Plugboats Guide to the new Napa California Electric Boat Festival
On June 6 Pleasure Cove Marina at Lake Berryessa near Napa, California, will host the first Lake Berryessa Electric Boat
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Silent Yachts
Plugboats Guide to Electric and Hybrid Propulsion exhibitors at 2026 International Multihull Show
The 17th edition of the International Multihull Show is set to take place April 22-26. A record number of boats
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This solar electric Silent Yacht is crossing the Atlantic and you can follow it in real time
The new owners of a Silent Yachts 62 Tri-Deck solar electric catamaran – which they named ‘100%‘ – are sailing
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Guide to Electric Boat Exhibitors at Cannes Yachting Festival 2025
The Cannes Yachting Festival, (CYF), one of the world’s premier boat shows and Europe’s largest in-water event, begins Tuesday, September
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9 electric and hybrid catamarans grab attention at Multihull of the Year Awards
In another sign of how electric propulsion is growing in the world of sailboats, a number of electric and hybrid
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WaVeS #27 electric boats and boating news: May 8, 2025
Plugboats WAVES (Watts, Amps, Volts, Electrons) is a regular collection of electric boat and boating news items that we have
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Plugboats Guide to Electric Boats Exhibitors: Cannes Yachting Festival 2024
The Cannes Yachting Festival, one of the premier boat shows in the world and Europe’s largest in-water event, is on
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Silent-Yachts: new ownership, new 3-deck solar catamaran
Solar electric catamaran pioneer Silent-Yachts is launching a new model, the Silent 62 3-Deck, the first under a new ownership
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WaVeS #10 – electric boat news and updates
Plugboats WAVES (Watts, Amps, Volts, Electrons) is an occasional collection of electric boat news and electric boating items that we
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Gussies Electric Boat Awards Winners 2022
Congratulations to all of the 2022 Gussies Winners! After voting by the public and an International Judging Panel of 19
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Silent 60 sea trial: quiet, spacious, self-charging
The first impression on stepping aboard for our Silent 60 sea trial is how light, airy and spacious everything feels
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Electric catamarans, tenders, hybrids…Silent-Yachts is now Silent Group
Coming off a record setting year in which they sold 21 of their luxury electric catamarans and expanded their shipyard
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WaVeS #4: arcs, sparks and electric boat news
Plugboats WaVeS is an occasional collection of electric boat news and boating items that we have written about before and
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Silent Yachts adds new model, new ex-VW advisor
Solar yacht pioneer Silent Yachts is expanding its fleet to five models and also expanding its Advisory Board with the
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New Volkswagen Silent-Yachts solar electric catamaran in the works
This could be exciting. Leaders from EVs and e-boats teaming up in a Volkswagen Silent-Yachts collaboration that also involves Cupra,
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Silent Yachts: 500 lithium battery packs, 2.5 megawatts on order
With 10 solar electric catamarans under construction, these lithium battery packs have energy storage equal to about 25 Tesla Model
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New floating solar powered resort developed by Silent Yachts
A floating solar powered resort concept developed by Silent Yachts provides vacationers, boat lovers and resort owners a sustainable luxury
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Electric boats take 2 out of 6 at Best of Boat Awards
The Best of Boat Awards honoured Candela Speedboat and Silent Yachts 55 in the ‘Best for Future’ and ‘Best For Travel’ categories
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Three electric boat nominations in Best of Boat Awards
Three electric boat nominations in the Best of Boats Awards are an indication that e-boats are starting to get broader
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Solar yacht co-winner in OCEAN Awards 2019!
The beautiful and innovative Silent 64 by Silent Yachts was introduced to the world in January, 2018, after 15 years
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