The end of one year and the beginning of the next is a natural time to look back at the previous 12 months, and in the world of electric boats and boating it is not surprising that a lot happened. Here is a look at some of the highlights that were covered in Plugboats between January and June, and in next week’s newsletter we will wrap it up with highlights from July to December. I hope you have a wonderful time with family, friends and loved ones during this festive season and wish you all the best for 2026.

Thanks for your support of Plugboats and I hope you enjoy this newsletter.

Jeff Butler,
Editor / Publisher
Plugboats.com

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The E1 Series of electric boat races kicked off the year with the first race of their second season. Throughout the rest of the year there would be seven more races in what was an extremely successful year two. (The 2026 season starts in Jeddah again th weekend of January 23-24.) Here’s Plugboats coverage last year’s season opener.

plugboats.com/e1-all-electric-boat-racing-series-jeddah-season-2

Other January stories

Double Gussies Award Winner Artemis Technologies grew their US presence and opportunities with a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Delta Marine for manufacturing electric foiling vessels specifically for Washington’s Puget Sound, which has one of the world’s largest concentrations of ferries and water taxis.

plugboats.com/artemis-technologies-electric-foiling-ferry-seattle

Other February stories

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A Miami trip on ‘Aurora’, a retrofitted Tiara 3200 that had its twin 350 hp gas inboards replaced with E-Force’s all electric system to do everything the owner asked of the fossil fuel original.

Other March stories

Eight chargers are now available to any electric leisure and commercial vessels under 24m (≈ 80 ft) as part of the UK’s Maritime 2050 decarbonization targets. The system is projected to prevent significant CO2 emissions as an important step forward in reducing the environmental impact of marine activity along the south coast.

The consortium building the infrastructure was led by marine charging system provider Aqua superPower along with technology company ZPN Energy. Other key partners include the University of Plymouth, South Hams District Council, Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch Council, and the UK Harbour Masters’ Association.

plugboats.com/uk-electric-seaway-charging-project-complete-e-boats

Other April stories

For the first time in history, a production all-electric boat travelled from one continent to another when the Candela C-8 hydrofoiled from Sotogrande, Spain, to Ceuta, North Africa in just over one hour, matching the speed of conventional fast ferries.

plugboats.com/first-all-electric-boat-crosses-mediterranean

Other May stories

After years of market analysis and development, UK company Törkmar launched their easily installed high torque electric boat motors for displacement boats travelling on inland waterways. A large propeller is more efficient for moving large amounts of water (and the vessel it is attached to) and higher torque turns large propellers more efficiently.

plugboats.com/our-jam-developer-high-torque-electric-boat-motor

Other June stories

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