Does anybody here have an EV boat?

[Mark_K5LXP]

Prolly a good 25 years ago now I was fishing on a lake in WI and a small boat powered by a trolling motor went by. Not a small lake, not something you could cross with the power of a trolling battery. Unless you did like this guy and used a small inverter genset running in the boat as you went. Not a speedboat by any stretch but thought it was clever.

Mark B.
Albuquerque, NM

 

[John From Detroit]

Many small boats used for fishing and pleasure only have an electric trolling motor. The backup power is called "oars" or "paddle

True.. Still Hybrid however Electric/Human power

 

[NY_Dutch]

True.. Still Hybrid however Electric/Human power

Under that criteria, all EV's could be classed as "hybrids". Battery dies? Either push/row it, call a tow truck/boat, or arrange a mobile charge. All EV's require a charge source, whether onboard or external.