the future always seems so exciting after watching a fully charged episode

I spent fifty years in high tech product development. From consumer electronics, to marine equipment and NASA management. This boat, although not introducing anything particulary new, is the perfect integration of complimentary tech. Wonderful. Foils, electric drive, it was a marriage that had to wait for the right time. And that time is now. Kudos.

@josephkolodziejski6882

Жыл бұрын

I do have one small criticism. In applications where one needs greater range, this system, although it makes it easier to adopt batteries, doesn't fundamentally support batteries as the prime power unit. It would be more cost effective at low intensity to install an equivalent power diesel generator with Rolls-Royce style baffling. That said, it is still fantastic engineering and it does at least lower the performance envelope for batteries to be installed at more reasonable weights and volumes.

@DrewHaughton

7 ай бұрын

@@josephkolodziejski6882 They could easily go to cat version and have more power/range. As battery efficiency rises this will be more feasible.

As someone who works on small boats this is amazing. I'd happily have these instead of the dirty diesel boats I work on.

@PhilthyMr

Жыл бұрын

But what if you hit a sandbar. It’s gonna launch 🚀 everyone weeeeeee 🏃‍♂️

My favorite part about this is when she is out on the open water, driving/flying this boat, and just talking at normal voice levels.

@rlaxton666

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely, a normal power boat at those speeds makes conversation a very shouty affair. The other thing was that her hair was almost still. The windscreen design on that boat is super clean to have so little turbulence at the control position.

@JasonCarmichael

Жыл бұрын

@@rlaxton666 Totally forgot about the lack of wind noise. Absolutely right about the cockpit design and the air bubble the captain enjoys.

@rlaxton666

Жыл бұрын

@@JasonCarmichael Very much a benefit of a long haired presenter. Other than microphone noise, some buzz cut guy would never have given us this much information so quickly.

@princecharmingthemerman

Жыл бұрын

And the design also allows for a smoother ride. Win, win, win, win all around

@hunyango2k

Жыл бұрын

sooooo, you can only use this on a slack water... just an observation...

When the presenter is a former car engineer, and they get just as excited about a boat, you know you're onto something. Cracking project with real potential, I wish the team at Candela much success.

Imagine the flex of driving one of these through a "No Wake Zone". 😆

@rlaxton666

Жыл бұрын

Makes you wonder what the minimum spec is for getting up on the foils since the wake is definitely going to be less at that speed than just dribbling along at 5 knots in "boat mode", which is a common speed limit in wake limited areas.

Ah good ol' Hydrofoils, great bit of technology

Great how it slips through the water barely creating a wake - that slimline electric motor is a great design!

@DrewHaughton

7 ай бұрын

Imagine a cat with twin SLs...or even a trimaran.

It was completely quiet! Stunning bit of kit.

Awesome work from Candela. This episode really floats my boat.

What an amazing product! and fantastic presenter, drone shots, edit and audio mix. nice job team.

she's a delight, let's have her more often!!

@khawlafazzani

Жыл бұрын

@@mr.majestic8713 oh please you always find something when it's a woman

@aayotechnology

Жыл бұрын

Yes please replace Jack with her. But sans unflattering wide leg jeans

@JoeOvercoat

Жыл бұрын

@@aayotechnology yes but no, the jeans are hawt.

As a stick and rag sailor, I love it when other people bomb around in hydrofoil boats... no wake! They can do 30 knots right past you and if you didn't look, you wouldn't have known. They also don't damage the river banks, upset or drown juvenile water fowl, imperil moorings and moored boats, or damage mariners. Compare that to certain boghammer owners who seem to delight in "making their presence felt" and come racing by and leave you bouncing hard enough to make the ancient mariner puke. So, let's have more hydrofoils! This could be an example of using technology to design out the opportunity for certain sociopaths to behave badly in public, whether they like it or not. *I know boghammer isn't the term. I call the particular speed boat drivers who behave like idiots 'boghammer drivers' because of the association with the antics of the Iranian Republican Guard, cross-channel people-traffickers, drug smugglers and similar low life who work to make other people miserable.

@xc43t

Жыл бұрын

Owners that delight in making their presence known... this sounds like an equivalent of a truck owners with engines adjusted to blow black smoke

@PhilthyMr

Жыл бұрын

Imagine the fuel & pollution that will be saved by hydro & E boats. My interest is piqued

@MelioraCogito

Жыл бұрын

@@xc43t _"Owners that delight in making their presence known... this sounds like an equivalent of a truck owners with engines adjusted to blow black smoke"_ Yep... they're all trying to overcompensate for their (less obvious) physical deficiencies.

@chadlymath

Жыл бұрын

The Iranian Republican Guard?... What a' boghammer...

@Alessandro---

Жыл бұрын

Comment of the week!! 👍👍👍👍👍

The fact that you can hear her speak that clearly while the boat is going that fast is quite remarkable.

@AmongUs-mb4qx

Жыл бұрын

Noise cancellation is amazing!

@rollingstocks

Жыл бұрын

@@AmongUs-mb4qx Sure, but even with such an effect applied, one can still perceive that this boat is really quiet.

The BEST presenter on full charged ever so well spoken and well presented.

@JoeOvercoat

Жыл бұрын

4:58 I dig the way she takes the time to be careful about what she’s going to say, right there especially.

Super cool! Candela is doing it right. Showing they can build it and showing their future vision even with high quality visualisations 👌

I knew about this boat already, but it’s so amazing that this works. It looks somewhere between flying and floating.

What an amazing piece of technology... Those aerial shots, comparing the wake generated by the regular powerboat versus the Candela, were an incredibly powerful demonstration of just why hydrofoil technology is going to be such a game-changer for marine ecosystems. Brilliant work Fully Charged. 😎

Hey, you have forgotten The iconic introduction. It should be "That is flying boat, and, this is fully charged show" 🎊

So much awesome to unpack here! Amazing. I love watching the two boats run into the waves and the Candela just moves smoothly along while the other boat takes some really big hits.

I was waiting for this feature! Great work explaining how it works too,

Another great job by Imogen! Great story of yet another promising green technology. Looks like you had a blast.

great seeing you covering this!

Great episode, really excited about electric boats and ships. Great presenting by Imogen.

I am Highly impressed by that motor design.

OhMyGoodness, these look amazing! I'd love to see boats like these transporting passengers around the islands off the coast of Vancouver, BC 😃🙏🏼🛥 Way-to-go, Candela!

Another immediate benefit is that you don't have to shout at the top of your lungs when going top speed. I also like the ferry a lot. Cool company!

Amazing! What a wonderful idea! Bring it on sooner, sooner, sooner! I’ve got to get back to Stockholm!

Wow, that ferry looks amazing. This looks like a great company.

Wonderful episode and topic. Thanks for sharing!

A lovely, natural presentation by Imogen, and a superb product. I’m hoping to buy one soon.

Incredible coverage. Nobody does it better.

This is one of the best videos on this channel.

Another fascinating insight into the future - great presentation - thanks 🙏 😊

Excellent review! Very interesting and cool project! Well done!

Great video all around! great product, great presenter. Looking forward to more!

I was waiting for you guys to feature the Candela!

Wonderful Love your work, Imogen 👍

I'll be glad seeing all this products in next future. It's looking supercool. I can't wait.

Great concept. It will be interesting to see how it handles rougher conditions and a log strike.

I'm impressed and optimistic to what this will bring forward!

This was pretty incredible! Wow!

About time! Nice work fellas 🙂

Very cool to see the use of technology this way, with counter rotating propulsion. Just beautiful!

@TWOKDOK1

Жыл бұрын

There are several torpedoes which have this contra -rotating drive.

Imagine a Candella ferry on the Thames or maybe some of the larger more northerly UK rivers.

@tommyfred6180

Жыл бұрын

love the boat but hydrofoils are not allowed on the Thames above the ferry. the engine is something i can see lots of british waterways clearing for use. if they could do one suitable for narrowboats they would go like hot cakes. the taxi engine thumping away is the only thing that spoils a trip on a narrowboat.

@pinkelephants1421

Жыл бұрын

@@tommyfred6180 Why aren't hydrofoils allowed (above the ferry) - didn't understand that last bit? I'd considered narrowboat usage but dismissed it on the grounds of very low speed restrictions on UK canals; (might) be useful on EV surfboards in a canal situation and these are already on the market - see Electrek & Fully Charged Show's KZread channel videos.

@tommyfred6180

Жыл бұрын

​@@pinkelephants1421 the Thames has different restrictions on everything from speed to prop type. it split up into different sections. above the ferry refers to the Woolwich ferry crossing. its one of the points the rules change. as i understand it and i could be way off. hydrofoils are not allowed beyond this point. as for the narrowboat i think a low speed prop set up for the motor shown could work well.

@gz3zbz

Жыл бұрын

@@tommyfred6180 There are already companies building electric or hybrid narrowboats, and you are correct, the silence is golden. Look up Ortomarine, Hybrid Marine and Mothership Marine for some examples, I'm sure there are more.

@tommyfred6180

Жыл бұрын

@@gz3zbz yep i know. but i didn't know about mothership marine. i'm going to give them a look. thanks. the problem with the ones i do know and i could be way out of date on this. is they are all working off the idea of just replacing the engine with an electric unit. you still have the prop drive system and so on. this unit setup would be way better. you could even set it up so you got directional thrust.

I love they're working on ferries next. I can hardly wait until there's a Fleet of them in San Francisco.

Amazing technology 👏 been thinking about hydrofoil for 30 years .... finally thank you Fully Charged 🙏

Would've loved to see some of these at Fully Charged LIVE last weekend!

BLOODY FANTASTIC - I would sooner have one of these than a car - luv it

Dringking game: Take a shot every time someone says that water is denser than air.

@Dudleymiddleton

Жыл бұрын

That's one bottle done. *hic!*

Love to see one powering though Venice.

Superb combination of innovative engineering and product design. I was wondering about the pressure differential - to create the lift - spoken of only in terms of the angle of attack (effectively) . After getting up to speed, for minimal drag I think you'd want zero angle-of-attack and reliance on an aerofoil profile to generate the needed pressure difference. The 'wing' profiles certainly appeared to be aerofoil shaped.

I love all of this. The one part that was missing for me was seeing it go slow or from stop to fast.

Simply mindblowing

What I find coolest about these hydrofoil boats is that... This simply isn't possible with petrol engines! ICE hydrofoil boats exist, obviously, but they are a lot more complex and expensive, because they need to keep the engine above the water while the foil operates a metre or more below. On the contrary, electric motors don't need air, so they can be put underwater, making them a lot smaller (the water itself is the cooling system), cheaper and more efficient. And you also get the added benefit of less noise and more stability. They truly show how electrification can be the answer to the questions we never dared to ask

That looks amazing.

I love hydrofoils, we should have more of them in commercial fleets.

Sounds great in many respects.I love the fact that it is quiet and thus does not negatively affect marine life.However relying on a computer to make hundreds of adjustments per second sounds mathematically (and digitally) difficult.What happens if your computer gets a glitch?What's it like on really choppy water?

A retractable rigid cockpit tonneau, that covered the entire seating area while the boat is waiting in its slip for the next outing, could be cheap, relatively low-efficiency solar panels that, low efficiency notwithstanding, would charge the batteries up over the multiple days between outings. Not many people use their boat every day; when you're running with only a couple of people aboard keeping the tonneau mostly deployed would probably also make a significant improvement on the vessel's aero drag (which cannot be ignored when talking about cruising speed and range) and further improve its performance.

@rallisf1

Жыл бұрын

There are plenty of extras for such boats: seats, couches, tables, covers etc. I'm sure Candela will provide most of them.

@635574

Жыл бұрын

That would be great accessory

Just the right size for Skellig Isles tours! :)

A lovely product with a promising future. I had the opportunity to meet the people behind the work, which would have been fantastic if I had been given the opportunity to participate.

Love the idea of hydrofoils. We (Canada) developed a sub-hunter hydrofoil in 1968 that could do 63 knots. Cancelled due to 'priority changes,' which usually means US interference. A twin hull design seems like a natural progression. My concern would be fishing nets, which make up a surprisingly large percentage of plastic waste in the ocean. Any plans to make the foils retractable?

@davidf2281

Жыл бұрын

They are fully retractable already -- you can look up the Motor Boat & Yachting video on it from about a month or so ago which explains the retraction.

@JoeOvercoat

Жыл бұрын

The US interfering is like Capt Kirk violating The Prime Directive…often, and often maladroitly! That said, hydrofoils make a great anti-surface attack craft but hunter-killer helicopters and attack submarines really are the best way to kill attack submarines, so it was a fair cop.

Just brilliant.👍👍⚡️⚡️⚡️

This is great, hope they bring them to Sydney to replace the old ferries.

Brilliant. Good luck to them

Incredibly stable, fast, quiet... Knock! Knock! "Who's there...?" The military / special operations.

@zapfanzapfan

Жыл бұрын

Stridsbåt 2030 🙂

Great idea. I still think sail boats are a great for leisure travel.

The team seems extremely compenent by coming up with a product like this. It's amazing: a small group of intelligent people come together and boom, an amazing electric boat emerges from seemingly out of thin air. >100 boats in 8 months at EUR 290,000 ex. VAT is over EUR 29 million in revenue! They selected their market so well with a very compelling product.

Beautifully designed and executed. Unfortunately the price makes it out of reach to anyone but the very wealthy. Showing it in glassy calm is not very realistic. You should show it in a chop and swell.

Great tech. Would love to see how it performs in really choppy waters 🌊🌊

@JoeOvercoat

Жыл бұрын

I’d be keen to see what happens when a wave does slap the flying hull.

Really interested in the Ferry version!

Am I the only one to see 0:37 a Fully Charged logo designed on the water in the wake of the Candela? I have followed Candela for a while (since they presented the previous model in Cannes, a day boat), and I just love their product philosophy. Not much left to say about Imogen, she offers just the right mix of making tech accessible while still providing us geeks with the accuracy we need.

Nice video. Electric drive is the obvious choice for hydrofoil boats but surely the correct comparison is with an ICE hydrofoil - plenty of these in commercial operation around the world. We know they're fast and comfortable and that people like riding them. We know that ice varients are expensive to maintain and don't work when the sea gets rougher. Can we fix those problems at all?

Terrific presentation ... new host is terrific.

Great presenter. Great development.

Amazing tech, love it and wish I could afford it :) Will it be offered with longer-range batteries, or does the packaging / weight to lift equation preclude this I wonder? Great article and lovely visuals of the boat flying over the water leaving little wake compared to the boat alongside.

@JoeOvercoat

Жыл бұрын

I suggest this does not scale up well, at least not solely on battery power.

Ngl, I want one if these because I love hydrofoils. The concept is older than ww2, but this is probably the first affordable boat

I think I finally understand why not more electrification has happened in this space, outside of cultural/attitude. It's difficult. These guys kind of seem like the Tesla of boat. I hope this kicks off development of much bigger industrial electric boats and eventually cruise and cargo ships.

Whether you travel through air or water, power requirements are proportional to speed, a single horse can pull a car or boat. In fact it is probably easier to pull a canal barge than a truck. People are starting to produce electric canal boats and I believe that will accelerate when more marinas electrify berths and the EA put more charging points on the canal banks.

@ehombane

Жыл бұрын

yep, I watched only as minute and got shocked by the statement that pushing through water takes more energy than pushing through air. This is obvious, but except military and smugglers and few scientists nobody uses submarines. Boats, even are pushing a little through water, still are going mostly through air, and are actually more efficient than planes. Sure, hidrofoils are more efficient. We had few passenger ones decades ago. I wonder why their use was discontinued.

@davidf2281

Жыл бұрын

@@ehombane The vast majority of the energy it takes to move a boat is pushing the water out of the way, not the air.

@ehombane

Жыл бұрын

@@davidf2281 If you read again my comment you will see that I have said that this is obvious. So, I have no idea why you are repeating the obvious.

Fabulous tech! Any idea how robust the foils are? If you were to hit a float (crab pot, net, log) ... What happens? In conventional outboard you may need to refurb a prop ... The hull may have a scrape or ding. How would one of the foils fare?

@rsaunders57

Жыл бұрын

In the 1970s-80s, Boeing made the 929 Jetfoil ferry boat. It carries 200-300 people and runs at 45 knots. They sold 50-ish vessels, I rode on one in Seattle way back when. People always asked about hitting stuff, with all the trees that make it into those waters, but they never developed a sonar that would detect that sort of thing. The boat required a deep channel, so it could stop in an emergency. Several sharp maneuvers made the news, mostly for spilling drinks, but they claim there never had a vessel disabled by debris. You can't operate something like this with plants in the water, from a fouling and drag risk, and hitting a sandbar might be catastrophic. You'll want to keep to deep water, like Swedish Fjords.

@nntflow7058

Жыл бұрын

This technology have been used on larger ferries around the world for decades. Hong Kong ferry would probably comes to mind.

@ehombane

Жыл бұрын

@@nntflow7058 We had few on Danube too. Russians also I think they still have. And I remember an japanese one recently hitting a whale.

@davidf2281

Жыл бұрын

@@rsaunders57 _"You can't operate something like this with plants in the water, from a fouling and drag risk, and hitting a sandbar might be catastrophic."_ The same limits apply to a conventional powerboat.

@rsaunders57

Жыл бұрын

@@davidf2281 Well, a conventional powerboat has less draft, and a V hull is much better at pushing things out of the way. The wake of a boat has functional effects, not just the negative drag effect.

Hydrofoils are rather old-fashioned, "flying boats" are old news, but making them electric is a great step towards a more electric future. Looking forward to more recreational hydrofoils!

Friend had a very expensive motor yacht or very large speed boat you could sleep in it, it shifted when you wanted it to. Now this was a good few years back but you could spend the day in the Loch it was in. If you went 20 miles in the days fun if felt like you had traveled far. The scary thing was you could watch the fuel gauge move on full power. In todays petrol prices ( yes they had to pay over the odds marina prices to use their pump) back then it burned through £100 in an afternoon and this was 15 plus years back and just thought wow that’s crazy in petrol you have to just accept your going back to put £100 in at the end of the afternoon. So I like this, it looks a fantastic toy to use on the water. More power to them if you forgive the pun. I’ve been around speed boats all my life they are poor on reliability akin to a classic car or at least they used to be so a more reliable boat - great. A clean boat not leaving a rainbow in the water welcome. PS Stockholm looks stunning.

That thing is soo cool! I want one! I have no real need for one, but I want it anyway! haha

The first hydroplane was tested not far from where I am on the Bras d'ore lakes and I'd love to see a more average consumer price point

You need to do a piece on pure watercraft next. They are going into production by years end. Hopefully. But would be good to get an up close look at the prototypes.

The submerged motor pod I suspect is good ballast.

I really hope the foils can retract and perhaps even adjust depth as needed for trailering and for shallow areas or areas with lots of debris.

@evornotev7794

Жыл бұрын

yes the foils can retract into the hull. Shame Imogen didn't show this. Also how strong are the foils if you hit an object on or under the water surface?

@waveman1500

Жыл бұрын

Would this be trailered regularly? It seems like the kind of thing which would have a marina berth.

@evornotev7794

Жыл бұрын

@@waveman1500 It's 28 foot - nearly 9 metres - so probably not. most marina berths have a power supply so shouldn't be an issue for charging.

@jimj2683

Жыл бұрын

@@evornotev7794 They are meant to break off if you hit something very hard. That is much safer than suddenly coming to a stop.

@philg8556

Жыл бұрын

@@waveman1500 Regularly, no... but winter climates generally favor removing boats from the water and storing them when waterways freeze.

Bjorn has to try this

nice film nice boat

the sea needs to be super calm for the hydrofoil to work, something that is very rare in norway

Someone in their element..... fascinating

Just no wind noise at all when in fact there was wind. That amazes me.

We had old hydrofoil ferries going from Amsterdam Central Station to Ijmuiden (public transportation) Had, because they stopped using them, probably too expensive to run economical. If i remember correctly the boats came from Russia, it was a real treat rinding those almost everyday.

@vicepresident7365

Жыл бұрын

Yes we had them for public transport in Sydney Harbour in Australia too, i think the new design with electric engines will make them much more economical than the older types of hydrofoils using fossil fuel tech.

4:44 Used to love doing that as a kid - until a bumble bee stopped me ever doing it again!

That will be awesome in Venezia as it doesn't need high speed to lift above the water.

Great idea but with all powered watercraft I think there needs to be a helming license similar to a driving license for cars. I have seen sailing craft destroyed by powerboats and with this boat there is no sound to warn others. Luckly no one was hurt but it was only luck. Powerboat helm was a complete beginner and didn't have a clue. One for the RYA in the UK to think about On a plus side, the boat looked great :)

@RandomGuyRandomNumber

Жыл бұрын

The RYA has already thought about it. Their policy is on their website: "The RYA strongly encourages recreational boaters to develop and broaden their knowledge and skills through voluntary recreational boat training. The RYA opposes the introduction of compulsory testing and/or licensing for the skippers of privately-operated recreational craft of

Hydrofoil wakeboarding and Watersports boat would be super awesome. Add some solar panels to charge the battery and that will be my dream boat

@waveman1500

Жыл бұрын

The hydrofoil boat creates barely any wake, which is the opposite of a wake boat. You can get hydrofoil boards though!

great product

How do these go with obstacle collision, eg log in the water ?

How well does the thing handle/turn compared to a conventional hull?