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Boats and water are important but it was the sunshine that made this meeting special for me. The weather was glorious and the late season sun lit the bucolic landscape of the Upper Thames to perfection. Our group was made up of 5 boats plus a few members who, like myself, came along for the […]

‘The Gussies’ honour 8 boats from 8 countries in 5 categories – from electric ferries to ocean-going yachts to recreational runabouts – powered by batteries, solar, wind and hydrogen.   After tallying the votes from more than 10,000 electric boat enthusiasts all over the world and an international judging panel of e-boat experts, the second annual

NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR 2ND INTERNATIONAL ELECTRIC BOAT AWARDSFirst year’s awards featured 50 boats from 19 countries Nominations are now being accepted for The Gustave Trouvé Awards for Excellence in Electric Boats and Boating, the international electric boat awards started last year by electric boat website Plugboats.com Nominations are being accepted in four categories: Electric Boats Under 8

We are very close to having our own Club House, a place where we can get together chat, get technical advice. It’s not Facebook and is completely safe and secure. Hopefully you will have received a TEST email. Please do nothing. Afterwards once the system has been tested all members will receive a ‘reset password’.

‘My Electric Kayak’ by Charles Mathys. An excellent article talking about efficiency, lithium batteries and an Arduino computer.

Imagine a voyage along England’s best-loved river, the Thames -but on SUNLIGHT,not diesel or petrol. No noise, no nasty emissions! This was the author’s dream, and he turned it into reality by designing and building a 22ft catamaran powered by four solar panels. “A great read” – Janet, Narrow Boat Mattresses

Bowman Bradley gives a well thought out presentation on sustainable propulsion on the inland waterways. A recording can be seen on Youtube. It was nice to see Malcolm Bridge a long standing member of the EBA and owner of the beautiful Narrowboat AMPERE as a panel member. It was also great to see my boat

As boaters we rely heavily on a number of small businesses and trades men and women. During the Covid crisis and without even getting sick many of these people have been facing severe hardship with not being able to work nor get access government funding. The government have recognised this and has launched a  new

News from the CRT “Following the announcement from the Prime Minister (8.30pm, 23 March 2020) regarding the UK’s response to the coronavirus crisis, we are asking leisure boaters to stop all non-essential travel and not to visit their boats if they do not live aboard permanently. As a result, and to help those who live-aboard

For the past 33 years, the logo of the EBA has been the Grebe, which has often caused people to ask whether we are Ornithologists. English Birdwatchers’ Association? We used to explain that the letters GREBE stood for “Generating the Revival of Electric Boats Everywhere”. These are exciting times and they call for a more