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world's 1st hydrogen boats held about 20 people seated in 4 rows of a long low vessel

Throwback Thursday: World’s 1st hydrogen boats

May 30, 2019 Jeff Butler 0 Comments Ballard, Germany, Japan, Switzerland, The Gussies, UK, USA

The world’s 1st hydrogen boats go back to 2000 and are the first links in a chain of technology developments

a photo of the earth from outer space with a big green numeral one one it

Commercial Motors + Engines Recreation World Firsts

Here are 6 recent World 1sts in electric boats

May 24, 2019 Jeff Butler 0 Comments Canada, France, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, The Gussies, UK, USA

While I was writing out the article the other day about the World’s 1st Hydrogen River Boat, it occurred to

A dock with solar panels on it and a boat beside it

Batteries/Charging/Accessories Solar

Solar docks have ‘batteries included’

May 17, 2019 Jeff Butler 2 Comments Miami Boat Show, The Gussies, USA

‘Luxury is the mother of invention’ may not be a common phrase, but it was the impetus for Anthony Baro

An artists version of an electric ferry with visitors aboard at the bottom of Niagara Falls

Batteries/Charging/Accessories Commercial Ferries Motors + Engines Recreation

Niagara Falls’ Maid of The Mist going electric

May 4, 2019 Jeff Butler 0 Comments Canada, New York, Niagara Falls, The Gussies, USA

One of the most incredible boat rides on the planet will be experienced in a ferry powered by electric motors

A huge sailing cargo ship four 4 massive sails

Cargo Ships Commercial

1,000 tractors to be shipped across Atlantic – by sail

April 25, 2019 Jeff Butler 0 Comments Benneteau, France, Neoline, Sails, The Gussies, USA

France’s Manitou Group, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of heavy equipment vehicles, has signed on to ship 1,000 of

Recreation Hydrofoil Personal Craft World Firsts

The incredible rise of the electric hydrofoils!

April 23, 2019 Jeff Butler 1 Comment Australia, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Hydrofoil, Italy, Norway, Puerto Rico, Slovenia, The Gussies, USA

Here are 12 amazing zero-emission electric hydrofoil personal watercraft that fly over the water, a technology that didn’t even exist

two men with the electric motor that they invented

Motors + Engines Throwback Thursdays

Throwback Thursday: the naming of Torqeedo

April 4, 2019 Jeff Butler 0 Comments Germany, Torqeedo, USA

Today’s TBT is a bit of a play on words. Not only does it refer to a throwback to Torqeedo

long electric boats with fringed roofs on the lake in front of a large building at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair

Commercial Cruising Boats Inboard-Outboard Motors + Engines Outboards Recreation Throwback Thursdays Water Taxis Work Boats

125-year-old electric boat company still making history

March 21, 2019 Jeff Butler 0 Comments Chicago, Elco, USA

For this Plugboats Throwback Thursday about a venerable electric boat company, bear with us for a quick quote from Wikipedia:

electric refits like this classic bright red 1960s hull

Recreation Cruising Boats DIY

Amazing retro electric refits for rent

March 17, 2019 Jeff Butler 0 Comments Michigan, The Gussies, USA

These classic fibreglass hulls have the same lines and sensibilities as those oversized land shark cars that prowled the highways

A boat with solar panels is in sea green waters with dolphins surrounding it

Commercial Recreation Water Taxis Work Boats

Solar electric dolphin watching in Key West

March 4, 2019 Jeff Butler 0 Comments batteries, solar, The Gussies, Torqeedo, USA

Fourteen years ago Billy Litmer took a Greyhound bus to Key West and went snorkeling. “It was my first time

photograph of students from University of Central Florida

Dinghies/Fishing Boats Inboard-Outboard Recreation

New super quiet electric fishing boat

February 27, 2019 Jeff Butler 0 Comments Correct Craft, SeaArk, SeaDek, The Gussies, Torqeedo, USA, Watershed Innovation

As anyone who fishes is aware, sounds from a boat can make fish nervous enough that they may not be

A man stands in s 20' boot with a solar panel on top

Commercial Inboard-Outboard Solar

Solar sewage pump out boat has only 1 tank to fill :)

February 23, 2019 Jeff Butler 0 Comments The Gussies, Torqeedo, USA

OK, that headline is the only joke we will make. This is actually serious news. The town of Branford, Connecticut

A Bayliner boat with family speeding along a lake with insets of photos of electric motor elements

DIY Inboard-Outboard Motors + Engines Recreation

An electric inboard-outboard conversion that flies!

February 18, 2019 Jeff Butler 3 Comments Stealth, The Gussies, USA, Yamaha

There are are fair number of YouTube videos and other instructionals that cover the idea of converting a fossil fuel

A gull wing electric hydrofoil water taxi speeding along the Miami waterfront

Commercial Ferries Hydrofoil Water Taxis

Electric flying water taxi has 1st U.S. customer

February 17, 2019 Jeff Butler 0 Comments France, Hydrofoil, Miami Boat Show, SeaBubbles, The Gussies, USA

SeaBubbles (shown above) is the creation of revered French yachtsman Alain Thébault, also creator of the world’s first multi-hulled hydrofoil,

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