Our Mission

This project intends to help the marine industry move towards a more sustainable and environmentally friendly future. We want to accelerate the change and encourage the industry to invest. By using this media campaign we should be able to generate market demand in the eMarine sector, giving manufacturers confidence to make investments in new products, and harbours and ports a customer base to service.

We are making two record attempts. These record attempts will leave a statement with regard to the 2023 capabilities of electric boating and shore side charging, and will set the bar for future attempts. As this is leading edge technology and we are making the attempt with a young skipper, there are two elements to this and either, none, or both, could be successful.

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We will showcase our Partners, the companies who are front runners in the market and who have made early investments towards zero emission propulsion and marine charging technologies. We will invite boat and marine specialists to visit us while we charge and will maintain an active media presence whilst we overcome the inevitable issues which we will face from  working with brand new technologies.

We will test the capabilities of an electric boat further than ever before. In changeable sea conditions affected by wind, tides, currents and headlands; with non-stop and consecutive charge and discharge cycles; and with range and average speed higher than currently available. This Challenge will allow our commercial and academic Partners to collect and analyse data to review performance, and input to models and simulations to improve future electric boat systems and designs.

Whilst the eMarine revolution has started, it is still in its infancy. Industry bodies and organisations are not sure on the future direction: battery or hydrogen, lithium iron phosphate or lithium-ion, traditional propeller or jet, V-shaped hull or foils, etc. Battery propulsion technology and dockside battery charging will certainly feature in some form however, and we will invite marine engineers, Harbour Masters, boat builders and other trades to engage and broaden their skills and knowledge.

Highlighting the importance of driving change in the marine industry is one thing, but we want to do more. As with the EV revolution, there will be issues with infrastructure capacity at a number of our STOP locations. Our Challenge will raise awareness of the need to plan for an increase in electrical consumption and the importance of developing a capacity management strategy. Micro generation and battery storage are all part of the future for harbours and ports.