A couple of days ago, we had a solar cruiser - now we have a solar speedboat. Capable of speeds up to 30 knots (which is about 35 mph and feels a great deal faster on the water than it does on a car), this beauty has solar panels on pretty much every surface.

Unlike the cruiser, the design of the speedboat is very beautiful. The solar panels cover almost the entire boat, and I was impressed by how attractively they were integrated into the body. They look almost like the old wood plank style construction and so you could think of this as a throwback to the beautiful Chris Craft wooden boats of yore.

The boat can do 30 knots on battery or 10 knots on solar power alone. So if you want to dawdle along you might not have to charge the boat at all, but if you want to do 30 knots, the batteries will have to be charged to make that happen.

Unfortunately, specifications like how long it can run at 30 knots without a recharge, and how long it takes to charge the batteries with the solar panels were not available. Price was also "on request". In short, the practicality of this undeniably beautiful creation is not easily determined.

Still, it's great to see that we don't need to sacrifice the pleasure of fast boating in this new solar age. Hopefully continued refinements will give this a good range (if it doesn't already have one) and higher speed.

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