PaceMate is an autonomous RC boat built for sprint kayaking. It follows the athlete on the water, matches their speed, and keeps a stabilized camera locked on them the whole run. It captures real data — speed, stroke rate, split times — and sends it live to a coach app. No more shaky bank footage and stopwatches. Built from scratch by a sprint kayaker who got tired of training without real information.
dev log #2
Over the last couple of days i have decided i am going to create a rc boat version of pacemate to test out the actual hull of the boat as i can reuse the parts anyway (as long as it works that is) I also looked at some motors, esc’s and receivers, and have figured out what would work for my project. After i created motor mounts with prop shaft holes to attach the motors finishing V1.1
Today, I decided that i was going make PaceMate a tri hull boat because it offers stability and will ease the load of the gimbal for the camera, I took inspiration from the US navy LCS ships.
I also built the first version of the boats hulls as well as created Hatch Openings and a Mast Mount.
Overall a good first day.
