Ten Points for Originality

Like many boaters, our marina mate, Steve, loves to tinker on boat projects whenever he has a spare moment. Normally, he directs that energy into upgrading his vintage motoryacht, but he apparently got side-tracked recently, because when we came across him the other day he was doing sea trials on his latest invention — an electric-powered sunfish!

If we’re not mistaken, this is the first electrically powered vessel of its type on the planet, so naturally we had to bring it to your attention. If you look closely you’ll notice that it comes equipped with seating for two, a cooler for refreshments, anchoring gear, and a mast for signal flags (or perhaps a steadying sail). The craft is propelled by two electric outboard motors amidships, which can be alligned in any direction for maneauvering in tight quarters. While we doubt this prototype will ever make it into mass production, we have to give Steve 10 points for originality. (Which is not to say we’d encourage others to follow his lead. Especially since the ‘Electrofish’ only has two inches of freeboard.)