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Dec 19, 2024 by Jeff Butler Last week the Gustave Trouvé International Electric Boat Awards (The Gussies) wrapped up, and for the first time in the five year history of the awards, a Canadian company was one of the winners. ENVGO of Waterloo, Ontario, took home top prize for their NV1 in the category “Electric…
Nov 21, 2024 Public voting has begun in the 5th annual Gustave Trouvé Awards, ‘The Gussies’, and there is a strong showing of Canadian boats among the Finalists. An international jury of 35 electric boat experts that includes past Gussies winners recently narrowed the nominees field to a list of Finalists in nine categories: Electric…
By Jeff Butler Oct 24, 2024 Since January of 2024 Axopar has been celebrating its 10th anniversary as one of the world’s fastest growing boat brands. They have now delivered more than 6,000 boats all over the world in the past decade and are getting ready for the next with the launch of an all-electric…
Aug 22, 2024 Like millions of others around the world, you probably tuned in to see at least some of the Opening Ceremonies of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. As many of the commentators said, it was the first time the Ceremonies had been held in a place other than a stadium. For boaters it…
July 25, 2024 Two of Canada’s leading electric boat companies are making news with the announcements by Montreal’s Vision Marine Technologies’ of new 30th anniversary VOLT X boat and Vancouver’s outboard manufacturer ACEL of their new funding of $10 million USD (CDN $13,750,000). Vision Marine started out as a boat building company in 1994 –…
I recently had the pleasure of checking out a brand-new Lagoon 42 catamaran to see what it came with, in the way of factory installed electronics and what you could add to make it comfortable for cruising off grid. The proud new owners were seeking extended cruising independence, energy efficiency and the comfort and quiet of generator-free mooring in Georgian Bay.
By Andy Adams
Stunning new flagship in Four Winns’ bow rider line. Next Wednesday, October 30, at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, the public will get its first in-person look at Four Winns’ stunning new H9 model, the flagship of their bowrider series. But we were invited to the dealer unveiling in Charlevoix, Michigan earlier this past summer to run Hull # 2.
By Zuzana Prochazka
Dodging holiday havoc in the tropics
Getting out of town was top-of-mind as it was only November and I was already saturated with Christmas traditions – the music, the glitter, the cookies, the sales. A week in relatively remote Belize was the siren song so we booked a 45-foot catamaran with The Moorings and packed our bags.
