Candela C–8
Simply a better experience
In order to make a truly compelling electric craft, Candela had to rethink boats.
Instead of punching its way through the waves, C-8 flies silently above the surface. Instead of fitting a bigger engine, efficiency is dramatically improved by using a pod motor optimized for hydrofoils. Instead of creating huge swells, the craft leaves no wake behind.
It also features the best user interface ever seen in a boat, over-the-air upgrades, and all the amenities and comfort you would expect from the world’s best leisure boat.
100% electric. Whisper quiet. Butter smooth ride.
Tech
Candela C–POD
The Candela C-POD is the most efficient and longest-lasting boat motor ever built.
Submerged, direct-drive electric motors provide an absolutely silent ride while eliminating transmission losses.
The Candela C-POD is built to last a human lifetime, without maintenance.
Avionics
The Flight Controller uses different types of sensors to measure the boat’s position, speed, and acceleration in six degrees of freedom to create a precise and stable hydrofoiling experience.
After 10,000+ hours of simulations, design iterations, and sea trials, software provides the safest and most thrilling boating experience.
Foil system
Hydrofoils are the key to a long all-electric range at sea.
Candela’s electric hydrofoil system reduces water friction by 80% compared to a planing boat and makes for a completely different – and better – ride.
The hydrofoils are constantly and automatically adjusted by the onboard Flight controller, to maintain a superbly stable ride in all weather conditions.
Candela C-POD is specifically developed for electric hydrofoil craft.
Options
Roof or no roof
C-8 comes as an open day cruiser or a sheltered hardtop with a retractable sunroof.
Customize your C-8 to fit your needs with additional amenities, such as a beverage cooler, freshwater shower, searchlights, radar, and more.
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Comfort
Superior interior
The cabin in C-8 sleeps two adults and two children. The optional Premium Sound System with subwoofer and six speakers allows for a unique concert experience onboard the most silent electric watercraft ever made.
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Range
50+ NM AT HIGH SPEED
2 h CHARGING TIME, 3-PHASE OUTLET
Candela C-8 has a range of 50+ nautical miles per charge travelling at 24 knots. The achieved range is about 4 times longer than the best electric boats currently on the market.
Versatility
Retractable hydrofoils
The retractable C-FOIL system makes C-8 a true no-compromise electric boat. In shallow mode, the foils and Candela C-POD are protected by the hull. In extreme weather conditions that prevent foiling, C-8 can be driven as a conventional boat, albeit with reduced range.
Ease of use
Fully integrated
The helm position of C-8 is simple and clean, with a 15,4-inch touchscreen running Candela’s intuitive UI.
Control everything – from the cooler to navigation – from the screen or the Candela app.
With seamless machine-human interaction, Candela delivers the best user experience of any boat. Over-the-air updates keep your C-8 up to date over the craft’s lifetime.
Footprint
Reducing local emissions by 99%
C-8 is a long-range, all-electric craft that travels silently above the surface. No emissions. No sound pollution or disturbance of marine life.
It is designed to be the most efficient boat ever built. At 20 knots, the energy usage per nautical mile is just 0,8 kWh. To put that into perspective, that’s the energy content of 0,1 liter of gasoline.
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Watch Candela boats in action
Candela C-7 is the world’s first foiling electric boat. Since its introduction in 2018, the C-7 has won numerous prizes as well as topping electric boat sales in Europe.
Build
100% Carbon fiber, built in Sweden
With experience from fighter jet technology and airplane design, hulls are designed to be extremely light, while still rigid and strong. The C-8 hull is vacuum infused from 100% carbon fiber, which allows the weight to be significantly less than similar boats.
Specifications
| Material | Carbon fiber |
| Weight | 1605 kg DC version |
| Passengers | 8 passengers including driver |
| Length | 8.50 m |
| Width | 2.50 m |
| Speed | 24 kn cruise, 30 kn top |
| Motor | Candela C-Pod (45/50 kW) |
| Range | 50+ NM at cruising speed +3 NM at 4 kn in limp home mode |
| Draft | 0.5 m in shallow mode 0.9 m in planing mode 0.8 m while foiling 1.5 m while not foiling, foils extended |
| Charging | 230Vx1x16A: 13h 230Vx3x32A: 2,5h |
| Interface | 15,4-inch touch screen with Candela’s proprietary navigation and boat integration system. Free software upgrades included. One year free sea chart upgrades included. |
| App | Candela app with position, state of charge, route statistics and more. Optional geo-fence. |
| Hull-shape | The hybrid hull is shaped for frictionless planing in addition to low air resistance when foiling. In Planing mode the foils are above the surface which prevents fouling and corrosion |
Pre-order your Candela C-8
Production begins January 2022. And we expecting the first C-8 to arrive to New Zealand in December 2022.
Pre-order yours to secure a production slot and to be one of the first to fly silently above the water.
Book a test drive today
It’s simply impossible to explain what it’s like to be flying on Candela boat. The best thing is to take it for a test drive and experience it firsthand.
We offer test drives on Candela C-7 in Wānaka and Queenstown on the South Island. Use the form below to book your test drive.
We expect the first C-8 to arrive in December 2022 and will be offering test drives on the new model then.
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