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Silent 120 Explorer yacht will accommodate a personal sub and an eVTOL
January 27, 2023Austrian boat-builder Silent Yachts is already known for its line of solar-powered catamarans. Now, the company has announced its Silent 120 Explorer superyacht, which includes spaces for an eVTOL and a personal submarine. -
Awake aims to make eFoil flying easier with the Vinga 3
January 24, 2023Sweden's Awake Boards entered the electric hydrofoil board space last year with the launch of the Vinga S. For the latest model, the company is promising rookies that they'll be up on the board and cruising after just five minutes of coaching. -
Fliteboard rides high with world's lightest performance eFoil
January 23, 2023Australia's Fliteboard has announced the launch of its Series 3 electric hydrofoil boards, including a brand new prothusiast model called the Ultra L that's billed as the world's lightest performance eFoil. -
Orient Express to offer luxury cruises on "world's largest sailing ship"
January 19, 2023While luxury travel firm Orient Express is best known for its train excursions, it's now branching out into cruises … in a big way. The company has just unveiled what will reportedly be the world's largest sailing ship, the Orient Express Silenseas. -
Incat Tasmania to build world's largest electric passenger ferry
January 18, 2023Tasmanian builder of high-speed catamaran ferries Incat has announced that it's aiming to deliver the world's largest battery electric passenger ferry to Argentina-based operator Buquebus by 2025. -
Candela C-8 foiling e-boat gains Polestar batteries for longer range
January 17, 2023Last year, luxury EV brand Polestar agreed to supply batteries to foiling e-boat maker Candela. Now the first fruit of that deal has been revealed, a new version of the C-8 leisure craft that's now good for a per-charge range of 57 nautical miles. -
Mercury's Avator electric outboard extends range with hotswap batteries
January 09, 2023Mercury Marine has announced its first electric outboard motor at CES 2023. Designed to be mounted to small boats, the Avator 7.5e "delivers reliable, quiet power to get you where you’re going" and features a swappable battery pack. -
Study suggests semi-submersible design may make for more efficient ships
January 04, 2023Many readers will already be familiar with so-called narco subs, used to smuggle narcotics from South America into Florida. Well, according to a new study, the design of such watercraft could actually have some practical applications. -
Another potential climate casualty: Beloved fluffy balls of algae
December 23, 2022In Hokkaido, Japan's winter months, harmless underwater algae balls are protected from death by an ice shield. That shield is expected to thin thanks to global warming, causing the balls to join the list of species threatened by climate change. -
The 10 most tantalizing electric water toys of 2022
December 09, 2022This year, all-electric water toys took on many shapes and styles, from powerful add-on e-drives to hydrofoil submersibles. Before swapping the calendar out, take a look back at the hardest charging, deepest diving electric water toys of 2022. -
Impossible Metals demonstrates its super-careful seabed mining robot
December 07, 2022The green economy desperately needs huge quantities of battery metals, and they're sitting right there on the deep ocean floor. Here's a device designed to harvest them with the minimum possible impact to one of the world's last untouched ecosystems. -
Semi-autonomous long-range electric hydrofoil plots course to the future
December 06, 2022The new Navier 30 adds a little length over the concept that preceded it while offering the same robust range and high-tech design. It has an autopilot system meant to evolve into full autonomy and an active foil system to breeze over 4-foot waves. -
Hydrofoiling jet ski promises record-breaking speed
November 30, 2022The Valo Hyperfoil aims to kick off a new class of "ultra-performance" electric personal watercraft, a two-seat jetski that can rise out of choppy water on extendable hydrofoils, and go faster than any other electric or hydrofoiling craft you can buy. -
Jet-pod-powered Zagato electric boat flaunts all-Italian style
November 29, 2022Zagato has become the latest world-famous Italian design house to dunk its incomparable artistry into the sea. The sleek, 26-foot Persico Zagato 100.2 promises to be a fast electric day boat and instant collector's item. -
Silent carbon fiber electric mini-tender jets from land to yacht
November 22, 2022Silent Yachts is best-known for its impressive solarized battery-powered catamaran yachts. Now, realizing that electric yacht buyers would undoubtedly prefer a clean, quiet all-electric tender, the company presents the all-new Silenter Tender 400.
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