Thank you for designing and building this incredible catamaran. I was so exited and hopyacht 30 exceeded my expectations and therefore I‘m even more happy to have bought Hop.
Thank you for sharing your delivery story and excellent video. I lapped up every second. My enthusiasm to go back to sea, on a HopYacht, received big boost. Best regards, Martin Richards
Great video and thanks for the tour of your boat in Oxia, am really impressed with your concept. And just like you the channel of Corinth was also on our bucket list, amazing experience.
WOW! Just watched this film again and realised that I first watched it ten months ago and commented below. It must have been just before I purchased a partially completed 40ft power catamaran that was designed to have two 60HP petrol outboards and whose owner had sadly died before completing her. I have been working on her full-time since Dec 2023. She has a 6kW solar array (two strings of 3kW each), two 45kWh LiPO4 battery banks and two Aquamot 15kW Trend 15.0 outboard electric engines. I had hoped to get her on the water this year, but I think realistically I'm looking at Jan 2025 now. Your figures really show the effect of tidal currents on an electric powered cat, but given good passage planning, it shows that many journeys are achievable. Thanks.
What a brilliant venture. I'm hoping to build a catamaran someday and those figures you've given are a vital resource in figuring out the interplay between panels, batteries, motors and sails. I think it reinforces just how important 'redundancy' is in developing a yacht like this. Many thanks and good luck.
Wow. Awesome concept, and execution. Very exciting to see yachting change in a similar way ebikes changed cycling/motorcycling. Having much experience in off-grid solar I would have thought the shading from mast and sail would negatively affect solar output. So after seeing your data I'm intrigued to know more about panels. Hat's off to you and your team, you deserve our support
Brent hi ... somehow missed your comment up until now. Partial shade is always an issue however we have an MPPT for each panel helping to optimise the input
Hi ... yes there is easy access to the storage space in the hulls and the design ensures you can access the batteries, electronics and motors. Great idea to shoot a video of this and we will make this a priority for our next filming session.
Mark hi ... are you referring to a tender for the yacht or an open version smaller version of the HopYacht? For a tender we recommend the E-Propulsion Spirit 1.0 electric outboard with removable battery. For an open smaller version it's not something we manufacture, however from our own experience, a design that has large cabin roof giving you plenty of real estate for solar panels is the top priority. We have 4 x 400 watt panels on the HopYacht 30 and this is proving to be optimal. Please shout if we can be of further help
Of course the dinghi of hop (maybe we call it littlehop) will have a electric outboards E-Propulsion Spirt 1.0 or torqeedo 1103. I will decide this autumn let’s see who gives us a better offer 😉
One of the comments we often get from guests is how the design all on one level coupled amount of light and visibility from the windows really helps… wherever you are in the boat you are constantly in touch with the horizon which for many people helps to prevent the onset of sea sickness.
Jeremy hi ... the boat is well behaved in strong winds ... CE rating of up to 27 knots. In the test sails we have done in Cape Town we have pushed the boat hard in 22+ knots. You can feel when the boat begins to be hard pressed and furling the Genoa early results in very little loss of boat speed. Catamarans notoriously don't tack easily and with the electric motors always on standby, we often use the leeward motor to push the boat swiftly through the tack ... much less wear and tear on the Genoa / sheets and with no noise from the motors the diesel yachts around you are none the wiser and marvel at the way the boat handles! 🙂 When we designed the boat we knew that creating full standing room would create more windage, but we felt headroom was essential and thankfully have found that docking in strong winds is straight forward not only with twin motors providing great manoeuvrability but the torque from electric motors creates almost instant thrust as well.
Wouldn't it be practical to have a small engine as a "range extender"? Not to propel the boat but to charge batteries when conditions are not ideal. With a combination of battery power with some battery charge capability you could motor at higher speeds without the worry of depleting batteries. Seems the motoring speeds were a bit slow perhaps in the interest of battery efficiency?
A couple of our owners have opted to carry a small portable generator (there's plenty of room in the hulls to store the generator) . For this voyage we were keen to see just how off the grid we could be, hence we took it easy and found the sweet spot power wise.. Some regions in Greece are really embracing the shift to electric propulsion and installing plenty of charging stations, but still a way to go.
Too EFFING bad Beetch... Dont be lazy ... Go to the RUclips channel... Are you really that DUMB ⁉ Obviously you are truly rude as a POS💩 too... Guessing your parents were drinkers ⁉ Well ❓
I can never understand why solar boat designers fit such small small solar arrays and battery banks into what are very expensive initial products, Why not go with a 100KwHr second use Tesla battery or a pair of them per hull for a 200KwHr installation. Solar panels are relatively cheap and thin. Why does the boat not have double or even triple solar panel layers that can be extended athwartships to gather more energy at anchor or under way. You don't put out the sails to catch the wind, you put out the panels to catch the sun.
Thank you for designing and building this incredible catamaran. I was so exited and hopyacht 30 exceeded my expectations and therefore I‘m even more happy to have bought Hop.
Thank you for sharing your delivery story and excellent video. I lapped up every second. My enthusiasm to go back to sea, on a HopYacht, received big boost.
Best regards,
Martin Richards
That's a great, GREAT video!
Incredible Paul, what a great experience and an amazing product!
Again a great video, Paul!
Great video and thanks for the tour of your boat in Oxia, am really impressed with your concept. And just like you the channel of Corinth was also on our bucket list, amazing experience.
Your charts showing energy use on the legs of the trip are awesome.
I love your diagrams about battery usage during the trip !
Thank you
WOW! Just watched this film again and realised that I first watched it ten months ago and commented below. It must have been just before I purchased a partially completed 40ft power catamaran that was designed to have two 60HP petrol outboards and whose owner had sadly died before completing her. I have been working on her full-time since Dec 2023. She has a 6kW solar array (two strings of 3kW each), two 45kWh LiPO4 battery banks and two Aquamot 15kW Trend 15.0 outboard electric engines. I had hoped to get her on the water this year, but I think realistically I'm looking at Jan 2025 now. Your figures really show the effect of tidal currents on an electric powered cat, but given good passage planning, it shows that many journeys are achievable.
Thanks.
Thank you! Good luck with your build ... certainly a challenging project.
What a brilliant venture. I'm hoping to build a catamaran someday and those figures you've given are a vital resource in figuring out the interplay between panels, batteries, motors and sails. I think it reinforces just how important 'redundancy' is in developing a yacht like this. Many thanks and good luck.
Great Boat, great video. I’m happy that I could take part in this trip snd can’t wait to sail hop in 2014
Wow. Awesome concept, and execution. Very exciting to see yachting change in a similar way ebikes changed cycling/motorcycling. Having much experience in off-grid solar I would have thought the shading from mast and sail would negatively affect solar output. So after seeing your data I'm intrigued to know more about panels.
Hat's off to you and your team, you deserve our support
Brent hi ... somehow missed your comment up until now. Partial shade is always an issue however we have an MPPT for each panel helping to optimise the input
Team this little yacht with a 7m automated kite sail and a foil kit and this would be a smooth rocket ship.
Is there access or storage in the hulls? Can you give a tour showing storage, motor and electronic access?
Hi ... yes there is easy access to the storage space in the hulls and the design ensures you can access the batteries, electronics and motors. Great idea to shoot a video of this and we will make this a priority for our next filming session.
I want one so bad for me and my wife
Is there such a thing as a cruising dinghy with this electric setup?
Mark hi ... are you referring to a tender for the yacht or an open version smaller version of the HopYacht? For a tender we recommend the E-Propulsion Spirit 1.0 electric outboard with removable battery. For an open smaller version it's not something we manufacture, however from our own experience, a design that has large cabin roof giving you plenty of real estate for solar panels is the top priority. We have 4 x 400 watt panels on the HopYacht 30 and this is proving to be optimal. Please shout if we can be of further help
Of course the dinghi of hop (maybe we call it littlehop) will have a electric outboards E-Propulsion Spirt 1.0 or torqeedo 1103. I will decide this autumn let’s see who gives us a better offer 😉
A wonderful idea but is it sea sickness prone because the beam isn’t wide enough?
One of the comments we often get from guests is how the design all on one level coupled amount of light and visibility from the windows really helps… wherever you are in the boat you are constantly in touch with the horizon which for many people helps to prevent the onset of sea sickness.
How does this little cat handle in high winds?
Jeremy hi ... the boat is well behaved in strong winds ... CE rating of up to 27 knots. In the test sails we have done in Cape Town we have pushed the boat hard in 22+ knots. You can feel when the boat begins to be hard pressed and furling the Genoa early results in very little loss of boat speed. Catamarans notoriously don't tack easily and with the electric motors always on standby, we often use the leeward motor to push the boat swiftly through the tack ... much less wear and tear on the Genoa / sheets and with no noise from the motors the diesel yachts around you are none the wiser and marvel at the way the boat handles! 🙂 When we designed the boat we knew that creating full standing room would create more windage, but we felt headroom was essential and thankfully have found that docking in strong winds is straight forward not only with twin motors providing great manoeuvrability but the torque from electric motors creates almost instant thrust as well.
Wouldn't it be practical to have a small engine as a "range extender"? Not to propel the boat but to charge batteries when conditions are not ideal. With a combination of battery power with some battery charge capability you could motor at higher speeds without the worry of depleting batteries. Seems the motoring speeds were a bit slow perhaps in the interest of battery efficiency?
A couple of our owners have opted to carry a small portable generator (there's plenty of room in the hulls to store the generator) . For this voyage we were keen to see just how off the grid we could be, hence we took it easy and found the sweet spot power wise.. Some regions in Greece are really embracing the shift to electric propulsion and installing plenty of charging stations, but still a way to go.
I would like to see more of the boat and less of you please.
Too EFFING bad Beetch... Dont be lazy ... Go to the RUclips channel... Are you really that DUMB ⁉ Obviously you are truly rude as a POS💩 too... Guessing your parents were drinkers ⁉ Well ❓
I can never understand why solar boat designers fit such small small solar arrays and battery banks into what are very expensive initial products, Why not go with a 100KwHr second use Tesla battery or a pair of them per hull for a 200KwHr installation. Solar panels are relatively cheap and thin. Why does the boat not have double or even triple solar panel layers that can be extended athwartships to gather more energy at anchor or under way. You don't put out the sails to catch the wind, you put out the panels to catch the sun.
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