One of the hardest things to deal with at Water Monkey Camp is our impact on the planet. We burn roughly 120 gallons of fuel each day running our wake boats. We have always offset all of our CO2 emissions each season but I would much rather not pollute in the first place! The wake boat manufacturers have been slow to innovate with nearly no electric or hybrid options available (the Nautique GS22e is a one-off).
That’s why this article from a local solar installation company is some good news. The founder of Revision Energy retrofitted his small boat with a fully electric outboard motor. 25 hp is not quite what we need to wakeboard, ski and surf all summer here but it is a step forward for boats and hopefully will get the big companies at least thinking about cleaning up their fleets so that one day we can run clean wake boats on our pristine lake.
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