The Truth About My New Electric Catamaran

About this episode

Bobby White discusses the journey of launching his new electric catamaran, the Island Spirit 525e, sharing insights on its performance and the challenges faced during the build process.

After years of planning, delays, factory visits, and a whole lot of frustration, my new Island Spirit 525e electric catamaran is finally in the water — and sailing. In this episode, I talk through the last few crazy weeks of the build: inspecting the boat at the factory, the Buddhist blessing ceremony, the nerve-racking truck move to the marina, launching the yacht, and finally taking her out for the first sail and sea trial. I’ll share what went right, what still needs work, what surprised me most about the boat’s performance, and whether this electric catamaran project is turning out the way I hoped. Download the Sailing Doodles Crew App on iOS and come join the Crew! https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sailing-doodles-crew/id6760212361 or join our Patreon http://www.patreon.com/sailingdoodles or become a channel member https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkDwexrF43p_1QurfKFBCBA/join Donate Via Paypal to help http://www.paypal.me/sailingdoodles Our partners: Want more info in the Island Spirit 525e? Be sure to say you saw it on Sailing Doodles. https://inspiredyachting.com/sailing-doodles-and-inspired-yachting-island-spirit-525e-referral/ Precision Sails…

People in this episode

Host: Bobby White

Topics covered

• electric catamaran
• boat launch
• sailing
• yacht performance
• marine engineering

Keywords

• electric catamaran
• Island Spirit 525e
• sailing
• boat launch
• sea trial
• marine
• yacht

Sponsors

Precision Sails, Highfield Boats

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sailing Doodles

Products: Island Spirit 525e

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