Monaco

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Results: Monaco Solar & Energy Boat Challenge

July 5, 2019December 4, 2022 Jeff Butler 4752 Views 0 Comments MEBC, Monaco, The Gussies

UPDATE: FINAL RESULTS from Saturday July 6: Slalom Boats competed in a 2 timed run on a slalom race course

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Competitions Shows/Exhibitions Solar 

Keeping up with the Solar Boat Races

June 21, 2019June 22, 2019 Jeff Butler 2770 Views 0 Comments Monaco, Netherlands, Solar Sport One, The Gussies

It is a big three weeks coming up for solar boat racing. Unfortunately, no you will not find these races

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Motors + Engines Investment Recreation Sailboats Tenders Yachts 

Equity crowdfunding push for Oceanvolt e-motors

May 23, 2019December 1, 2022 Jeff Butler 4889 Views 0 Comments Crowdfunding, Finland, Investment, Monaco, Oceanvolt, Q-Yachts, The Gussies, Vendee Globe

UPDATE: July 2019: The investment round is closed with Oceanvolt achieving investments of over €2 million and reaching over 3

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World’s 1st network of e-boat superchargers launches in Monaco

May 13, 2019December 2, 2022 Jeff Butler 7835 Views 0 Comments Aqua, Monaco, The Gussies, UIM, Vita

The Yacht Club de Monaco (YCM), widely recognized as the world leader in promoting clean marine propulsion, is now home

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Commercial Motors + Engines Recreation 

Monaco EV show embraces electric boats for 2019

May 6, 2019January 21, 2020 Jeff Butler 4168 Views 0 Comments Laneva, Monaco, SunWave, The Gussies, X Shore

EVERMonaco, the international conference of Electric Vehicles and Renewable Energies will recognize the growing importance and impact of electric marine

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Competitions Solar Throwback Thursdays 

TBThursday 1975: The world’s 1st Solarboat

May 2, 2019August 15, 2019 Jeff Butler 4012 Views 0 Comments Monaco, Netherlands, Solar Sport One, The Gussies, TU Delft, UK, VriPack

In October of 1973 when the western world was shocked by the price of gasoline (petrol) resulting from OPEC oil

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Competitions Research Solar 

Vendée Globe competitor all set with solar panels

April 3, 2019August 30, 2019 Jeff Butler 4646 Views 0 Comments BMW, France, Monaco, The Gussies, Torqeedo, Vendee Globe

Boris Herrmann Racing, one of the premier boats competing in one of the world’s great sailing races, has just outfitted

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Competitions Recreation Solar Sport Boats 

Solar boat races win UIM environment award

March 26, 2019December 4, 2022 Jeff Butler 3713 Views 0 Comments MEBC, Monaco, Solar Sport One, The Gussies, UIM

March 26, 2019 At its annual World Champions and Special Awards dinner last evening, the  world’s powerboating authority – UIM

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Competitions Solar 

Solar boat preparing to conquer English Channel

March 24, 2019September 9, 2019 Jeff Butler 3877 Views 0 Comments Monaco, Netherlands, The Gussies, TU Delft

The solar boat team of TU Delft (Technical University of Delft in the Netherlands) is one of the most accomplished

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Competitions Solar 

Registration opens for 2019 solar boat races

March 11, 2019October 27, 2019 Jeff Butler 5203 Views 0 Comments Monaco, Netherlands, Solar Sport One, The Gussies

Solar Sport One, the international body overseeing solar boat races, has announced that registration is open for the 2019 solar

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Solar Competitions Yachts 

More award nominations for solar Silent-Yachts

March 4, 2019May 9, 2019 Jeff Butler 2658 Views 0 Comments Awards, Monaco, Silent Yachts, The Gussies, UIM

Coming on the heels of its nomination in the OCEAN Awards which we wrote about a couple of weeks ago,

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Recreation Tenders Yachts 

2019 eJet 450 tenders to be delivered in May

February 11, 2019July 19, 2019 Jeff Butler 5227 Views 0 Comments AVON, Canne, Monaco, The Gussies, Torqeedo

The first deliveries of the new eJet 450 tender that was introduced at the Cannes Yachting Festival and Monaco Boat

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Solar Research Throwback Thursdays 

#Throwback Thursday: World’s largest solar ship ever

February 3, 2019September 22, 2019 Jeff Butler 4364 Views 0 Comments Monaco, The Gussies

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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