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On a recent Friday morning, I hopped into my electric car in the driveway, drove to a marina in Salem, and boarded a 21-foot powerboat that — like my car — had been charging overnight.
As we put the House of Seven Gables behind us, we could barely hear the electric outboard motor attached to the boat’s rear end. Even after speeding up to 25 miles per hour, we could carry on a conversation at a normal volume.
Is this the future of boating?
While electric car sales have begun to take off — more than 1 million were sold in the US last year, according to Kelley Blue Book — marinas are still full of gas guzzlers.
And gas can be a big part of the expense of owning a boat. Matt Perry, a cabin cruiser owner who was watching us take the electric-powered boat for a test ride, said he might spend $300 on fuel over the course of a weekend on the water.
Flux Marine, based in Bristol, R.I., hopes to change that. Founded in 2018, it has raised nearly $16 million , but has sold only a handful of motors. The company’s new strategy is to pair its outboard with new boats made by Scout or Highfield, Flux’s first two partners. Flux was showing off one such boat last month at a sailing regatta in Marblehead and plans to exhibit at the Newport Boat Show in September.
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Electric motors have made a small splash in the boating world, but they’re mainly used to power dinghies that take boaters from a mooring or anchorage to shore, or small sailboats that need to be under power only for a short stretch. They rely on a portable battery that you can remove from the boat, and charge at home.
Still, they’re about five times more expensive than a gasoline-powered outboard. When I counted dinghies in part of the Salem marina, 17 had motors. Of those, four were electric.
But the Flux-powered boat, at 21 feet long, was the only large electric boat I could find in the marina. Boatbuilders such as Candela in Sweden and Navier in California have been designing new, fully electric boats, and others such as the engine suppliers Yamaha, Mercury, and Evoy are working on electric outboards similar to Flux’s.
Elco, based in Lake George, N.Y., has made electric boats since 1893 — when one big customer was the Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition — and has sold electric outboards since 2009.
So, Flux will not be the only supplier in the market by a long shot. But cofounder Daylin Frantin says the company is aiming for a sweet spot of enough power, speed, range, and charge time — at the right price.
The entire motor is sealed so saltwater doesn’t corrode the components. Instead of a fuel tank, the company’s boat-making partners leave an empty space where an 84-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery pack gets installed. (By comparison, a base-level Tesla Model 3 sedan, with a range of about 270 miles, comes with a 57-kilowatt battery pack.)
The company has 50 employees; a 2022 package of tax incentives from the state of Rhode Island set a target of 80 new employees by the end of 2024. Frantin said he feels good about hitting that number.
Electric boating has some advantages that could help it win over customers more quickly than electric vehicles. First, so-called shore power outlets already installed at most marinas can be used to charge batteries at a much lower cost than gassing up.
Second, electric motors produce much less noise and vibration — not to mention exhaust fumes, which is a real plus if you’re riding on an inner tube or water skis behind one. Third, maintenance costs may be lower over time because electric motors have fewer moving parts and don’t require oil.
The factors that could slow adoption include the same “range anxiety” that afflicts EV drivers: Will I have enough charge to go where I want, and come back? Some boaters will wait to see if the promised benefits prove out, and if the technology is reliable.
On my test ride in Salem, I kept an eye on the digital display in the boat’s cockpit that showed battery range. As we got ready to head out, sales manager Matt Murphy of Flux told me the range was between 30 and 75 miles, “depending on the number of passengers and how fast you’re going.” But once the boat got up to about 20 miles per hour — a brisk clip in a small boat like the Scout, but not blazingly fast — I watched the range dip to 19 miles (with the batteries at 94 percent full, and three people aboard).
Companies trying to electrify pleasure boating will be tested by strong currents, starting with customer demand. Lyle Butts of Bay Sails Marine in Wellfleet says he has rented out boats with electric motors for nearly 20 years, including a small electric-powered catamaran (without sails). But, Butts said, “I don’t get customers asking” for electric motors.
Another obstacle to adoption is physics: It’s much easier to power a car along a highway than it is to push a boat through water, said Larry Russo Jr., regional president at the boat dealer MarineMax. That means that boats use far more electricity to go a mile — and need more on-board battery storage — than a car.
Finally, there’s the price tag. The Scout powerboat I rode on sells for $120,000 with the Flux electric motor; a similarly equipped model with a Mercury 150-horsepower gas-powered motor costs $90,000. That’s a big difference.
As a result, Russo said, the transition in recreational boating from gas to electric is going to take a while.
“There will be a few early adopters who can afford it and think it’s cool,” Russo said. “But others will think, ‘If I’m going to spend that much more money, why don’t I just get a bigger boat?’”
Scott Kirsner can be reached at [email protected] . Follow him @ScottKirsner .
Candela to deliver 8 electric foiling ferries to saudi arabia’s neom.
With its largest order to date in the serial production of electric foiling vessels, Swedish ... [+] boatmaker Candela will deliver eight electric foiling ferries to Saudi Arabia's NEOM sustainable development along the Red Sea Coast.
Swedish boatmaker Candela is disrupting the ferry boat experience with its 12 passenger electric foiling ferry. Candela has agreed to provide the initial order of eight electric foiling ferries for the service network of the massive Saudi Arabian Red Sea Project NEOM . The boat was chosen for its advantages in speed, endurance, efficiency, sustainability, and a smooth, quiet ride.
Candela's model P-12 electric foiling ferries prove the perfect complement to the 10,270 square mile (26,500 square kilometer) development at NEOM, a zero-carbon, circular economy gigaproject on the Red Sea coast. The development, part of a larger collection of the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund's Saudi Vision 2030 undertaking, embraces sustainability throughout its master plan.
The Candela P-12 measures 40 feet (12 meters) in length with a 15 foot (4.5 meter) beam and can carry up to 30 seated passengers. It has a top speed of 30 knots and a 50 nautical mile range at 25 knots.
The interior of the Candela P-12 electric foiling ferry can be configured in a number of ways, from ... [+] regular seating to a luxurious lounge, accommodating a wide range of uses.
Many companies put forth prototypes of foiling vessels, but Candela stands alone in the successful serial production of electric hydrofoil vessels delivered to customers, 70 and counting in the two generations of C-7 and C-8 models. Today, they are the only company in the world to undertake serial production of an electric foiling ferry, the P-12.
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Candela has undertaken the design and manufacture of all critical components in-house. The carbon fiber hulls, foils, and decks, along with the computers that run the flight systems, software like the user interface, and the C-POD motors used for propulsion are all produced by Candela, optimizing the process and assuring quality control.
The single critical component they do not make is the Polestar battery. The safety standards held by the automotive industry and the proven energy density allow Candela to scale production effectively using this proven technology.
The patent Candela C-POD streamlined direct drive motors with contra-rotating propellers was ... [+] designed to operate under water. No gears, no transmission, no noise.
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The design of the optimized power train results in a super compact, super efficient motor, according to Claes Bonde, Candela Senior Mechanical Engineer. The propulsion system places one motor in front and one aft, driving two propellers, contra-rotating for efficiency.
Everything has been made as simple and as streamlined as possible, reducing the size of both the motors and propellers. Speeds of both the motor and props are optimized, reducing tip speed in relation to rotational speed. That enables the C-POD to deliver the smallest, most efficient units that stay below the limit of cavitation even at high rotational speeds.
Tomas Löfwall, Senior Electrical Powertrain Engineer emphasizes that the motors are very robust with reduced complexity. The motors are passively cooled by seawater on the outer housing, requiring no gears and no oil. "Brilliant design is about reducing complexity," Löfwall says, "And this is what we have done."
Sensors along the perimeter of the ferry measure wave height, roll, and pitch data, sending information to the computer with adjustments made up to 100 times each minute. The result is a smooth ride, flying above the waterline, quietly and quickly.
The Candela P-12 electric foiling ferry can be configured to client needs, offering an efficient, ... [+] quiet, low maintenance method of water transit.
Candela foiling ferries use a computer-guided system to fly above the water, making up to 100 adjustments per second, working to remove friction from the hull/water interface. The Candela P-12 uses 80 percent less energy than conventional vessels with a speed of 25 knots and a duration of two hours of operation, earning it the distinction as the fastest electric passenger ship with the longest range.
"The P-12 is designed to create zero-emission water transport systems which have significant improvements over traditional water commuting” says Gustav Hasselskog, CEO and founder of Candela. Further, Hallselskog explains, "Unlike legacy systems with large, slow, and energy-inefficient conventional ferries, the Candela P-12 is a smaller and faster unit, allowing much more frequent departures and quicker journeys for passengers. All daily necessities and services will be just a short boat commute away.”
The Candela electric foiling ferry alongside the Candela C-8 electric hydrofoil leisure boat, both ... [+] offer smooth, efficient, quiet flights across the water. The C-8 can travel at 22 knots for 60 miles on a single charge.
Focused on improving current transit modes, Hasselskog states, "Our hydrofoil technology unlocks the potential of waterways, offering quicker, more comfortable, and cheaper journeys, reducing road congestion from Stockholm to New York to Bangkok."
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