Start-up company Neocean has developed a small catamaran with an electric motor capable of flying above the waves. With a simple throttle control, and cleanly - with no C02 emissions. We had the chance to try the first version of the Overboat on the Étang de Thau lagoon in the South of France. Ready for take-off!
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« Today, you’re going to be flying on the water!” says Vincent Dufour, the founder of the young company Neocean. I admit that when he tells me that it will be without C02 emissions, a flutter sets in, a brief moment of perplexity... Of course, I had already had the opportunity to fly without polluting, but it was with the help of wind power and on board a craft that involved a very steep learning curve. Without sails, the power/weight ratio available with what exists on the electric motor market seemed to me – in theory - insufficient to enable a boat of this size to…
