Seems pretty cool. The electric boat had to charge 3 times making the trip cost €50 (although not every marina charges for power) the chase boat had to stop 6 times and refuel cost at a cost of €750.
The hydrofoil had a smoother ride, but the upfront cost seems to be $400k. Reviews also seem to indicate that it is computer limited to 31 mph. That is probably for safety reasons and I suspect on the water that feels plenty fast.
I think these would play well in the SF bay. Wouldn’t be bad to skip the traffic on 101. Google had a ferry from SF to Mountain View for a while. It was epic. They canceled it due to the program leaking and some idiot protesters complaining that tech workers shouldn’t exist or something like that.
27 kn is quite fast for a boat. A couple of days ago we went on a sailboat which was doing 5.4 kn only with the jib open at 60%. I wonder how it fares in >20 kn winds.
31mph is insanely fast on the water. As a sailor, powerboaters going that fast, and invariably not understanding right of way rules or keeping a proper watch would be a nightmare.
I wish someone would tell Candela that playing jazzy music over every video prevents us from hearing how quiet the boats are. I tried five of their videos and gave up.
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[ 3.7 ms ] story [ 16.6 ms ] threadThe hydrofoil had a smoother ride, but the upfront cost seems to be $400k. Reviews also seem to indicate that it is computer limited to 31 mph. That is probably for safety reasons and I suspect on the water that feels plenty fast.
I think these would play well in the SF bay. Wouldn’t be bad to skip the traffic on 101. Google had a ferry from SF to Mountain View for a while. It was epic. They canceled it due to the program leaking and some idiot protesters complaining that tech workers shouldn’t exist or something like that.