is nothing short of Legendary
Love your videos !!!

your videos are freaking GREAT!!!!!!!

24:50 So those stranded wires can be an ingress point for water as it can just wick through the interior of the wire.

Can't wait for next summer's autonomous hydrofoil boat powered by solar

The housing boxes for the servos could have a heat sink incorporated, making direct contact with the water with some kind of rubber o-ring or gasket between the metal and the plastic. If placed correctly, would give the servos more chance to release the extra heat without letting in water.

Super awesome!  So glad foils are a thing now.

love how it's become the most dad project ever that you've done on accident, you need your trusty camper dad chair.

Your darn close to a water segway, very cool!

Good stuff!