Dasher
Hinckley · Electric · ultra luxury
From €500,000
Request a quoteHinckley's first all-electric model (2017), built alongside its conventional jet-drive Picnic Boat range, designed from the ground up for electric propulsion by Michael Peters. Twin 80hp Torqeedo Deep Blue electric motors and TWO 40kWh BMW i3-derived lithium-ion battery packs (80kWh combined) — this figure is now supported by 2 of 3 sources checked (2018 boats.com/YachtWorld launch review and a 2025 EV Magazine feature), so it is treated as the primary spec, superseding an earlier update to this entry that had followed MBY (2023), which listed a single 40kWh pack and 2x50kW motors instead. Resin-infused carbon fibre/epoxy construction, ~6,500 lbs. Composite/titanium construction disguised as traditional teak-and-stainless — even the "teak" is hand-painted faux wood. Range ~40 miles (35nm) at 10mph (8.7kn). Price converted from $545,000 (2018) / "$500,000+" (2025 source) — broadly consistent over time. Still worth confirming the exact current-year spec directly with Hinckley before publishing, since one of three sources disagrees.
Specifications
- Length
- 8.53 m
- Battery
- 80 kWh
- Motor power
- 100 kW
- Top speed
- 23.5 knots
- Range
- 40 nm
Powertrain options
Torqeedo Deep Blue
- Motors
- 2x
- Power
- 60 kW
- Battery
- 80 kWh (BMW i3-derived li-ion)
- Top speed
- 23.5 kn
- Range
- 40 nm
- Price
- €500,000
RESOLVED (previously flagged as a conflict): twin 80hp Torqeedo Deep Blue motors and TWO 40kWh battery packs (80kWh combined) is now the primary spec, supported by 2 of 3 sources (2018 boats.com/YachtWorld launch review; 2025 EV Magazine feature). A single MBY (2023) source instead reported 2x50kW motors and a single 40kWh pack — kept here only as a minority-source footnote, not the primary figure. Charges 0-100% in 4 hours via dual 50A shore connections.
What a buyer should know
You are buying a Hinckley, not a range figure
Half a million euros for an 8.53 m boat with a 40 nm range is, judged purely on numbers, poor value — and that framing misses the point. The Dasher is an artisanal Maine-built object, drawn by Michael Peters, designed from the outset for electric drive rather than converted, and finished to a standard almost nothing else in this segment attempts. Buyers in Newport, Nantucket or the Solent who want a beautiful short-hop boat and value provenance are the audience. Anyone calculating cost per nautical mile is not.
The practical reading, and one real caveat
Two 80 hp Torqeedo Deep Blue motors against 80 kWh means the 40 nm is a cruise figure; at the 23.5-knot top speed the pack would be gone inside the hour. Treat it as a harbour and short-passage boat with shallow-draft jet drives — which is exactly how Hinckley's Picnic Boat owners use theirs.
The caveat worth pressing is age. This is a 2017 design using BMW i3-derived cells, now a superseded chemistry generation. Battery health, servicing and eventual replacement cost on a bespoke nine-year-old pack are questions to put to the yard before buying used. Note too that the 80 kWh figure is corroborated by two of three sources we checked, not all three. A Candela C-8 at €330,000 offers far more usable range; it offers nothing like this boat's craftsmanship.
Written from the builder’s published specifications and the wider market, not from testing the boat ourselves. Always confirm figures with the manufacturer before committing.