Project eYacht
A marine technology education channel documenting the design and build of a solar-electric liveaboard catamaran and related marine technologies
Project eYacht is produced by Dr Tessica Dall — physicist, educator, and content producer. The channel documents the real-world design and build of a 68-foot solar-electric power catamaran and related marine technologies: the engineering decisions, the tradeoffs, and what actually happens when complex systems meet everyday liveaboard life.
What this channel is about
Project eYacht follows the design and build of a 68-foot solar-electric power catamaran. A vessel designed from first principles, by two Australian physicists as a long-range liveaboard cruiser. The channel explains how the systems work, why key decisions were made, and what happens when complex engineering meets real-world everyday use.
Alongside the main build, the channel documents related marine technology projects, including SeaScribe AI, an AI captioning system for marine VHF radio.
This isn't a concept or a thought experiment. It's a real boat being built to be lived on and used.
Who this is for
This channel is for people who enjoy understanding how things actually work: technically curious sailors and future boat owners, engineers and technologists, home-automation enthusiasts, and anyone interested in how solar, batteries, propulsion, and control systems behave in the real world.
You don’t need a technical background to follow along — curiosity is enough.
New here? Start with one of these
Start with the boat tour
Get a physical sense of the boat and how everything is laid out.
Start with the system overview
Understand how the systems work together, and why they’re designed this way.
The two videos are designed to complement each other. One shows what the boat is, the other explains how and why the system works.
Dive deeper
Alongside the public videos, we share deeper technical notes, design discussions, and more detailed explanations of how decisions were made and why certain tradeoffs were chosen. This material lives in a small, focused membership for people who enjoy spending time with systems and ideas rather than jumping straight to conclusions.
If you’d like to explore the ideas in more detail, you can go deeper in The Workshop.