We’re taking a look at the future of water sports and Test Driveto the world’s first production electric performance PWC.

The big questions: How does electric power compare to a 300 HP @SeaDoo?

And how do you deal with range when there’s no fuel station or charging infrastructure around?

For the test, we’re bringing our SolarYacht into the setup and turning it into a floating charging station. ☀️🔋

We’ll dock the Electric Jetski alongside the yacht and recharge it using solar power.

We’ll also talk about charging times, real-world range, and what it’s like to be completely self-sufficient on the water.

And then comes the fun part. 😎

With up to 120 kW (~160 HP), the Orca goes head-to-head with a 300 HP gasoline-powered Sea-Doo.
Acceleration. Handling. Top speed. And most importantly: Which one is actually more fun?

Electric vs. gasoline. 160 HP vs. 300 HP. Solar charging vs. fuel. Let’s see what happens. 🌊⚡

Electric boats are booming in Europe, but charging infrastructure sucks. So this shipyard founder built floating solar charging lounges for the German Government.

The biggest barrier to electric mobility on inland waterways isn’t the boats—it’s where to plug them in when you’re out on the lakes and canals.
Arek, founder of SolarYacht, lives full-time on his own 140 sqm self-sufficient liveaboard yacht in Berlin-Brandenburg. Facing the lack of charging options firsthand on Europe’s waterways, his team decided to fix the infrastructure gap themselves.
They engineered floating Solar Charging Lounges for the German government. Operating completely off-grid, these stations use an extensive Victron Energy setup (solar charge controllers, high-performance inverters, and battery storage) to supply clean, off-grid power to passing electric boats directly on the water. 

In this video:

⚓ The Infrastructure Problem: Why traditional marina power setups can't keep up with the shift toward electric boating.

🛥️** Living Off-Grid on Water**: Inside Arek’s 140 sqm custom-built SolarYacht shipyard build.

☀️** The Floating Charging Stations**: How the floating solar stations engineered for the German federal government work in practice. 

⚙️** The Victron System Architecture**: A detailed look at the off-grid battery, solar controller, and inverter setup running the station.
Check out the full video

Can we talk about the "Supercars on Yachts" trend? Absolute peak billionaire flex or actually kind of cool?

Hey r/yachts / r/supercars,

It feels like we’ve evolved past the standard "helicopter on the bow" phase. Now, if you aren't floating at the Monaco F1 Race with a multi-million dollar hypercar strapped to your deck, are you even wealthy?!

There seem to be three distinct levels to this madness:

1. The "Parked on the Deck" Flex

This is the classic Monaco Yacht F1 Show move. You cranes your Bugatti Chiron, Koenigsegg Jesko or McLaren directly onto the teak wood bow just to let everyone on the pier know you’ve won at life.

• The Reality: It looks insane in photos, but I always wonder about the logistics and flex level, when the Tender of a SuperYacht is more expansive than an Enzo Ferrari.

2. The Built-In Drive-In Garages (Concepts vs. Reality)

Design houses like Lazzarini and various superyacht builders keep dropping these wild concepts and rendering or Ai clips We're talking about 100+ meter megayachts featuring drive-in stern garages, glass viewing lounges where you can look at your car collection from the dining room, and custom hydraulic cranes.

• The Reality: You drop anchor in St. Tropez, unload your track toy onto a tender barge, roll it onto the dock, and immediately get stuck in traffic trying to reach the casino.

3. The "Car Brands Becoming Boats" Crossover

Then there’s the actual engineering crossovers. Instead of putting a car on a boat (like SolarYacht with PORSCHE on the Sundeck in Berlin), the car is the boat.

• The Tecnomar for Lamborghini 63 (literally a Lambo Sian on the water).
• The Frauscher x Porsche 850 Fantom (using the Macan EV powertrain).
• Even Brabus and Aston Martin have thrown their design DNA into high-performance day-boats.

What’s your take on this? Is it the ultimate fusion of automotive and marine engineering, or is it just gaudy, impractical wealth-flexing that ruins the actual peace of being out on the water? If you had $100 million blowing a hole in your pocket, are you building a floating garage or keeping your toys completely separate?