Candela's P-8 Voyager promises a top speed of 30 knots and range of 50 nautical miles on a single charge.
, the carbon-fiber 28-footer promises zero noise, zero wake and zero carbon emissions. This makes it particularly well suited to chauffeuring passengers around sensitive and fragile waters, such as coral reefs, archipelagos or even Venice’s canals.“Tourism’s built-in paradox is that while you’re visiting the earth’s unique environments, you’re at the same time contributing to their destruction,” Candela’s PR and communications manager Mikael Mahlberg toldvia email.
Like its predecessors, the P-8 Voyager is fitted with foils, or underwater wings, that allow it to gently glide across the water. This, in turn, reduces energy consumption by a whopping 80 percent compared to conventional motorboats. Furthermore, the vessel reportedly creates less than two inches of wake.
To top it off, the P-8 Voyager can fly in a five-foot chop without slamming into the waves. The flight controller, which kicks in when the vessel is foiling at 16 knots, sports special sensors that automatically make hundreds of adjustments to roll, pitch and height per second to ensure a smooth flight.The sleek interior, meanwhile, can be customized to each owner and offers space for six passengers plus two crew. The exterior can also be finished in a range of different hues.
Production will start later this year and deliveries are slated for late this year or early next year. The P-8 Voyager starts at roughly $483,000 and you can
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