Gussies Electric Boat Awards Winners 2022

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Discover the winners of this year’s Boat Builder Awards, celebrating the leisure maine sectors’s top talent, innovations and business achievements.

After voting by the public and an International Judging Panel of 19 electric boat experts, these are the boats who have taken First Place in their respective categories as examples of ‘excellence in electric boats and boating’.

Now, in 2022, more than 100 boats from 21 countries and every continent except Antarctica entered ‘The Gussies’ and carry on his legacy. Congratulations goes not just to our winners but also to all of the designers and builders and technicians and everyone involved in bringing these boat to life and for helping to grow electric propulsion everywhere. The future indeed looks very bright.

Concept In Development Electric Boats: Over 26ft
SILENT 120 Explorer | SILENT YACHTS • Austria

A 120 foot ocean-going solar electric catamaran from one of the pioneers of electric boating, the SILENT 120 Explorer is an homage back to the days when the brave were constantly seeking unknown horizons. The same way it took an unbroken adventurous spirit to explore the seven seas beyond the limit of one’s imagination, it took a lot of courage to envision and develop the solar electric drivetrain. A fearless attitude is required either way. As such, the SILENT 120 Explorer is more than a yacht – she is the boldest expression of electric solar powered yachting yet.

Electric Sailboats
Sunreef 80 Eco | Sunreef Yachts • Poland

The Sunreef 80 Eco is an eco-responsible luxury craft combining electric propulsion, superyacht living spaces, reliable sailing performance and the latest green technologies. Sunreef’s proprietary solar skin power system, covering a total area of 164m² solar panels, can be integrated with various composite structures of the yacht including the mast, boom, superstructure and hull to generate up to 45.5kWp. The all-electric Sunreef 80 Eco is fully-autonomous and uses revolutionary green tech for fuel-free cruising in total silence and luxury.

Electric Commercial Passenger Vessels: In Development
MobyFly 30 | MobyFly • Switzerland

MobyFly hydrofoil boats are fast, transporting 12 to 300 passengers comfortably above the waves at speeds in excess of 70 km/h, with an efficiency requiring up to 70% less energy than current diesel ferries. MobyFly’s largest and most ambitious boat (30m) is designed to carry up to 300 passengers utilizing computer-controlled flight systems at the leading edge of this technology that have been race tested in extreme real-world conditions. MobyFly’s first two boats (10m and 18m) will be powered by rechargeable electric batteries with proven reliability.