battery-electric foiling ferry under development

An interesting project that seems about to take off:

https://biekerboats.com/project/foiling-fast-ferry/

 

Impressive, but with a range of only 25 nm I'd think it's a bit small even at 35 knots.

 

25 miles is not very far but there are plenty of ferry services where it would fit in. There also are a many routes that only run a couple of times per day so there would be time to recharge.

 

There may only be a handful of IC foiling ferries operating in the world, and there's probably many reasons for that...

 

Of "Voskhod" type hydrofoil alone there were more than 150 build and exported to 18 countries:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voskhod_(hydrofoil)

Of the Boeing type 929 there were also quite a few build, there is an example from 1976 still in active service:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_929

 

I think this tech is inevitable and has a lot of potential. As a possible passenger, I prefer getting across quickly to longer loading/passage times of a larger traditional ferry. I think there are fast charging methods as well as remote charging methods that could be explored.

What I want to know is, if they employ a sweeper boat? Hitting something at those speeds would be expensive, if not dangerous.