Yamaha Electric Boat

[ZGhost]

One day they will make one but doesn’t seem to be soon enough. If they did, would you trade your current boat for it?

HELL YA!!! and will kiss the noisy yamaha engines goodbye forever Coz the electric ones will be SILENT!! The one thing that I hate most about our Yamaha boats, is the noise!

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[212s]

Pipe dreams...
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My jetboat isn't louder than my old stern drive, it's quieter...in fact wind and water noise is just as loud. An electric motor would be very quiet, but wind and water noise would still be a major issue. It's not at all like an electric car with windows up and you can whisper to each other in silence. Even the person on the wakeboard has to deal with wind and water noise.

Not saying electric isn't a cool idea, it is, just that advertising the silence is a lie...kind of like saying a MB convertible car is silent...or driving down the highway with your windows down is silent. It's not. Just sayin...

 

[adrianp89]

If the price was right I defiantly would be one. Don’t care about the noise but significantly less maintence and less stuff to go wrong.

 

[mwalker4]

I would love it. Since my 19' has a 40 gallon tank and gets around 3.5mpg, it seems the battery pack might need to very large for practical heavy all day use. In cars, EV's and Hybrids improve on gas only efficiency by regenerative braking. I would love to see a more technical view of the boat.

 

[ripler]

Would you really put your trust in Yamaha to build an all electric boat when they can't even get the wiring right for a solar panel?

 

[anmut]

Only if I can get the same amount of range and fill up as fast. I do like the batteries being a ton of ballast right from the factory, that's a plus.

 

[HangOutdoors]

What about extended trips on the water? Range issues. I can carry gas cans if needed. Bimini and rough water. Electric would be an issue and then there would need to be hookups if I make it all the way to destination. A Hybrid where it is gas and electric would be interesting and have more uses.

For a boat that I tow into a lake or if I had a lake house, I could see it. As a destination boat for water trips, you would be limited.

No doubt it could be the way of the future, but I think its adoption and feasibility will be on a much longer timeline than cars took.

The boats would be a heck of a lot heavier to tow so that would take out a segment of people who couldn't tow them without upgrading their vehicles.

 

[anmut]

I would love it. Since my 19' has a 40 gallon tank and gets around 3.5mpg, it seems the battery pack might need to very large for practical heavy all day use. In cars, EV's and Hybrids improve on gas only efficiency by regenerative braking. I would love to see a more technical view of the boat.

Agreed - would be interesting if the boat was lined with solar material on the sides to catch the water reflection - although still a very limited charge from that source.

 

[HangOutdoors]

I wonder if the water running across the bottom or through the pumps could be used for regenerative purpose similiar to hydro-electric without significant impact on diminished returns.

 

[adrianp89]

Only if I can get the same amount of range and fill up as fast. I do like the batteries being a ton of ballast right from the factory, that's a plus.

I could sacrifice range. I think in a single outing, the most I have used is maybe 25% of the tank. For quick fill-up - are there people that actually need this for a boat? I get in a car for long trip... but even if we use the boat every weekend, I still only need to fill up once every month. Actually I don't need to, I just never let the tank under 50%.

 

[adrianp89]

"Nautique is quiet about the specifics of their Ingenity battery system but it seems the company would not be making a big announcement at the high profile Miami Boat Show unless it felt the 124kWh pack could deliver on it promises: 2-3 hours of typical watersports use and the ability to be recharged in 4 hours using a commercially available EV charger and 1 and a 1/2 hours with a DC supercharger. "

Nautique all-electric ski boat a game changer - Plugboats

The world of electric boating has seen a lot of big news in the past few weeks, and the Nautique

plugboats.com

That would be more than acceptable to me, a price tag of $292k is not though lol.

 

[OrangeTJ]

For me and the type of boating we do, the ability to quickly "fill it back up" is irrelevant. If you can store enough power for a typical day on the lake, that works for me. it is pretty unusual for us to put on more than 3-4 hours of engine time in a full day's outing and frankly I'd bet at least 30-40 minutes of that is time sitting at idle where an electric boat wouldn't be using any energy at all. Plug it in when you get home and be ready again the next morning. Or for that matter, go out boarding in the morning, plug the boat in for 4 or 5 hours and go back out for an afternoon/evening session.

I suspect the biggest obstacle to adoption, at least for now, is going to be the up-front cost.

 

[ripler]

Nautique is serious about electric boats.

CORRECT CRAFT ACQUIRES ELECTRIC BOAT DRIVE SYSTEM – PLEASURECRAFT ENGINE GROUP PREPARES FOR THE FUTURE

ORLANDO, FL (July 25, 2018) — Today, Correct Craft announced its newest acquisition, an electric boat drive system, Ingenity P220, that originated in Austria. The acquisition is a result of Correct…

www.correctcraft.com

 

[OrangeTJ]

Yes they are. And they play in the market segment in which there are customers with the requisite funds. Hopefully other builders can learn from them and someday bring boats to market that are priced in closer reach of most folks. I suspect they'll continue to be more expensive than gasoline powered boats upfront, but longer term the running costs may result in lower cost of ownership. Time will tell.

 

[ZGhost]

Would you really put your trust in Yamaha to build an all electric boat when they can't even get the wiring right for a solar panel?

LOL, that’s so true!

 

[ZGhost]

All valid points here but I think solar power has be a big element and key part in the integration of electric powered boats. These Solar powered electric boats are already being built on super catamarans, check this out:

 

[Canuckjetboater]

One day they will make one but doesn’t seem to be soon enough. If they did, would you trade your current boat for it?

HELL YA!!! and will kiss the noisy yamaha engines goodbye forever Coz the electric ones will be SILENT!! The one thing that I hate most about our Yamaha boats, is the noise!

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@ZGhost .....not with current (Ha Ha) technology....too heavy not near enough longevity between charges.

 

[grywlfbg]

I love it. Too expensive for me but 2-3 hours of run time works for us. That is all we do in a day. Lake is 25 mins door to helm so we do more shorter trips. We don't trailer anywhere else. I like some of the other surf tech too. Look forward to it trickling down to cheaper boats.

They are using J1772 which is a standard for L2 (AC) charging. If the boat was completely dead it would take ~88 hours to recharge on a regular 120V outlet. But if you only go out once a week you'd be fine. Plus for us we don't pay for the 120V power at our docks so you could drive for free!

 

[DRAT]

the challenges (range, weight, etc) may be valid at the moment, but only because we're using today's battery technology to define them. major, disruptive advancement in battery technology is imminent and when it comes, or rather when it becomes affordable, the combustion engine will as important to transportation and recreation as the horse is now.

 

[bthessel]

New Yamaha electric motor, let’s get these in a boat Yamaha's New Electric Engine Can Turn Nearly Any Car Electric