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Volume 21 No. 2 - Summer 2008

Summer 2008 issue:
 
Electric boats on the Grand Western Canal, winning prizes for sustainable transport at the Royal Bath and West Show and taking visitors out on the lake at Beale Park. Electric cruising in good company on the River Cam. Reports on a new electric narrowboat and the world's first solar boat. Technical information about propellers. Plus news of a French solar Channel crossing, fun boats for a carbon neutral theme park, a new recruitment service and the UK's first hydrogen filling station.
   

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Volume 21 No. 1 - Spring 2008

Spring 2008 issue:

HRH the Duke of Edinburgh presents awards to hybrid boats from the UK, Europe and Australia. A family takes a sunshine cruise across New York State at a cost of only half a dollar a day for fuel. The delights of silent cruising among the wildlife on the Pranburi river in Thailand. The restoration and conversion of a 1950s cruiser to electric power and the building of a new solar powered catamaran. Plus details of shows, rallies and festivals over the summer season.

   

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Volume 20 No. 4 - Winter 2007/8

Winter 2007/8 issue:
 
Two London Boat Shows, the Broads Green Boat Show and the Somerset River Festival. The launch of Birmingham University's experimental canal boat powered by a hydrogen fuel cell. A sunshine cruise in Norfolk and technical information about photovoltaics and solar panels. A new world speed record, new electric water buses in Paris, a new solar boat in Switzerland and eleven entries from five countries for a new trophy for hybrid boats.

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Volume 20 No. 3 - Autumn 2007
Volume 20 No. 3 - Autumn 2007

Autumn 2007 issue:

 

Electric boats at the Inland Waterways Festival on the River Great Ouse. Canadian Television on board an electric tug for a documentary about the historic Rideau Canal near Ottawa. Paul Daniels tries water divining at the Henley Traditional Boat Rally. The conversion of a diesel-powered Broads cruiser to silent and fume-free electric propulsion and the conversion of an electric boat in Somerset to solar power. Electric water taxis in Dubai and a new hands-free electric boat in the USA.

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Volume 20 No. 2 - Summer 2007
Volume 20 No. 2 - Summer 2007

Summer 2007 issue:

Noel Edmonds presents prizes for Sustainable Transport at the Royal Bath and West Show. New electric boats at the Beale Park Thames Boat Show. Cruising in Cambridgeshire and on the newly opened Grantham Canal. The arrival in New York of the Swiss solar powered catamaran and details of a new solar powered passenger boat on Loch Lomond. Technical information on speed controllers and the story of the inventor of the first marine outboard engine, the AA battery - and light sabres long before Star Wars.

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Volume 20 No. 1 - Spring 2007
Volume 20 No. 1 - Spring 2007

Spring 2007 issue:
 
The first solar powered crossing of the Atlantic, and a solar barge on the Kennet & Avon. A new trophy for hybrid boats and the restoration of the oldest electric boat in the UK. An interview with the builder of a boat using solar, wind and wave power and a report on fuel cell ferries in Holland, Germany, Norway and Wales. Developments in electric boating, including solar boats in Canada and a racing hydroplane aiming to set a new world electric speed record. Details of this year's shows and events, and a chance to have your say about charging points on the Thames.

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Volume 19 No. 4 - Winter 2006/7
Volume 19 No. 4 - Winter 2006/7

Winter 2006/7 issue:
 
The London Boat Show, the Broads Green Boat Show, The start of the journey to cross the Atlantic by solar power, a solar cruise on the historic Rideau Canal in Canada and a cruising weekend in Norfolk. Useful technical information about the DC electric motor and news from the Thames, Broads, Lake District, Amsterdam, Paris and California.

 

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Volume 19 No. 3 - Autumn 2006

Volume 19 No. 3 - Autumn 2006

Autumn 2006 issue:

Traditional boats at Henley, an eight metre electric slipper launch analysed and a new solar-powered passenger boat on the Serpentine. Reports on the IWA National Waterways Festival, the River Stour Steam and Electric Day, summer events in Somerset, the Evesham River Festival, the EBA AGM and Thames cruise - and the opening of a new junction on the Wilts and Berks Canal. Also letters, information from the Thames, the Broads and the Grantham Canal and news of a solar cruise in Canada.

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Volume 19 No. 2 - Summer 2006
Volume 19 No. 2 - Summer 2006

Summer 2006 issue:

An electric cruising weekend on the River Great Ouse, electric ferries at an Australian winery, solar boats, a hydrogen fuel cell boat, 100th birthday celebrations for an Edwardian electric launch, the Somerset River Festival, the Lancaster Canal Rally and the Beale Park Boat Show. Plus news from the UK, Holland and France.

The only magazine in the UK produced solely to provide information to would-be
electric boat owners and those who already have an electric craft.

A glossy publication, free to EBA members, contains a wealth of interesting articles and news of shows and rallies particularly relevant to electric boat enthusiasts.

Technical articles of interest to electric boaters and technical tips offering advice on boat maintenance form regular features of the magazine, together with information on new products and developments in the electric boating world, both in the UK and overseas.

Forthcoming events organised by the Association, or at which the EBA is represented, are also publicised  and social events to which members or enthusiasts are invited to participate are highlighted.

An index of articles published over the last 7 years is available from the Secretary, Barbara Penniall. If you would like a photocopy of an article you have missed, it can be purchased at a cost of £1.50 to non-members, free to members.

The EB News Magazine reports on the latest developments in the electric boating world. Each issue contains news from home and abroad as well as coverage of the most recent boat shows.

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