Plugboats Podcast #1: Kevin Desmond
Podcast also » available on iTunes In our first Plugboats Podcast we are delighted to welcome the world’s leading
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Throwback Thursdays
#TBT: Sweden’s original electric ferry: Still going!
In his comprehensive book Electric Boats and Ships: A History (buy on Amazon) author Kevin Desmond covers almost two centuries
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TBT – The Revolutionary Duffy Power Rudder
In his excellent and comprehensive book, Electric Boats and Ships: A History (buy on Amazon) author Kevin Desmond gives a
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#TBT: Accumot – granddaddy of electric outboard
Kevin Desmond’s definitive book ‘Electric Boats and Ships: A History” (buy on Amazon) lives up to its name, covering 180
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Throwback Thursday: World’s 1st hydrogen boats
The world’s 1st hydrogen boats go back to 2000 and are the first links in a chain of technology developments
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TBThursday: Electric boats and Venice 1893-2019
A few weeks ago our Throwback Thursday looked at the Electric Launch Company (which is still flourishing as the Elco
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TBThursday 1975: The world’s 1st Solarboat
In October of 1973 when the western world was shocked by the price of gasoline (petrol) resulting from OPEC oil
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Throwback Thursday: the naming of Torqeedo
Today’s TBT is a bit of a play on words. Not only does it refer to a throwback to Torqeedo
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125-year-old electric boat company still making history
For this Plugboats Throwback Thursday about a venerable electric boat company, bear with us for a quick quote from Wikipedia:
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TBThursday: The World’s 1st electric yacht tender
While doing research for his authoritative book Electric Boats and Ships: A History, (buy it here from Amazon) author Kevin
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#Throwback Thursday: World’s largest solar ship ever
Tûranor PlanetSolar is the world’s largest solar ship ever: a 31-metre (100′) catamaran with a beam of 15 metres (50′),
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