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9 electric and hybrid catamarans grab attention at Multihull of the Year Awards

3 weeks ago | plugboats.com | Jeff Butler

Arabic Basque Chinese (Simplified) Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Finnish French German Greek Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Italian Japanese Korean Maltese Norwegian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Russian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Thai Turkish Ukrainian English Fountaine Pajot, HH, Leopard, Max Cruise Marine, Millikan, MODX, Silent Yachts, Sunreef, Wider In another sign of how electric propulsion is growing in the world of sailboats, a number of electric and hybrid catamarans – both...
Candela makes history as first all-electric boat crosses Mediterranean

1 month ago | plugboats.com | Jeff Butler

Arabic Basque Chinese (Simplified) Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Finnish French German Greek Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Italian Japanese Korean Maltese Norwegian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Russian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Thai Turkish Ukrainian English For the first time in history, a production all-electric boat travelled from one continent to another when the Candela C-8 hydrofoiled from Sotogrande, Spain, to Ceuta, North Africa in just over one hour, matching the speed...
Sunreef Yachts Uses AI For Next-Gen Solar Panel Hull Material

1 month ago | boattest.com | Jeff Butler

By Jeff ButlerSunreef Yachts, which introduced its revolutionary Solar Skin solar panel hull material 2022 and improved it in 2024, has again boosted efficiency and performance with the launch of Solar Skin 3.0.Solar Skin 1.0 was a game changer, essentially making the entire boat an electricity generating solar panel by embedding photovoltaic cells right into the composite used to build a boat’s hull.
Vita grows clean California fleet with 100% electric workboat at Berkeley Marina

1 month ago | plugboats.com | Jeff Butler

Arabic Basque Chinese (Simplified) Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Finnish French German Greek Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Italian Japanese Korean Maltese Norwegian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Russian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Thai Turkish Ukrainian English Vita Power continues to expand their fleet of electric workboats in California with the launch of a VITA Seal that will be used for everything from debris removal to emergency response.
New solid state marine battery gives boats range without weight

1 month ago | plugboats.com | Jeff Butler

Arabic Basque Chinese (Simplified) Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Finnish French German Greek Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Italian Japanese Korean Maltese Norwegian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Russian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Thai Turkish Ukrainian English With an energy density of 245 watt hours per kilogram, a solid state marine battery from Italy’s Sealance enables electric boats and ships to pack more electricity storage into less onboard weight and space. A solid state...
Electric bass boat from Kimple and ExploMar has 45mph (70 kph) top speed

1 month ago | plugboats.com | Jeff Butler

Arabic Basque Chinese (Simplified) Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Finnish French German Greek Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Italian Japanese Korean Maltese Norwegian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Russian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Thai Turkish Ukrainian English Chinese electric outboard manufacturer ExploMar is joining forces with Kimple Boats on a high performance electric bass boat, the E498, that will use the ExploMar WAVE 70+ electric outboard (70 horsepower / 50 kiloWatts) with...
World Yachting Summit has sustainability on the program

1 month ago | plugboats.com | Jeff Butler

Arabic Basque Chinese (Simplified) Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Finnish French German Greek Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Italian Japanese Korean Maltese Norwegian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Russian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Thai Turkish Ukrainian English EODev, Rolls Royce, Volvo-Penta, WISAMO The first World Yachting Summit (WYS) took place April 15 – 17 in Monaco and I had the honour and pleasure of participating as Moderator for a number of sessions on improving...
All aboard for 2nd World Boating Day May 24

1 month ago | plugboats.com | Jeff Butler

Arabic Basque Chinese (Simplified) Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Finnish French German Greek Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Italian Japanese Korean Maltese Norwegian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Russian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Thai Turkish Ukrainian English World Boating Day, a collective celebration of leisure boating launched last spring, is scheduled to return this May 24 with events planned at dozens of shipyards, marinas, yacht clubs, sailing schools, and other sites across...
WaVeS 27 electric boats and boating news: May 8, 2025

1 month ago | plugboats.com | Jeff Butler

Arabic Basque Chinese (Simplified) Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Finnish French German Greek Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Italian Japanese Korean Maltese Norwegian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Russian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Thai Turkish Ukrainian English EClass, RAD Propulsion, RS Electric Boats, Silent Yachts, Vessev, Zero Marine Plugboats WAVES (Watts, Amps, Volts, Electrons) is a regular collection of electric boat and boating news items that we have written about before...
E1 electric speedboat series fills 2025 schedule, adds media partners with over 1 billion viewers

1 month ago | plugboats.com | Jeff Butler

Arabic Basque Chinese (Simplified) Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Finnish French German Greek Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Italian Japanese Korean Maltese Norwegian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Russian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Thai Turkish Ukrainian English The E1 Series of electric speedboat racing has added two new races and relocated another to fill out the schedule for 2025, also adding new media partners that make the events available to over 1 billion potential viewers...