Delivering a HopYacht 30 to Preveza, Greece
We were excited about the opportunity to deliver our first HopYacht from the port of Piraeus to Preveza in Greece. The trip provided a unique opportunity to step out of the role of being yacht builders and experience first hand what an extended voyage on a HopYacht would feel like.
In the same way as owning your first electric car we were naturally a little anxious about how the boat would perform ... how far could we go if the wind died and we had to motor long distances? And the wind did let us down ... often.
So we took it easy, sailing short hops like a typical sailing holiday where no one is in a rush. In reality, even with a great deal of motoring and a lots of motor sailing, we could have done the trip in half the time. But why would you want to with such amazing scenery? In the 10 days, we covered 208 nautical miles and plugged into shore power only twice!
Despite many days being overcast the 1600 watts of solar panels and 28.8 kilowatt hours of battery capacity proved that our all-electric Hopyacht 30 delivers well beyond our original expectations ... quietly changing the way you sail!
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Thank you for designing and building this incredible catamaran. I was so exited and hopyacht 30 exceeded my expectations and therefore I‘m even more happy to have bought Hop.
That's a great, GREAT video!
Thank you for sharing your delivery story and excellent video. I lapped up every second. My enthusiasm to go back to sea, on a HopYacht, received big boost. Best regards, Martin Richards
Again a great video, Paul!
Incredible Paul, what a great experience and an amazing product!
What a brilliant venture. I'm hoping to build a catamaran someday and those figures you've given are a vital resource in figuring out the interplay between panels, batteries, motors and sails. I think it reinforces just how important 'redundancy' is in developing a yacht like this. Many thanks and good luck.
Great video and thanks for the tour of your boat in Oxia, am really impressed with your concept. And just like you the channel of Corinth was also on our bucket list, amazing experience.
Great Boat, great video. I’m happy that I could take part in this trip snd can’t wait to sail hop in 2014
Wow. Awesome concept, and execution. Very exciting to see yachting change in a similar way ebikes changed cycling/motorcycling. Having much experience in off-grid solar I would have thought the shading from mast and sail would negatively affect solar output. So after seeing your data I'm intrigued to know more about panels. Hat's off to you and your team, you deserve our support
Is there access or storage in the hulls? Can you give a tour showing storage, motor and electronic access?
@hopyacht30
8 ай бұрын
Hi ... yes there is easy access to the storage space in the hulls and the design ensures you can access the batteries, electronics and motors. Great idea to shoot a video of this and we will make this a priority for our next filming session.
Is there such a thing as a cruising dinghy with this electric setup?
@hopyacht30
11 ай бұрын
Mark hi ... are you referring to a tender for the yacht or an open version smaller version of the HopYacht? For a tender we recommend the E-Propulsion Spirit 1.0 electric outboard with removable battery. For an open smaller version it's not something we manufacture, however from our own experience, a design that has large cabin roof giving you plenty of real estate for solar panels is the top priority. We have 4 x 400 watt panels on the HopYacht 30 and this is proving to be optimal. Please shout if we can be of further help
@sebastiankummer1741
10 ай бұрын
Of course the dinghi of hop (maybe we call it littlehop) will have a electric outboards E-Propulsion Spirt 1.0 or torqeedo 1103. I will decide this autumn let’s see who gives us a better offer 😉
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I would like to see more of the boat and less of you please.