yac h t s t y l e PICTURED: Hackercraft Special Sport.
HACKERCRAFT SPECIAL SPORT
Hackercraft is one of the world’s most legendary wooden-boat builders. For over a century, the New York State company has staked its claim on turning out extraordinarily beautiful runabouts that harken to a bygone era of specific American class and taste. But this nostalgia-driven brand with its ancient building materials is not allergic to futuristic tech. In fact, with the Special Sport, it has embraced it. This model is fully electric
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and has a respectable top end of 30 knots. A range of about 30 nautical miles is enough for short trips from the yacht to port, or from the dock to your favorite waterside restaurant. And she runs in near silence, thanks to propulsion units built by Ingenity Electrics. That leaves just you and the sound of the wind and the waves as you slice through the chop, leaving the marine environment as pristine as you found it.