Hacker-Craft, one of the oldest names in American boating, is going electric.
Hacker-Craft just announced that it has formed a partnership with Ingenity Electric to use Ingenity electric drive trains in its new boats, starting with a 27-foot Hacker-Craft Special Sport that will be unveiled at the Fort Lauderdale boat show next week. The boat will be powered by Ingenity’s integrated drive package with 126kWh of battery capacity and have remote connectivity with the Osmosis telematics platform.
You can recharge the battery overnight at a regular dock, or as fast as 1.5 hours at a high-capacity DC fast charter at a marina or on a superyacht. The new Hacker-Craft Special Sport will have a top speed of 30 knots.
Electric powered boats, of course, have zero emissions, and are almost completely silent. They also require less maintenance than what’s needed on gas or diesel engines.
Ingenity is part of the Correct Craft family. Based in Florida, Correct Craft has been making boats for the past 97 years. Ingenity already has its electric power system on a Nautique GS22E watersports boat, and an Integrity 23E Dayboat.
Hacker-Craft, in Queensbury, New York (just south of Lake George), is the largest U.S. manufacturer of classic mahogany runabouts and tenders. Hacker has been around for about 100 years.
“We stand on the shoulders of the giants who started these companies a century ago,” said Sean Marrero, the president of Ingenity. “Now it our turn to lay the foundation for an exciting future for our companies and our customers.”
George Badcock, the CEO of Hacker Boat Company, said “It’s clear the environmental concerns are driving the entire boating industry towards electric propulsion. Electric propulsion enables owners to go boating in accordance with their values while preparing them for the new electric reality, whether for lake boating, coastal cruising, or aboard superyachts.” Read more:
