Posts by Don Wright

Canal & River Trust, the charity charged with the care of 2,000 miles of canals in England and Wales, is set to deliver a wide-ranging programme of major maintenance and preservation projects to help keep the nation’s historic canal network navigable, open and alive. It is a vast, multi-million-pound endeavour to upkeep the nation’s 250-year-old…

Aqua superPower today announced the unveiling of the world’s first battery-backed DC charger in a marine environment at Fowey Harbour. This pioneering solution, delivered as part of The Electric Seaway (TES) project, now makes fast DC charging for electric boats possible even in areas with limited grid connections—unlocking sustainable voyages along Cornwall’s iconic coastline. The…

Navigating the Woods’​ Silver Fleet into the 21st century and once again pushing the boundaries of events and shipbuilding on the Thames, siblings Tom Woods, Kate Woods and William Woods have set a new standard in London sightseeing. Constructed by superyacht specialists Pendennis Shipyard. The Silver Raven is built with incredible attention to detail and…

Nothing to do with Barbie, for the past ten years they have been calling it “Pink October” where people around the world adopt the pink colour and display pink ribbons everwhere to raise awareness about the importance of prevention and routine screening for the early diagnosis of breast cancer. polyboatglabal.com has found a number of…

Polyboatglobal.com is not only about widening the uses of pleasure-boating – but also about commercial e-boating, including electric professional fishing vessels. It started in 2008, when the diesel-electric Shinei Maru No. 66 became the world’s first hybrid fishing trawler, operating from Otoshibe, Japan. In Norway, the hybrid-electric Scania-Corvus Angelsen Senior and the Siemens pure-electric Karoline. Norwegian…

Since Nikola Tesla demonstrated a radio-controlled boat in 1898 at the Electrical Exhibition in Madison Square Garden, there has been a passion for scale model motorboating. From the 1980s with the arrival of the nickel-cadium battery, electric model boat began to make a comeback. At PolyBoatGlobal we also consider that scaled_down model electric boats are…

The polyboatglobal.com philosophy ranges from ships right down to miniature electric boats that are designed for children aged from 3 to 10 years who love adventure from a very young age. These minEboats can be scale versions of real-life ships : a cruise liner, a police launch, a lifeboat, fishing trawler, a fireboat, a ferry, a…

A particular challenge for PolyboatGlobal.com fantail of electric cruises is the E-Ballerina, now in its 5th year and held during the Salone Nautico of Venice. Competitors choose their music then dance” their boats – in circles, slalom, figures-of-8, & . Organised by a municipal team led by Assonautica di Venezia, ten companies competed, representing Slovenia (E’dyn),…

The PolyboatGlobal Challenge is now in its second successful year. Visit the website polyboatglobal.com to discover the variety of voyages you can make with your electric boats. Take your pets and keep a cruise logbook and by April 2026 you may have made a variety of cruises on the inland waterways or the coasts long…