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Green city ferries of stockholm unveils zero emission ferry – high-speed electric hydrofoil catamaran powered by batteries and/or hydrogen fuel cells..

Green City (GCF) bills itself as a ‘system integrator’ and their new ferry, the Beluga24, demonstrates their capabilities perfectly in bringing together technologies from all over the world: Sweden, New Zealand, Italy, Japan and Canada.

Naval Architect Hans Thornell founded the company in 2013 to combine three things: his passion for the environment and commitment to reducing carbon emissions, his education as a Naval Architect at Sweden’s Royal Institute of Technology, and his long experience as a management and supply chain consultant.

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The all new Beluga24, with its foil-assisted catamaran design and battery/fuel cell propulsion, was designed from the outset to be a solution for the new and future challenges faced by water-situated cities around the world.

Officials in these places are eager to use the water for public transport and commuting, but the boats need to live up to citizen demands for a lot of things: short travel time, personal comfort, frequent departures, and an increasing urgency not just for cleaner air and less smog, but also visible and meaningful ways to address carbon emissions and their role in climate change.

By integrating design, technologies and experts from literally all over the world, the Beluga24 ticks off all the boxes for urban commuters and governments.

Rapid transit, quick charging, comfortable, convenient

For short travel time, the Beluga24 turned to Nic de Waal and Teknicraft of New Zealand, whose foiling technology has been proven on numerous boats and ships. A foil is placed midship that lifts the ferry halfway out of the water at high speed, reducing the water resistance and enabling more speed from less energy. “We expect a consumption of 30 kWh per nautical mile at 30 knots, which is almost half of what a conventional catamaran consumes,” says company CEO Fredrik Thornell.

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There is also has room for 30 bicycles, which are becoming an important part of the transportation mix for cities working to combat climate change.

Frequent departures and zero emissions? The Beluga has it covered. The power supply comes from Japanese lithium titanite oxide (LTO) batteries – the same chemistry used for the fast charging of the Movitz. Hydrogen fuel cells are sourced from Canada, and depending on the customer’s preference the ferry can be built to run off batteries, fuel cells, or both.

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With their experience on the Movitz and other public transportation projects,  Green City knows there is another part of the equation that civic officials are looking for beyond passenger convenience and cleaner operation: costs.

For many PTAs (Public Transit Authorities) the most important service GCF provides is innovative financing that simplifies allocating or raising the funds needed, reduces costs, and cuts the time it takes to put new boats into service from years to months.

The final piece in the international expertise of the Beluga24 development is the headquarters of GCF itself: Sweden. The country has decades of experience building ships in carbon fibre and the first Beluga24s will initially be built in Sweden, going into the water for 2023. Green City Ferries has full exclusivity to build and sell this type of ship in carbon fibre globally.

CEO Thornell says “The Beluga24 is demonstrating a high-speed emission-free alternative to diesel ferries that also costs less to operate. It’s a solution highly attractive to transport administrations, shipping companies and most importantly for people!”

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GCF Marketing and Sales Manager Magnus Sörenson adds that “Interest in sustainable waterborne transport and demand for emission-free vessels is increasing exponentially. Analysts claim that the global market for emission-free vessels is expected to increase from USD 5.2 billion in 2019 to USD 15.6 billion by 2030, and passenger ferries are a large part of this.”

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  • a consortium in Ireland led by Artemis Technologies has received a government innovation grant of £33 million (€36M, $US40M) to develop high speed ferries…
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New Zealand’s Lake Manapōuri is often described as the cleanest lake in the world due to its crystal clear water fed by melting glaciers that carved the lake, as well as yearly snow melt. Now the lake’s hydro-electric power station is getting even cleaner with the adoption of the world’s first flying electric hydrofoil ferry.

New Zealand renewable energy company, Meridian Energy, signed an agreement with Swedish electric hydrofoil boat maker Candela that will see the new Candela P-12 electric ferry shuttle the station’s workers back and forth across the lake.

Since Meridian produces only renewable energy, the company’s emissions are internally generated from sources like combustion-engine vehicles and boats. Replacing those emissions sources with electric vehicles can help remove the company’s harmful emissions altogether.

Switching to using the P-12 electric ferry on Lake Manapōuri is expected to save 240 tons of carbon emissions each year.

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Lake Manapōuri is widely regarded as one of New Zealand’s most beautiful lakes. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is located in the world-famous Fiordland National Park. As the site of Meridian’s Manapōuri hydropower station , the lake plays a key role in the country’s hydro storage and produces enough electricity to power more than 600,000 New Zealand homes.

Tania Palmer, Meridian Energy’s GM of Generation, explained that the Candela P-12 electric ferry is one of several ways Meridian will reduce its emissions from internal transport as part of the company’s goal to cut its emissions by 50% before 2030. “We have to be bold and innovative to reduce emissions, and this deal is the result of a global search to identify the latest and best technology for our needs,” said Palmer. “The Candela P-12 is an exciting replacement for the diesel ferry we currently use to transport staff and contractors across the lake to the power station. It’s set to drastically reduce emissions, and at the same time give our team arguably the best commute in the world.”

The announcement also marks the first customer outside of Europe to operate the P-12 electric ferry, which will begin serving the hydro station next year.

“We’re excited to partner with a global leader in the transition to sustainable energy and global decarbonisation, and are thrilled that we’ll soon see our P-12 in action on Lake Manapōuri,” says Gustav Hasselskog, CEO of Candela. “We thank Meridian for leading the charge towards a cleaner, greener future.”

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The P-12’s striking look as it flies across seemingly undisturbed water comes from its electric hydrofoil design. The ferry uses ultraquiet underwater motors and computer-controlled underwater hydrofoil wings that lift the boat out of the water for smooth and efficient ride.

In fact, it’s so efficient that it uses around 80% less energy than a typical V-hull boat. That increased efficiency allows for a smaller and lighter battery pack, which is supplied by the electric vehicle company Polestar.

Just as importantly, the unique design of the P-12 creates a minimal wake of just 15 cm (6 inches) high when cruising at 25 knots (46 km/h) or 29 mph), which significantly reduces the impact on Lake Manapōuri coastlines and ecosystem.

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Who better to put the world’s first and only electric hydrofoil powerboat through its paces than a marine-world legend? So concluded Erik Stark, six-time Powerboat World Champion, who recently tested out Candela ’s groundbreaking new vessel in the waters of Sweden.

The joyride, which was captured in Stark’s new Team Subtech video , was prefaced by a tour of the Candela factory in Stockholm. Here, Candela’s founder and CEO, Gustav Hasselskog, gave Stark the skinny on the state-of-the-art electric speedster.

The lightweight vessel is crafted from 100 percent carbon fiber, drastically reducing the amount of power needed to push it through the water. Put it on hydrofoils and you have even less resistance. In fact, Candela claims the design has cut down the energy needed by 75 percent compared to a normal planing boat. This meant Candela could reduce the batteries required but still achieve an impressive range.

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Indeed, the vessel is fitted with a 40kWh battery pack and 55kW motor, which affords a range of up to 50 nautical miles when sailing at 22 knots. Full tilt, she can hit 30 knots. It’s not exactly the 130 knots that Stark is used to hitting, but impressive nonetheless.

On top of that, the hydrofoils ensure a much smoother ride since you’re lifted above rougher waters. Candela has also developed an automated landing sequence for seamless touchdowns. Basically, when you pull back on the throttle, multiple hydrofoils automatically flare out like little wings to give a smooth re-entry to the surface of the water.

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The vessel spans 25 feet and can fit up to six seafarers. There’s even generous forward seating that looks ripe for sundowners. Best of all, since she’s fully electric, the vessel is whisper quiet and can be recharged at your dock overnight. She’s also 95 percent cheaper to run than standard boats and reduces local emissions by 99 percent.

Hydrofoiling isn’t exactly a new concept—in fact, the technology dates back to the 1900s—nor is it underrepresented. Recently, we’ve seen everything from shape-shifting boats to lifted catamarans . Still, Candela’s is the first fully electric model to hit the water, and she’s already garnered a loyal following. The company has almost sold out for 2020 and the 2021 waiting list is filling up fast. So far, Candela has delivered 16 boats across Europe and the US, all of which were built in Sweden. Best order yours posthaste, gents.

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The electric water taxi is planned to go into operation in 2025. According to Meridian Energy, which operates the power station called Manapōuri Power Station, transporting staff and contractors by boat will take the equivalent of 52 petrol cars off the road and save 240 tons of carbon emissions per year. The company aims to reduce its emissions by 50 per cent by 2030.

“This deal is the result of a global search to identify the latest and best technology for our needs, and one that’s suitable for such an incredible natural environment,” says Tania Palmer, Meridian’s GM of Generation. “The Candela P-12 is an exciting replacement for the diesel ferry we currently use to transport people across the lake to the power station.”

The Swedish electric boat manufacturer Candela started a series production of its P-12 water taxi in Stockholm at the end of last year. It is available in three versions: Shuttle, Voyager and Business.

The ‘Business’ version is designed for 12 to 20 passengers and has a high-quality interior. The Voyager version is customisable for private and commercial customers, allowing them to change the interior design as required.

Two electric motors provide 88 kW of power. The battery has a capacity of 252 kWh and can be charged with up to 200 kW. The Swedish company cites the range as around 50 nautical miles (93 km) at a top speed of 30 knots, which is about 55 kph.

The P-12 Shuttle, first unveiled last year , offers space for up to 30 passengers and costs 1.7 million euros. According to Candela, the price matches that of a similar-sized vessel with a combustion engine. It will officially be integrated into Stockholm’s public transport network from 2024.

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MobyFly, designer of high-performance, low-consumption zero-emission boats, and EODev announced́ the signing of a collaboration agreement for the development of a hydrogen-powered hydrofoil* for fast passenger transport. The design is underway and the first units expected by 2024!

Formalized during the Think Swiss Hydrogen conference evening at the Swiss Embassy, in the presence of Sue Putallaz, CEO of MobyFly, Anders Bringdal, Product Director of MobyFly, Jérémie Lagarrigue, Managing Director of EODev and Victorien Erussard, President and Founder of Energy Observer, this partnership will allow to meet the expectations of the organizers of large events and public authorities in need of zero-emission passenger shuttles.

Decarbonizing the fast ferry market

A pioneer in its field, MobyFly will be in charge of designing hydrofoils that can carry (depending on their size) from 12 to 300 people comfortably over the waves, at speeds of more than 70 km/h and with a 70% reduction in energy consumption compared to current diesel ferries. The clean and silent propulsion of the shuttles will be ensured and optimized by EODev's REXH2 onboard generator.

This combination of know-how, constituting on the one hand the construction of high technological performance boats by Mobifly and on the other hand, the supply of reliable and ecologically sustainable electro-hydrogen solutions by EODev, has the vocation to evolve in the long term for the construction of hydrogen boats.

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Teslas of the sea? CES showcases electric hydrofoil boats

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Teslas of the sea? CES showcases electric hydrofoil boats

Flying cars and self-driving vehicles always get attention at the CES gadget show in Las Vegas, but this year electric recreational boats are making bigger waves.

Swedish company Candela on Thursday unveiled a 28-foot (8.5-meter) electric-powered hydrofoil speedboat that can cruise for over two hours at 20 knots, or about 23 mph. California startup Navier tried to outdo its Scandinavian rival by bringing an electric hydrofoil that's a little bit longer, though Candela is further along in getting its products to customers.

Even the recreational motorboat conglomerate Brunswick Corporation tried to make a splash in Nevada this week by showing off its latest electric outboard motor—an emerging segment of its mostly gas-powered fleet.

WHY ELECTRIC?

A chief reason is environmental, as well as to save on rising fuel costs. But electric-powered boats—particularly with the sleek foiling designs that lift the hull above the water's surface at higher speeds—can also offer a smoother and quieter ride.

"You can have a wine glass and it does not spill," Navier CEO Sampriti Bhattacharyya told The Associated Press last month. "And it's quiet, extremely quiet. You can have a conversation, unlike on a gas boat ."

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WHEN CAN YOU GET ONE?

Candela CEO Gustav Hasselskog said his company has already sold and manufactured 150 of its brand-new C-8 model. The Stockholm-based startup has been scaling up its workforce from 60 employees a year ago to about 400 later this year as it prepares to ramp up production.

But with a roughly $400,000 price tag, neither the C-8 nor Navier's N30 is aiming to replace the aluminum boat used to fish on the lake. They've been described as Teslas of the sea, with hopes that what starts off as a luxury vehicle could eventually help transform the marine industry.

"They tend to be entrepreneurs," Hasselskog said of Candela's first customers. "They tend to be tech enthusiasts, if you like, with an optimistic view about the future and the ability of technology to solve all kinds of societal challenges."

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Navier's investment backers include Google co-founder Sergey Brin, which means he's probably getting one, too.

ARE BOATERS READY FOR THIS?

Probably not. These early electric boat models are expensive, heavy and could instill more serious "range anxiety" than what drivers have felt about electric cars , said Truist Securities analyst Michael Swartz, who follows the leisure boat industry.

"How safe is it for me to go out in the middle of the week with no one around, miles from shore, in an electric outboard engine?" Swartz said.

Swartz said they might make more sense to use electric motors —such as a new CES offering from Brunswick-owned Mercury Marine—to power a fleet of small rental boats, perhaps at the widely-used boating clubs also run by Brunswick.

"You're not anywhere near the type of electric boat where you can go 50 miles offshore and go fishing for a couple of hours and come back," Swartz said. "There's no technology that can enable you to replicate that experience outside of an internal combustion engine ."

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BRING ON THE WATER TAXIS?

Both Candela and Navier are planning for a secondary market of electric ferries that could compete with the gas-powered vehicles that now carry commuters around populated regions such as the Stockholm archipelago or along San Francisco Bay.

Hasselskog said the same technology powering Candela's new leisure boat will also be used to power a 30-passenger catamaran prototype that could operate in Sweden by summer.

For a city like Stockholm, which has already electrified most of its public ground transportation, its dozens of large ferry boats are an outlier in producing carbon emissions.

"They need something like 220 of these (electric) vessels to replace the current fleet," Hasselskog said. And instead of running on fixed schedules with empty seats, the smaller electric vehicles might be able to be summoned on demand such as how Uber or Lyft work on land.

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AUTOMATIC DOCKING

Many of the companies developing electric boat propulsion also have teams working on making these vehicles more autonomous. But since most recreational boaters like piloting their own boats—and most ferry passengers likely prefer a human captain at the helm—the self-driving innovation is focused on what happens at the marina.

"There's an intimidation factor with boating and a lot of the intimidation factor you hear from consumers is with docking," said Swartz, the Truist analyst. "So if that can be made seamless and automated, it's a huge deal."

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New electric hydrofoil ferry unveiled with 100 nautical miles range

  • November 2, 2021
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California-based marine technology start-up Boundary Layer Technologies has unveiled its new fully electric hydrofoiling ferry concept, Electra, which boasts twice the speed and range of existing electric ferries with a range of up to 100 nautical miles and a cruising speed of 40 knots.

The Electra was unveiled by Boundary Layer Technologies last week, which claims the new concept ferry not only offers twice the speed and range of existing electric ferries but also offers reductions in operating expenses (Opex) of up to 35% compared to fossil fuel-burning fast ferry alternatives.

Of course, an electric ferry also helps ferry operators de-risk future cost uncertainties caused by carbon taxes and emissions trading schemes that are becoming more and more commonplace globally.

With a range of 100 nautical miles, or around 185-kilometres, and a cruising speed of 40 knots (around 75km/hr) thanks to the proprietary hydrofoil technology and podded propulsion system, the Electra’s battery-electric propulsion system also significantly reduces cabin noise by up to 20 decibels compared to conventional ferries. The ferry’s foiling system also offers excellent seakeeping and ride comfort.

“Hydrofoil technology is the key to enabling electrification of passenger ferries” said Ed Kearney , CEO of Boundary Layer Technologies.

“By reducing the drag of the vessel by a factor of two, the powering requirements are also halved, which increases the speed and range of what an electric ferry can do. This opens the door to electrification of the majority of ferry routes across the world.”

Able to carry 150 passengers and powered with 9,000kWh battery capacity, the core of Electra’s high efficiency is its proprietary hydrofoil design which reduces drag on the vessel by half which increases range, ride quality, and creates zero wake.

Headquartered in Alameda, California, Boundary Layer Technology claims that Electra is able to cover far-reaching routes and could service 48% of the ferry routes around Greece and its islands.

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The Electra boasts a 2,400kW charging system that allows the ferry to charge in less than 3 hours, which measures out to around 1.3 minutes of charging for every one nautical mile. During operating hours, though, the Electra would be able to do short charges during passenger loading and unloading, while a longer charge is undertaken overnight.

Boundary Layer Technologies currently expects to put the first Electra into operation by the first quarter of 2024 in regions such as the United States, Scandinavia, and the Mediterranean.

“We think Electra is an exciting development of ferry technology and shows promise for decarbonizing ferry operations and adding to the customer’s experience” said Patrick Murphy, President, Blue & Gold Fleet, who is the contract operator of San Francisco’s 15 high-speed ferries.

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Joshua S. Hill is a Melbourne-based journalist who has been writing about climate change, clean technology, and electric vehicles for over 15 years. He has been reporting on electric vehicles and clean technologies for Renew Economy and The Driven since 2012. His preferred mode of transport is his feet.

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california-based startup boundary layer technologies has launched an electric hydrofoil ferry concept that promises twice the speed and range of existing electric ferries. called ‘electra’, the boat cruises at a speed of 40 knots and has a range of up to 100 nautical miles thanks to a podded propulsion system at the back and two lifting foils that reduce drag in the water. 

ed kearney, CEO of boundary layer technologies, says, ‘hydrofoil technology is the key to enabling electrification of passenger ferries. b y reducing the drag of the vessel by a factor of two, the powering requirements are also halved, which increases the speed and range of what an electric ferry can do. this opens the door to electrification of the majority of ferry routes across the world.’

the batteries that power electra have a capacity of 9000kWH and can be fully charged in less than three hours (based on a 2400kW charging system). boundary layer technologies says the battery-powered system significantly reduces cabin noise by up to 20db compared to conventional ferries. the 150 passenger ferry also promises a smooth ride even in choppy water.

not only better for the environment, electra’s electric system is lighter on the pocket too. the marine tech company estimates that the electra ferry offers reductions in operating expenses of up to 35% compared to fossil fuel burning fast ferry alternatives.

‘we think electra is an exciting development of ferry technology and shows promise for decarbonizing ferry operations and adding to the customer’s experience’   says patrick murphy, president of blue & gold fleet, the contract operator of san francisco’s 15 high speed ferries.

boundary layer technologies has already developed the hydrofoil and control systems required for electra, and plans to have the first vessels in operation by the first quarter of 2024 in regions such as the united states, scandinavia, and the mediterranean.

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Electric foiling catamaran from recycled parts.

By Dieter Loibner , Nov 16, 2021

Scavenging parts and gear, a boatbuilder in the San Juan Islands creates an electric foiling catamaran for his private milk run.

Gizmo foiling

Retired boatbuilder Chris Maas, demonstrates Gizmo, his purely experimental electric foiling cat that he designed for his weekly shopping trip to Lopez Island. The boat consists of mostly recycled and repurposed parts and materials.

Following our two-part story about fiberglass disposal—or the lack thereof—for end-of-life boats ( Professional BoatBuilder Nos. 189 and190), we are looking in more depth into the practicalities of building something entirely new from gear and material discarded by previous owners. To illustrate the possibilities that a reduce-reuse-recycle approach can bring about, I made the trek to Center Island, Washington, to meet with Chris Maas, 64, who, as he looks back on a successful boatbuilding career, has the freedom to try out intriguing ideas on boats he builds just for fun.

Never one to seek the limelight, Maas is not a household name in the international boatbuilding industry, so let’s start with a short introduction. Hailing from Seattle, Washington, he started messing with boats as a kid, graduating to OK Dinghies, Lasers, and Finns as soon as he was strong enough. He also worked on other people’s boats, repaired them, built rudders and daggerboards, did anything to pay for his racing habit. That’s how it was back in the heyday of the fiberglass revolution that delivered recreational boating to millions of average wage earners. With some talent and the will to work and learn, you could make a living in this industry while also having fun.

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In Maas’s island workshop, Gizmo dangles from the rafters between farm equipment and Ariel, an International One-Design sloop awaiting restoration. The foiler’s cockpit sled accommodates the battery box, the steering station, and the passenger/cargo area and extends well forward of the main foil.

The Road to Building an Electric Foiling Cat

Maas always seemed willing to look beyond his nose and the task at hand to sample different boats as he accumulated skills and experience. At some point he helped 1984 Olympic Gold medalist Bill Buchan build fiberglass Starboats and a cold-molded 3/4 tonner that they raced to victory in the Swiftsure International Yacht Race and a second-place finish in the 1978 3/4-Ton Worlds. At age 19, living in a waterfront shack on Vashon Island, he also built a 37-footer (11.28m) to his own design, and through a friend became interested in building open-water rowing shells. It’s the job he ended up doing for more than 20 years with his own outfit, Maas Boat Company (www.maasboats.com), which he started in 1978 in California and sold in 2001. After that, Maas designed and built International Canoes, and won a World Championship in 2011 to go with two runner-up finishes in 2014 and 2017. Semiretired now and living on a small and somewhat remote rock not served by the Washington State Ferry, Maas relies on an outboard-powered aluminum skiff as a utility and commuter vehicle, a simple and rugged craft that does the job but has little to offer in terms of refinement, efficiency, and joy.

Electric Foiling Cat bank turn

With the main foil painted white for better visibility, Maas banks Gizmo into a starboard turn, showing off the boat’s agility. With all-manual controls, it’s not fly-by-wire but fly-by-seat-of-your-pants.

The project he shared with us is Gizmo , a craft he developed repurposing a well-used Hobie Cat 18 (5.51m), a former rental boat that was advertised for $200 on Center Island’s community bulletin board. Old and beat up as it was, it made a suitable platform for what Maas had in mind: a fully foiling commuter with electric propulsion that he and his wife, Monique, could use for their 5-mile (8-km) round trip to Lopez Island to buy groceries, look after property, or visit Maas’s brother Alex, who retired from making carbon fiber tiller extensions with his company ACME .

“As I’ve gotten older and seen how many resources I used to build my boats through the years, it’s a little bit appalling,” he told me about his evolution from builder to rebuilder. “So philosophically, I’m coming around to the idea that there’s a lot of good equipment out there, either just languishing in somebody’s basement or backyard or going to the dump at some point.” As a former racer and stickler for clean and functional boats, Maas doesn’t skimp on quality or performance, so he scavenges for the good stuff, which takes skill, patience, and a few good friends.

The original idea, he said, was to equip a dory with an electric outboard that runs on a solar-charged battery. But a ride on an outboard-powered and foil-assisted 24’ (7.3m) catamaran built and designed by Brandon Davis of Turn Point Design for Nigel Oswald in Friday Harbor, Washington (see “From Niche to Market,” PBB No. 173, page 36), pointed him toward a multihull platform. It also helped that at some point Maas designed and built International Moth dinghies, so he wasn’t new to the game of foiling, and that he is on good terms with America ’s Cup–proven designer Paul Bieker, who’d moved to the Anacortes, Washington, neighborhood a couple of years ago.

Foil Design, Construction, and Control

“I did have a basic design in mind before I started talking to Paul,” Maas remembered. “He came around in one of his little high-performance powerboats…and we started talking about foiling. I was telling him my ideas, and he said, ‘Oh, that sounds like fun. I’ll help you with some of the design work.’” Aside from foiling America ’s Cup sailing catamarans and International foiling Moths, Bieker has been working with local public-transport authorities on fast-ferries and is involved in the design of a fully foiling passenger ferry (see “A Foiling Ferry for Puget Sound,” PBB No. 191, page 12).

Roll control, all-important for a stable foiling performance, can be achieved by several means in fully immersed foils. One method is flexing and twisting foils with foot-pedal-controlled ailerons, which Maas used on the Hobie. Bieker then worked up an asymmetrical section shape from a Moth foil he had developed, and the layup schedule. It had to work well at the modest speeds (under 20 knots) at which the boat was going to be run.

Foil profile

The asymmetrical section shape of the main foil is close to a NACA 63-214 profile. Maas built the foil with a solid Douglas-fir core, covered with 15 layers of 200-g/m2 (5.9-oz/sq-yd) standard-modulus unidirectional carbon fiber and one of ±45° plain-weave carbon cloth.

The shape of the main foil is close to a NACA 63-214 profile and was modified from Bieker’s original dimensions by Maas to give the flaps on the trailing edge at the wingtips more authority in roll control. The foil now measures 244cm (96”) span, 20cm (7.9”) chord, 28mm (1.1”) thickness. The flaps are 25% of the chord and 40cm (15.75”) long. The vertical struts are Eppler E836 hydrofoils with a maximum thickness of 25mm (0.98”) at 42.8% chord. All foils used on Gizmo were molded in female MDF molds, but for the main foil, Maas used a simple solid-fir core he covered with 15 layers of standard-modulus 200-gm 2 (5.9-oz/sq-yd) unidirectional carbon fiber and one layer of ±45° plain-weave cloth carbon on the outside—all surplus from Boeing.

Built in two halves that he machined flat on his 3-axis CNC router (a converted surplus CNC fabric cutter from Boeing), they then were bonded to each other in the molds with ProSet LAM 125/226 epoxy, initially cured at room temperature and post-cured at 140˚F (60˚C) for eight hours after being removed from the mold. For the aft foil, Maas repurposed a Moth main foil with an MH 32 airfoil’s profile, a piece of gear he’d kept in his shop after selling a Moth he’d built for himself to participate in a World Championship in Hawaii. That foil is made from solid unidirectional intermediate-modulus carbon with a layer of ±45° in the outer skin and has a flap that takes up 30% of the chord length.

Lower Unit with Moth Foil

Only slightly resembling its earlier gasoline-burning incarnation, the modified outboard shows the PMAC electric motor, the 18.1″ (46cm) shaft extension, and the wand-controlled Moth foil that carries the smaller portion of the load while foiling.

Both the main foil and the outboard foil are controlled by surface-sensing wands connected to pushrods made from his brother’s surplus carbon fiber tiller extensions. The wands are built from old carbon fiber windsurfer battens with attached pieces of PVC sewer pipe as paddles to keep the end of the wands at the water surface. Gizmo ’s ride height is determined by the relative angle of the wand to the water surface, just as on International Moth dinghies. However, while the forward wands perform as a single unit to adjust the main foil, the trailing wand of the outboard foil moves only the flap of the repurposed Moth foil. Initially, Maas had to crawl forward onto the bow to adjust the takeoff angle of the main foil depending on payload, but he later modified controls so he could make these adjustments from the cockpit.

Foil control mechanism

The line-controlled paddle wand mechanism automatically adjusts the foil’s angle of attack.

There are more-elegant solutions for sure, but on an experimental boat that small and simple, electronic ride control is not a viable option, adding too much weight, complexity, and expense. Besides, as a competitive sailor, Maas loves hands-on operation, so he made sure all mechanical controls and electronic instruments are within easy reach of the driver’s seat in the cockpit, which looks like an amalgam of a powerboat’s and a sailing dinghy’s setup. Sitting in a forward position, about halfway between the bow and the forward crossbeam, the pilot must keep Gizmo properly trimmed and “in flight.” True to Maas’s pedigree as a racing sailor, he made sure the lines, sheaves, and cleats are properly sized for the job and lined up to minimize friction, which is essential for smooth and precise operation.

Sparse as it might look, nothing is missing. To port there’s the GPS readout, the hoisting line for the main foil, and the cleats for the ride-height adjustment lines that lead to a threaded spool that changes the articulation setting of the sensing wand and, by extension, the main foil’s angle of attack (AOA). The ailerons are operated by lines connected to the foot pedals under the steering wheel. On the starboard side there’s the forward-reverse toggle, tachometer, power kill switch, throttle, a battery-charge display, the battery management system with a screen displaying the state of charge and temperature of each battery cell, and two cleats for the lines that deploy (pull down) the main foil. Maas wanted to keep Gizmo on a float for quick launching and to avoid the need for toxic bottom paint. To achieve that, the main foil had to be retractable. Bieker came up with a solution to drastically reduce draft and mitigate potential damage from an accidental log strike. However, it’s under patent review, so images and a discussion of details will have to wait.

Gizmo Cockpit

The cockpit arrangement is simple but sufficient, with few instruments, a power kill switch with spiral cable to the pilot’s wrist, and cam cleats for foil control.

The sled’s structure serves as a kind of “fuselage,” with the battery compartment all the way forward, followed by the cockpit, a tandem seat for one passenger, and the cargo area. “It’s just ¼” ACX fir plywood from the lumberyard with a couple of coats of WEST System 105 epoxy,” Maas explained. “That’s super basic. It’s not the most elegant material, but it’s sort of a local product, and it’s cheap and reasonably strong and light enough for my purposes.”

A Drowned Gas Outboard and Chevy Bolt Batteries

He could have bought an off-the-shelf electric outboard, but Maas wanted to stay true to his recycling mantra and got his hands on a 15-hp (11.25-kW) Tohatsu gasoline outboard that by misfortune ended up at the bottom of Fisherman’s Bay on Lopez Island. It’s one of those loopy Lopez tales that starts with a silly mistake and ends with an exchange that makes seller and buyer happy. “A friend of mine knows the owner [of that motor],” Maas said. “I had told him that I was looking for a motor and within a couple of weeks, this guy dropped his motor in the water. It was clearly meant to be. It’s a pretty good fit. My ideal motor would have probably been a 20-hp [15-kW] with a hydraulic tilt-and-trim mechanism as a way to control the foil angle, but that did not materialize. So, I had to take what I could find.”

Battery Box and Cockpit

The battery box is located forward of the steering console and the PVC piping that protects the electric cables

After going by the board, this two-cylinder Tohatsu was salvaged, but never properly flushed, so the innards corroded, turning it into a hunk of scrap metal. But Maas didn’t care, because he was going to replace the combustion engine with a 10-kW permanent-magnet AC (PMAC) motor before extending the shaft by 18.1” (46cm) and attaching a 9.25” x 11”  (23.49cm x 27.94cm) prop to suit his purpose.

Chevy Batteries

The surplus Chevy Bolt lithium-ion batteries were sourced at www.batteryhookup .com

Maas explains how he turned a rusted gasoline outboard into a working electric specimen, not exactly a common exercise: “I began by removing the powerhead and cutting the bottom section off to use as a base for the motor mount plate. That plate is 1/2”-thick [13mm] aluminum with a vertical bracket welded on to serve as the mount for the controller and controller heat sink. The spline coupler from the gas engine crankshaft was cut off and machined to weld into a Lovejoy coupler that fits the electric motor shaft. This way I can use the existing gas engine driveshaft with its probably proprietary splined end. That shaft was cut and extended 18” [0.46m]. The now longer shaft is supported by a midshaft Cutless bearing, which, because it is above the water when foiling, is lubricated by a small stream of water through a tube connected to the old cooling-water pickup [the old water pump was removed].

Electrified Tohatsu Outboard

Aircooled Motenergy 10-kW permanent magnet motor with heat sink.

An extension housing was made for the shaft by molding a carbon/foam part using a NACA 0012 section. The outboard cover needed to be widened a bit to fit the new motor (a 10-kW Motenergy ME1012 PMAC) and a Sevcon Gen4 controller. It also had to accommodate the bilge blower pressed into service as a cooling fan, a speed controller for the fan, because it turned out that the motor doesn’t need that much cooling and a slower-turning fan is much quieter, and a 72VDC-to-12VDC converter for running lower-voltage components.

The outboard is mounted to a pivoting aluminum bracket held down by a line to a cam cleat on a base that can pivot and release in the event of a log strike.

Keeping the recycling theme going, Maas also found two 12-kWh Li-ion batteries destined for service in a Chevy Bolt electric car but ended up as rejects because some mounting holes in the battery were drilled wrong. He got them really cheap online, serialized them, and fit them in a watertight compartment all the way forward on the sled, where they were out of the way and help trim the boat.

The Electric Foiling Cat’s Sea Trials

Maas and others like him don’t think in problems but in solutions. They are capable of tackling any job and come up with results that make mere mortals blush with envy. “If I can imagine it, I can make it,” as master fabricator Ed Louchard once said. What master craftsmen like Maas and Louchard might lack in formal technical training, they more than make up by learning on the job, developing intimate knowledge about materials and tolerances, and honing their ability to improvise before empirically testing the stuff they made to see if it holds up. In building Gizmo , Maas didn’t produce lavish computer renderings or run computational fluid dynamics programs. He relied on hand-drawn sketches on the workbench. Backed up by decades of experience and asking the right questions, he took incremental steps to develop his solutions, tried them, tweaked them, and then tried again. While not on par with computer simulations and analysis used in modern manufacturing, it’s that sort of old-fashioned engineering that helped him build the boat he envisioned.

Draft Sketch of Canopy

As the consummate empiricist, Maas roughs out ideas in sketches before they take shape in his workshop. Shown here is the concept for the canopy.

“It depends on what you call sea trials,” he quipped in response to the question about how exactly he built Gizmo as close to the bleeding edge as possible without digital modeling. “In-water testing began with a 15-hp gas outboard bolted to the Hobie and some plastic drums filled with water strapped to the deck to see how much power it would take to [achieve] foiling takeoff speed. After that, I built a main foil to Paul’s design, [fastened] a Moth main foil to the defunct Tohatsu outboard, and had a friend tow me around with his powerboat while we took speed and drag measurements [as I] tried to figure out how to control roll and ride height. Basically, it was a long series of major changes and adjustments that eventually started to taper off as I ran out of changes that needed to be made, and things actually started to function in the proper way.”

During my second visit in September 2020, Maas demoed Gizmo right off his dock and put on a display of suave foiling action, including crisp takeoffs, silky-smooth landings, and precise banked turns. As if running on rails, this old Hobie never looked better, and the skipper was ostensibly enjoying the occasion. He was kind enough to accommodate my request for a ride, which added about 190 lbs (86 kg) to the payload.

Sea Trials

Taking Gizmo for a spin during the sea trials, Maas tested different ideas and setups before finishing the cockpit and enclosing it with a canopy.

As we throttled up the first time, Gizmo took off on a steep trajectory immediately leading to a decidedly unsmooth landing. Unperturbed, Maas clambered out onto the port bow to add some tension to the bungee that keeps the main foil, which controls lift, from over-rotating and stalling on takeoff (as mentioned earlier, these adjustments are now made from the cockpit). At slow speeds, the center of lift is forward of the pivot point, which makes the foil rotate to a higher AOA. With increasing speed, the center of lift moves aft, which keeps Gizmo in balance. With more weight on board, the bungee gets overpowered on takeoff, so the foil rotates too much, thus causing the stall. After these tweaks, the takeoff was flawless, and the boat quickly settled into level trim, running steady, stable, and quiet, emission-free circles on Reads Bay.

After putting in some test miles, Maas also added a canopy made of 1/4” ACX fir plywood strengthened with a layer of 180 g/m 2 of S-glass/epoxy. The windshield is 1/8” (3mm) tempered glass, and the side windows are 1/8” acrylic, which adds roughly 100 lbs (45 kg) to the vessel’s weight but extends usability deep into the cool and damp season. It might not be the most fashionable accessory ever seen on a boat, but it protects pilot, passenger, pooch, and payload when the Maases go on their weekly shopping expedition to Lopez. The test ride my wife and I took that following summer was memorable for the lack of drama. With her on the green plastic garden chair facing aft, me under the semi-closed canopy behind captain Maas—who worked the controls —pulling the line to adjust the trailing wand, which controls the angle of the outboard’s foil— Gizmo smoothly took off, barely hitting double digits, while gently foiling from Hunter Bay past Cayou and Ram Island to her dock at Center Island.

Air Bubbles

A streak of bubbles emanating from the starboard forward foil might come from air sucked through the hollow Eppler foil of the vertical strut. Maas plans to close that cavity with a foam plug.

Port Townsend boatbuilder Russell Brown, himself a prodigious recycler and reuser of discarded boat parts and kit (see “Outside the Box,” PBB No. 130, page 52), had a similar experience when going for a joyride. “It’s almost free power for 12 knots,” he noted. “The way [Maas] can control it with the foot pedals and the steering wheel is pretty cool. He can make it bank any way he wants to. I love the feeling…inside the canopy when you take off. It’s like taking off in a small plane.”

The Electric Foiling Cat’s Performance

I asked Maas about Gizmo ’s limits and his observations of what this craft can and can’t do. “We tested in up to 18 knots of wind speed and approximately 40cm [1.3’] wave height,” he said. “It handled well, though the wands contouring the waves produce a kind of bouncy motion if there’s much chop—like driving over a bumpy road in a vehicle that has really good suspension.”

Gizmo ’s lightship displacement came in at 990 lbs (450 kg). Maximum payload is 550 lbs (250 kg), including the pilot. Takeoff speed (light) is 8.5 knots, which draws 9 kW. Cruising speed is 12 knots at 5.8 kW. Without foils, Gizmo manages 8.5 knots at the same power draw, which constitutes a 30% reduction of efficiency. Currently, GPS-recorded top speed (foiling) is 16 knots at 10 kW. And finally, Maas claimed a maximum runtime of two hours at cruising speed before he has to return to the dock and plug in.

To get to higher speeds, he said he’d have to go beyond trying a few off-the-shelf props. “I understand prop design basics but don’t have enough knowledge to design my own,” he said. He likes higher-aspect blades, perhaps pitched for lower rpm, but that would necessitate further surgery to the outboard’s lower unit to fit any large-diameter props.

“Oh, I guess I’m probably a borderline hoarder, and the only reason it hasn’t become a terrible problem is because…it’s really hard to get things over here [to Center Island].” He laughed when asked about the most important skill for building a new boat from old kit. “I’m kind of a scavenger. I actually have to foresee the use for stuff that comes over here,” Maas said at the end. “I’m fairly frugal and pretty tight with my money. And so, you know, I’m always looking for a deal.”

Aft view of Canopy

Leaving a zig-zag trail of foam, Maas demonstrates Gizmo’s maneuverability on foils. Note the aft-facing green-plastic lawn chair, plain but adequate passenger seating.

And that is precisely what he got. Compared to the Swedish Candela electric foiling runabouts (see “From Niche to Market,” PBB No. 173, page 34) with carbon hulls, giant batteries, and fly-by-wire controls, Gizmo struck me as the nautical equivalent of the Brothers Grimm tale about the Valiant Little Tailor, who has the guile and ingenuity to take on a giant and become king. While the latest 28’ Candela C8 is listed in the U.S. for $350,000 , Maas spent a tiny fraction of that, did some sleuthing for cheap parts, and worked an estimated 500 hours in his shop to get a custom electric foiling boat. Maas also emphasized that Gizmo was an experimental project, not an endorsement of his approach to copy without following applicable standards, regulations, and best practices.

However, when all was said and done, he’d used almost exclusively cast-off or surplus parts to produce a tidy craft that serves its purpose while also offering a glimpse at the possibilities that a circular economic model promises: Reimagining design, manufacturing, and product life cycles could go a long way toward reducing waste and making better use of scarce resources. Not to mention cutting carbon emissions when running a boat purely for fun.

Contact: gizmofoiler@ null gmail.com

About the Author: Dieter Loibner is editor-at-large of Professional BoatBuilder.

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The Overboat, an electric and flying catamaran for fun on the water

In December 2019, Neocean presented a new concept of nautical toy, the Overboat. From now on, the boat is ready to be marketed. Presentation of this electric hydrofoil catamaran.

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Rowboat or Archimedean

The Overboat is a modern electric catamaran equipped with four T-shaped foils for flying on the water, on which you can sail seated, like a jet-ski, standing on handles. An archimedean version is also proposed by the designer Noecean. This version will be more suitable for river or port use (for professionals), where the speed is limited and insufficient to take off. On the flying version, it is also possible to retract the foils.

For ease of use, the foils are automatically regulated by an electronic system to always correct the trim and stability of the Overboat. The on-board computer calculates the stability of the boat and the foils are automatically adjusted 50 times per second.

Electric motorization

With a 4.5 kW electric motor , the catamaran takes off from a speed of 7 knots and can reach a maximum speed of 15 knots. The manufacturer is studying the possibility of offering higher engine power to go even faster. With only 2 kW of consumption at a speed of 10 knots, the Overboat is very economical.

For the moment, with this engine power of 6 HP, the Overboat does not require a permit. It is therefore ideal for rental companies and leisure centres.

With a length of 3.1 m and a weight of 100 kg, the Overboat is both compact and light and therefore easy to handle. With its environmentally friendly and quiet propulsion , it is in line with the market trend.

L'Overboat en 3D

An Autonomous Overboat

Like a drone , the Overboat is connected and steers itself automatically via a dedicated remote control. This way, you can go and pick someone up on the beach by sending the Overboat to them, while staying in your boat. And the person will be able to come back by piloting the flying device himself.

Demonstrations in the summer and marketing in the fall

Since its presentation at the Nautic in 2019, Neocean, the company that produces it, has been working on its industrialisation and the boat can now be produced by various subcontractors in the Montpellier region, the company's headquarters. The summer will be dedicated to a campaign of demonstrations and from this autumn, it will be possible to buy its Overboat. Count on a price around 30?000 euros (to be refined) and in the meantime, discover in video the first flights of the flying catamaran .

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Piloting an electric hydrofoil catamaran

  • 11 November 2021

On the occasion of the METS (boat show) in Amsterdam, three companies in the forefront of ocean racing invite you to test an electric foil boat simulator. 

This interactive terminal is the result of a close collaboration between the design offices of MerConcept, a company founded by François Gabart, the architectural firm VPLP Design, and the R&D team of the electronics company Madintec.

Simulators are a common tool in nautical design. The architecture firm VPLP Design, known for its successful yachts, uses these digital tools to design and validate its designs. Since 2017, VPLP has developed SYD (Simulation Yacht Dynamics), a new kind of simulator. SYD integrates the effects of swell in the calculation of efforts to model its sea keeping. This is an essential feature for foil boats.

For its part, Madintec, which designs electronics, also uses digital simulators to validate its steering algorithms. With the advent of foils, it has become essential to have high-level simulators. From now on, the ability and intelligence to control the flaps and all the appendages of the boat for flight stabilisation is a parameter in the design of the architectural elements. Madintec’s control algorithms have therefore been connected to the VPLP simulator so that they can validate the performance of their foil designs, incorporating realistic control systems. In the same way, Madintec’s design office was also able to refine its control laws as well as the integration with the hardware, electronics and software (hardware in the loop validation).

MerConcept, which initiated the project, is leading its implementation and has also made full use of the VPLP simulator connected to Madintec’s algorithms. The three companies have a long history of collaboration. As early as 2015, Madintec together with MerConcept designed a new generation autopilot: the MADBrain Autopilot. A development crowned with success in numerous races, including the first two places in the last Vendée Globe. Today, MADBrain is present on a third of the boats in the Transat Jacques Vabre.

Today, MerConcept and Madintec are pleased to present the fruit of their collaboration:  the electronic steering wheel with force feedback . This innovation, which allows to retranscribe a maximum of sensations in flight, is present for its first use on SVR-LAZARTIGUE, the Ultim trimaran helmed by François Gabart. The advantage of this technology is to limit the heaviness of the steering mechanism and to provide an assisted steering tool. With this electronic control, Madintec adds an important element to its solution for ensuring the safety of sailboats and motorboats, including anti-capsizing and obstacle avoidance.

VPLP Design, MerConcept, and Madintec, invite you to discover this technology exclusively at METS in Amsterdam, Stand Madintec 05.353.

MerConcept presentation

Created 15 years ago by the yachtsman François Gabart, MerConcept was born from the desire to develop an ocean racing team at the cutting edge of innovation and performance.

MerConcept has become a company with a mission and is committed to innovative, high-performance and sustainable ocean racing. The latter welcomes ambitious, meaningful projects, whose outstanding innovations enable technological transfers to maritime mobility.

VPLP Design presentation

VPLP Design is a team of internationally renowned naval architects based in France, in Vannes, Nantes and Paris, designing racing, cruising and working boats.

Known for its multihull and monohull racing boats, as well as its large cruising catamarans, VPLP Design has also been involved in the production boat business with the Lagoon catamaran range since 1986.

In addition to its skills in naval architecture, it is at the cutting edge of design and innovation. Finally, through its experience for the America’s Cup, the Imocas and the Ultims, the agency has and develops state-of-the-art numerical simulation tools in hydro and aerodynamics (CFD, AVL code, VPP, simulator, …).

Madintec presentation

Madintec is specialized in the development of customized solutions for the offshore racing market. We provide R&D, consulting and development solutions. We are a team of about 10 employees based in La Rochelle and Lorient. Our core business is software and electronic development.

We have acquired a strong experience and many references with the actors of the offshore racing. This bespoke racing know-how has been concretized in 2021 by the launch of a solution adapted to the wider market of high-end yachting.

This solution,  MADBrain Autopilot , is able to pilot the sailboat automatically, ensuring simplicity and safety.

We also bring original safety features to high-end yachts, in particular for catamarans, with an anti-capsizing system integrated into the autopilot. Moreover, we are developing an obstacle avoidance system that has no equivalent on the market today.

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Flying Electric Boat To Haul Commuters At Site Of Epic Environmental Protest

The Swedish electric boat company Candela has just started commercial production of its new 30-passenger P-12 hydrofoil ferry, and customers are already lining up to get their hands on it. The zero emission watercraft levitates above the water while in motion. Energy efficiency for fossil-free travel is the main benefit of hydrofoil technology. The minimal wake of the electric boat is also a powerful attraction, especially when the goal is to preserve a World Heritage Site.

A Low-Wake Flying Electric Boat For A World Heritage Site

We’ll get to that historic environmental protest in a minute, but first let’s take a look at that electric boat. Candela has crossed the CleanTechnica radar a number of times with smaller iterations of  its hydrofoil technology, which leverages hydrodynamics to make its electric watercraft glide over water instead of cutting through it like a regular boat (see our full Candela archive here ).

The P-12 is Candela’s first step up to passenger-scale ferries, and the New Zealand utility Meridian Energy is among the first to snatch one up.

If you’re wondering why Meridian reached all the way over to Sweden for an electric boat, that’s a good question. Meridian has been scouting for a zero emission ferry to haul workers and contractors across Lake Manapōuri, where the company operates a hydropower plant. The challenge was to find a fossil-free boat that could provide for a relatively speedy, efficient trip without generating a high wake.

The low-wake angle is an essential consideration for Meridian because Lake Manapōuri is located within Fiordland National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site . Wakes — the trail of waves left behind by a boat traveling through water — can do serious shoreline damage if unregulated.

The P-12 can hit a respectable speed of 25 knots, the equivalent of almost 30 miles per hour on land, while producing a wake of less than six inches high.

It’s the opposite of recreational “wake boats,” which are designed to generate surfer-quality waves while speeding around ecosystems. The Sierra Club is among those pointing out that wake boats can erode and damage shorelines. That’s just just for starters.

Wake boats are designed to take on water to reach a desirable angle for generating waves, and that can cause a world of hurt. “The downward angle of the propwash from wake boats causes algae blooms by stirring up sediment and reintroducing sequestered phosphorus and nitrates into the water column,” Sierra Club explains.

“Lake water is warmed by this increased turbidity, making aquatic ecosystems less hospitable for native flora and fauna. Often native plants are uprooted and fish nests destroyed,” they add.

Seagoing Batteries For The Electric Boat Of The Future

Electric boats are not exactly a new thing, but they need powerful batteries need to overcome the drag exerted by water, and that can add up to extra costs. While it may seem that lifting a whole boat out of the water requires even more energy and bigger batteries, Candela states that its hydrofoil technology cuts energy use by 80% compared to conventional powerboats.

Also potentially assisting at the cost-cutting end is the Swedish automaker Polestar. Candela tapped Polestar to collaborate on batteries and charging system for its electric boats back in August of 2022. The company’s CEO and founder, Gustav Hasselskog, was thinking big right out of the gate. “To make electric boats mainstream, we need to build thousands of boats every year,” he said.

“Electric boatbuilders typically have so far relied on smaller, boutique vendors of marine battery packs,” Candela explains. “Scarcity and high unit costs of these packs are two factors that have prevented electric boats from achieving parity with ICE vessels.

“The battery supply agreement is just the beginning of a broader intended partnership between Polestar and Candela, with both companies committed to exploring further opportunities for future collaboration,” Candela also hinted.

As for what kind of batteries, that’s a good question. Last fall, Reuters reported that Polestar will be the first automaker to use the new extreme fast-charging batteries developed by the Israeli startup StoreDot. However, it remains to be seen if that battery, or something like it, shows up on the Candela roster. CleanTechnica reached out to the company for some additional details, and it explained that batteries for its watercraft have to be certified for marine use.

Many Markets For Electric Ferry Boats

Ecosystem deployment is just one use case that matches the Candela’s focus on relatively high speed with low wake. Seaports and urban waterways are another potentially big market.

In particular, Candela has spotted an opportunity in cities, where a relatively speedy ferry could offer an attractive alternative to buses and other forms of mass transit. The company has been testing the P-12 in Stockholm, and it is on track to join the city’s public transportation system on a pilot basis sometime this year.

If all goes according to plan, the electric boat will cut 25 minutes off the 50-minute ground commute from the Stockholm suburb Ekerö to the city center.

Our friends over at Renewable Energy Magazine cite some additional examples. In New York City, travelers could  catch the electric boat in Manhattan and get to Newark-Liberty Airport in New Jersey in just 20 minutes. Another targeted commute is the  route between Wall Street and Greenwich, Connecticut.

Candela also reportedly put the P-12 through its paces in Washington, DC last fall. The trip from Georgetown to Ronald Reagan Washington Airport would normally take up to 20 minutes by car or 37 minutes by mass transit. The electric boat would shave that down to about 6 minutes.

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Epic Battle To Save Lake Manapōuri

As for that battle environmental battle, Meridian has a good rundown on its website. The power station at Lake Manapōuri is an 800-megawatt facility, the largest of its kind in New Zealand. It came into operation in stages between 1969 and 1972.

The original proposal involved raising the level of the lake by 30 meters.

“But Lake Manapōuri’s famed wooded islands would have disappeared, and the fragile shoreline beech forest would have been left to rot in the water,” Meridian notes. “An increasing number of New Zealanders realised the extent of the environmental impact, and protest became widespread and passionate.”

“The proposed raising of the lakes and subsequent planned draw down rates would have created a wasteland of submerged forests, slumped shorelines , loss of pristine beaches and the flooding of the Manapouri township,” notes the Guardians of Lakes Manapouri, Monowai and Te Anau, an advisory body created in the wake of the Save Manapouri campaign.

The protests were effective. By the time the facility was fully built in 1972, plans to raise the lake were ditched. The following year, the official Guardian system was organized.

UNESCO notes that the guarantee of an effective monitoring system was instrumental in its decision to designate Fiordland National Park as a World Heritage Site.

As for the new electric boat, Meridian expects delivery in 2025, so stay tuned for more on that.

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Image (cropped): A P-12 electric boat from the firm Candela will ferry hydropower workers across Lake Manapōuri in New Zealand (courtesy of Meridian Energy).

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Epoch Skiff Series

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Enjoy a clean, quiet, virtually maintenance-free electric boating experience without compromising speed or performance.

Epoch Skiff is the first all-electric skiff style boat designed with foils to extend the range of an electric motor with 2X efficiency and achieve jaw-dropping speed.  Our advanced hydrofoil system lifts the boat out of the water at speeds over 30 MPH and then easily stows for trailering, low speeds or navigating shallow water.

Epoch Skiff Series is available in 14, 16 and 18 foot sizes with a variety of configuration options for use as a fishing vessel, lake boat or yacht tender.

MSRP: starting at $35,000

Includes boat with foils, electric motor & battery.

Waitlist for pre-production priority is currently closed.

Engineered for Efficiency & Performance

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Reduce drag and achieve jaw-dropping speed with our patent pending foil system that lifts the boat out of the water at speed and then easily stows for trailering, low speeds or shallow water.

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Enjoy quiet, powerful and maintenance-free electric propulsion capable of extended range and 2X efficiency when paired with our hydrodynamic hull design.

Lightweight & Powerful

Our marine-grade aluminum hull is designed for durability in shallow water use, while being lightweight enough to allow for smooth take-off and efficient cruising in foil mode.

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Variable Draft

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The Epoch Skiff Series features a patent pending hydrofoil system that deploys at speed to lift the boat out of the water, reducing hull drag and allowing it to efficiently “fly over the water” at speeds exceeding 30MPH.

Foils deploy to 15” deep at speed in conjunction with the electric outboard motor, and then easily stow back to the hull with a 4” draft for trailering, low speeds or shallow water.

The hydrofoil hull design extends the speed and efficiency of electric motors by 2X, reducing propulsive power requirements by as much as 75% and alleviating range anxiety commonly associated with electric boating.

Epoch Skiff Specifications

14, 16 or 18 feet

74 - 84 inches at deck 55 - 65 inches at waterline

Transom Height:

Approximate Weight:

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Max Weight /Per/Mo/Gr:

Total Weight Per Cap:

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5052 Aluminum 0.100" thick

15 HP - 60 HP electric equivalent motors

48V 5kWh - 15 kWh

Overall Pkg. Length:

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Frequently Asked Questions

The Epoch Skiff is available in 14, 16 and 18 foot long sizes, 55” wide at the waterline, 74” wide on the deck, and weighs 375 lbs. dry. It drafts less than 4” allowing for extreme shallow water operation and is fast and maneuverable.

Passenger capacity for the Epoch Skiff 14 is 3 persons plus gear. The primary use cases for the FS-14 are shallow water fishing and as a tender for larger vessels.

Any standard mount electric outboard can be installed with a max power rating of 25 hp. The base model comes with a 5 kWh lithium-ion battery pack and there are options to upgrade the battery capacity for extended range.

Top speed is 20 mph in planning mode and 30 mph with the Epoch hydrofoil system deployed. With the hydrofoils deployed and the boat is in “flying mode” it uses 75% less energy at 20 mph.

Yes, the base model comes with a standard charger that interfaces directly with a standard wall outlet. Options are available for fast charging as well.

Time to charge is depending on the level of charger being used and can range from 2 hours to 10 hours depending on the power available.

We are not manufacturing batteries in house and are currently partnered with industry leading suppliers that have decades of experience providing electrical power to the recreational marine industry.

Yes, it comes with a single axle aluminum trailer.

Availability: Our waitlist for pre-production priority is currently closed.

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The flight control system, combined with numerous fine-tuned innovations , ensures safe foiling even in strong winds and rough seas.. Stable flight attitude allows pushing hard, so in good conditions, iFLY reaches high boat speed beyond 30 knots in a controllable way.

IFLY15 offers freedom to fly alone or in pairs. Due to the exclusive use of high-tech materials , iFLY15 is extremely rigid and weighs less than 90 kilos ready to sail. With its low weight and its state-of-the-art hydrofoils, it is airborne in winds as low as 2Bft. / 6 Knots.

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“We’re taking off! Foiling is THE Watersports Trend!    –    „Boot International 2024“ in Düsseldorf / Germany once again showcases: Foiling is THE trend in watersports.

“We’re taking off! Foiling is THE Watersports Trend! – „Boot International 2024“ in Düsseldorf / Germany once again showcases: Foiling is THE trend in watersports.

Performance Sailing – Sail GP News: Racing on the Edge – T-Foil proves to be the winning design

Performance Sailing – Sail GP News: Racing on the Edge – T-Foil proves to be the winning design

Regatta and foiling News: Long distance Race – Duc d’Albe 2023 – Club Multicoques Hyères – sailing Race @iFLY Razzor Pro

Regatta and foiling News: Long distance Race – Duc d’Albe 2023 – Club Multicoques Hyères – sailing Race @iFLY Razzor Pro

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iFLY Main Foil Differential Technology – MDT Foil Control – high Performance sailing

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Long distance Race – Duc d’Albe 2021 – Club Multicoques Hyères – sailing Race @iFLY Razzor Pro

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iFLY15 successfully crossing the English channel / world record Attempt Cowes to Dinard / Saint Malo

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New modification of Russian VVER-440 fuel loaded at Paks NPP in Hungary

DECEMBER 14, 2020 — After the recent refueling at power unit 3 of the Hungarian Paks NPP, its VVER-440 reactor has been loaded with a batch of fresh fuel including 18 fuel bundles of the new modification. The new fuel will be introduced at all four operating power units of the Paks NPP, and the amount of new-modification bundles in each refueling will be increased gradually.

Development of the new VVER-440 fuel modification was completed in 2020 under the contract between TVEL JSC and MVM Paks NPP Ltd. Its introduction would optimize the hydro-uranium ratio in the reactor core, enabling to increase the efficiency of fuel usage and advance the economic performance of the power plant operation. All VVER-440 fuel modifications are manufactured at the Elemash Machine-Building Plant, a facility of TVEL Fuel Company in Elektrostal, Moscow Region.

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“Introduction of a new fuel is an option to improve technical and economic performance of a nuclear power plant without substantial investment. We are actively engaged in development of new models and modifications of VVER-440 fuel for power plants in Europe. The projects of the new fuels for Loviisa NPP in Finland, Dukovany NPP in the Czech Republic, Mochovce and Bohunice NPPs in Slovakia, are currently at various stages of implementation. Despite the same reactor model, these projects are quite different technically and conceptually, since we take into account the individual needs and requirements of our customers,” commented Natalia Nikipelova, President of TVEL JSC.

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The project of development and validation of the new fuel has been accomplished with participation of a number of Russian nuclear industry enterprises, such as OKB Gidropress (a part of Rosatom machine-building division Atomenergomash), Bochvar Institute (material science research facility of TVEL Fuel Company), Elemash Machine-building plant and Kurchatov Institute national research center. At the site of OKB Gidropress research and experiment facility, the new fuel passed a range of hydraulic, longevity and vibration tests.

Paks NPP is the only functioning nuclear power plant in Hungary with total installed capacity 2000 MWe. It operates four similar units powered by VVER-440 reactors and commissioned one by one in 1982-1987. Currently, Paks NPP is the only VVER-440 plant in the world operating in extended 15-monthes fuel cycle. The power plant produces about 15 bln kWh annually, about a half of electric power generation in Hungary. In 2018, the project of increasing the duration of Paks NPP fuel cycle won the European competition Quality Innovation Award in the nomination “Innovations of large enterprises”. Russian engineers from TVEL JSC, Kurchatov Institute, OKB Gidropress, Bochvar Institute and Elemash Machine-building plant provided assistance to the Hungarian colleagues in accomplishment of the project.

  TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom incorporates enterprises for the fabrication of nuclear fuel, conversion and enrichment of uranium, production of gas centrifuges, as well as research and design organizations. It is the only supplier of nuclear fuel for Russian nuclear power plants. TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom provides nuclear fuel for 73 power reactors in 13 countries worldwide, research reactors in eight countries, as well as transport reactors of the Russian nuclear fleet. Every sixth power reactor in the world operates on fuel manufactured by TVEL.  www.tvel.ru  

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Rosatom starts production of rare-earth magnets for wind power generation

November 11, 2020 5:17 pm

Rosatom starts production of rare-earth magnets for wind power generation

T VEL Fuel Company of Rosatom has started gradual localization of rare-earth magnets manufacturing for wind power plants generators. The first sets of magnets have been manufactured and shipped to the customer.

In total, the contract between Elemash Magnit LLC (an enterprise of TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom in Elektrostal, Moscow region) and Red Wind B.V. (a joint venture of NovaWind JSC and the Dutch company Lagerwey) foresees manufacturing and supply over 200 sets of magnets. One set is designed to produce one power generator.

“The project includes gradual localization of magnets manufacturing in Russia, decreasing dependence on imports. We consider production of magnets as a promising sector for TVEL’s metallurgical business development. In this regard, our company does have the relevant research and technological expertise for creation of Russia’s first large-scale full cycle production of permanent rare-earth magnets,” commented Natalia Nikipelova, President of TVEL JSC.

“NovaWind, as the nuclear industry integrator for wind power projects, not only made-up an efficient supply chain, but also contributed to the development of inter-divisional cooperation and new expertise of Rosatom enterprises. TVEL has mastered a unique technology for the production of magnets for wind turbine generators. These technologies will be undoubtedly in demand in other areas as well,” noted Alexander Korchagin, Director General of NovaWind JSC.

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Rosatom Starts Production of Rare-Earth Magnets for Wind Power Generation

TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom has started gradual localization of rare-earth magnets manufacturing for wind power plants generators. The first sets of magnets have been manufactured and shipped to the customer.

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In total, the contract between Elemash Magnit LLC (an enterprise of TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom in Elektrostal, Moscow region) and Red Wind B.V. (a joint venture of NovaWind JSC and the Dutch company Lagerwey) foresees manufacturing and supply over 200 sets of magnets. One set is designed to produce one power generator.

“The project includes gradual localization of magnets manufacturing in Russia, decreasing dependence on imports. We consider production of magnets as a promising sector for TVEL’s metallurgical business development. In this regard, our company does have the relevant research and technological expertise for creation of Russia’s first large-scale full cycle production of permanent rare-earth magnets,” commented Natalia Nikipelova, President of TVEL JSC.

“NovaWind, as the nuclear industry integrator for wind power projects, not only made-up an efficient supply chain, but also contributed to the development of inter-divisional cooperation and new expertise of Rosatom enterprises. TVEL has mastered a unique technology for the production of magnets for wind turbine generators. These technologies will be undoubtedly in demand in other areas as well,” noted Alexander Korchagin, Director General of NovaWind JSC.

For reference:

TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom incorporates enterprises for the fabrication of nuclear fuel, conversion and enrichment of uranium, production of gas centrifuges, as well as research and design organizations. It is the only supplier of nuclear fuel for Russian nuclear power plants. TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom provides nuclear fuel for 73 power reactors in 13 countries worldwide, research reactors in eight countries, as well as transport reactors of the Russian nuclear fleet. Every sixth power reactor in the world operates on fuel manufactured by TVEL. www.tvel.ru

NovaWind JSC is a division of Rosatom; its primary objective is to consolidate the State Corporation's efforts in advanced segments and technological platforms of the electric power sector. The company was founded in 2017. NovaWind consolidates all of the Rosatom’s wind energy assets – from design and construction to power engineering and operation of wind farms.

Overall, by 2023, enterprises operating under the management of NovaWind JSC, will install 1 GW of wind farms. http://novawind.ru

Elemash Magnit LLC is a subsidiary of Kovrov Mechanical Plant (an enterprise of the TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom) and its main supplier of magnets for production of gas centrifuges. The company also produces magnets for other industries, in particular, for the automotive

industry. The production facilities of Elemash Magnit LLC are located in the city of Elektrostal, Moscow Region, at the site of Elemash Machine-Building Plant (a nuclear fuel fabrication facility of TVEL Fuel Company).

Rosatom is a global actor on the world’s nuclear technology market. Its leading edge stems from a number of competitive strengths, one of which is assets and competences at hand in all nuclear segments. Rosatom incorporates companies from all stages of the technological chain, such as uranium mining and enrichment, nuclear fuel fabrication, equipment manufacture and engineering, operation of nuclear power plants, and management of spent nuclear fuel and nuclear waste. Nowadays, Rosatom brings together about 350 enterprises and organizations with the workforce above 250 K. https://rosatom.ru/en/

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