This is the future, kids, and it’s awesome! Just like a Tesla is a better car and an F150 Lightning is a better F150. So, OK, what’s the bottom line? Simply put, the Candela is a better boat. Compared to conventional ICE boats, the C7 is nearly completely silent and virtually wake-free, making it extra fun in the sort of low-wake zones that were proliferating around Miami’s waterways back when I was living that “boats n’ hoes” life. So, it’s fast, efficient, and won’t pollute the water with spilled gas and oil - but those aren’t the only benefits the Candela offers. There are others that go further - the Sarvo 37, for example, can go 100 nautical miles … but it uses a colossal 350-kWh battery that’s nearly nine times the size of the C-7’s to get there.” “That may not sound like a ton,” writes New Atlas’ Loz Blain, “but … it’s about three times the range that other electrics on the market can offer. Candela C7 Sunbed Edition | ItalyĪs for specs, the Candela C7 is powered by a single 40-kWh battery that’s good enough to push the foil to a top speed of about 30 knots - which, believe me, is moving! Range is also deceptively good for such a small battery, with Candela claiming a cruising range of 50 nautical miles at 22 knots (about 25 MPH). Check it out for yourself in this video, showing off the “Sunbed Edition” C7 off the coast of Italy.
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Once the Candela takes flight, it looks like a whole different kind of fun. What’s more, because electric motors produce peak torque at 0 RPM, they’re ideally suited for the heavy lifting of getting the hydrofoil up and out of the water (see what I did there?).
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Reducing the boat’s drag dramatically improves its range and cruising speed by reducing the amount of work the motor has to do at high rpm, where electrics are least efficient. Getting the boat out of the water into the (relatively) low-drag air is a neat trick for internal combustion-powered speedboats, but it’s an absolute game-changer for electric watercraft like the new Candela C7.
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Enter: Candela, whose revolutionary, all-electric C7 has finally reached series production! It’s a clever solution that’s been around for a few decades already, but hasn’t really gone anywhere. Water is a drag, literally! The same cohesive properties that make water wet also cause a lot of drag on the underside of a boat’s hull, but a hydrofoil uses an underwater wing to produce lift, just like an airplane, hoisting the boat up and out of the water for a faster, more efficient ride.