Arc Sport ELECTRIC WAKEBOAT: Test Drive and CEO Interview 

Just saw from the pictures it does have a surf gate and wedge. Awesome! Getting more impresed.

Yes exactly think of all the time and money you can save!! I want one hehe

They only show AC in this vid, but you can see it has DC pins, and the CEO said that it can charge DC@250kW in another video. Granted, that's only peak power and we don't know the curve.

Yes!! But I disagree, I think any boater is happy to save on gas and maintenance costs no matter the purchase price! It's best for a dock at home type of spot for sure

It probably depends on the Lakes you're on. The ones I've spent the most time on all have private docks. We only go to the Marina to get fuel. If it were electric, we'd have a setup on our dock....much like charging your Tesla, and likely rarely ever go to the Marina again. I certainly wouldn't say gas isn't a factor. We've spent between 3-5k per year running it seasonally. Still a big operating cost. I've read you can install a DC Fast charger for between 10-40k. This might be worthwhile for people who can afford this boat. You'd get fast charging turnaround times and it would pay for itself in gas 5-ish years. I've owned electric....range anxiety and all of that is kind of nonsense. The only real worry for me with a boat would be the overall battery life and the cost to replace them all.

Top of line boats from other manufacturers cost 250k

Add solar panels on the bimini. 😉

@@scotthall1381The top Natique’s are closer to $450,000 now.

wakeboard boats easily cost $250K from top manufacturers and up. the 23' is a good length and probably 50 to 75 more than what you could pay for a comparable wakeboard boat on the reasonable side.

Thinking the same thing, but it's in the right direction.

Another video adding some lead to see if they can get a better wave. Love the idea of electric boats but hate the inconvenience of charging it. Most docks have shore power but not the current to support it.

so they did tell me they were still adjusting the design/software for the wake, it should be getting better (this was technically a prototype). but weight of the batteries is awesome for wake, and they purposely placed them for that - should be pretty comparable I would think. I would like to see a side by side

@@techiedani not comparable at all due to hull design. It also weighs less than most big wakesurf boats. It’s definitely an awesome first go at it but needs some big updates to compete with the big wake boat players. Definitely going to be cool to see this tech in 3-5 years

It's a little vanilla.

so the battery is what 250kw, and whats the consumption? it seems youd have maybe 45 minutes at 350kw/hr consumption since its 500hp? if thats the case 4 hours is a lie. at that rate 25 minutes of full throttle and your getting towed in.

This CEO claimed in another video it could go 4-6 hours under constant use…skiing etc. He also claimed recharging in 40 minutes. Seems quick for this amount of batteries.

That is if you can DC fast charge. At 220v shore power you are looking at 8-10 hours.

@@paulsandgren8625 Makes sense. When you first get a boat, sometimes you may want to be out all day. If you keep it at a lake, then most people aren't going out for more than 4-5 hours of skiing and playing. Seems like these could threaten traditional ski boats. Not sure I'd want to invest that much in a first generation model though.

@@michaelmiller6878 when we go skiing at the lake, we sometimes have as many as 3 groups who want to use the boat. It litterally is running from after breakfast until dusk. We usually put 200+ hours on the boat every summer.

@@paulsandgren8625 Sounds atypical. Seems like you need another boat. That’s a long time to sit around waiting for a turn. I’ll pass 😁

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Yep! I didn't test it but its a super customizable wake for any water sports they tell me

I mean it is right in-line with other top of the line wake boats...they are never cheap ;)

Most wake boats are out of the price range of people. My same model has gone up over 100k in the past two years. It sucks.

Top of the line mastercrafts are easily 250k

Yeah odd but it’s 4-6 hours of heavy use and 24+ hours of slow cruising. So enough for a day easily

@@techiedani that seems fishy. why not put that in writing? it seems more likely you'd get maybe 30 minutes at full power, 1 hr at cruise, and even less pulling a wakeboarder at high load half-plane speeds

4-6 hours of heavy use. Close to nobody goes longer than that of continuous use. If you calculate all the time stopping and hanging out and changing different riders that’s easily a 10 hour day.

​@@Zak-nv1tl not even close, it's simple math with electric, it has a 226kw battery, in order for it to last 6 hours you need to average around 37kw per hour which is around 50hp, there's no way you are doing any wake/tow sports activities on a boat this big and heavy with only 50hp, not even close! And this is assuming 100% efficiency and also doesn't account for the fact that the usable battery capacity is locked to around a little over 200kw...

What about a boat full of combustible gasoline?

@@dtiff it's a completely different kind of fire. and does it help to jump in salt water to get away from an electrical fire?

Cause your not a boat person! Fires on boats happen every day. EV’s burn less per thousand than ICE vehicles. It’s a fact.

@@jesperbgeholm9582being afraid of a battery catching fire is as ignorant as being afraid to fly in a plane. Grow up

Do you work for the Oil & Gas Industry?

Yachts, cruise ships, submarines and aircraft carriers with nuclear electrical generators….yeah nothing new.

@@dtiff yeah but highly unstable lithium is the new part of that composition

Underwater and underground electric cables exist for at least 100 years. Any ship or rig had generators producing electricity. Batteries have been part of boating for a century as well. Electricity works anywhere.

It's DC electric.

@@jesperbgeholm9582 That's mostly media hype. If well contained and built, it's rarely a factor. Every Tesla that crashes and has a fire is on TV. Combustion batteries cause many more fires than EV's on a per vehicle basis. Boat fires can be a big deal. Most are already electrical in nature (prior to these electrically powered boats). It seems this new breed has a lot into packaging the battery, compared to existing and older boats. I'd assume it's less risk than more risk in total, comparative to the car comparison.