Justin and Matt discuss: the thorny issue of the safety of Lithium batteries on boats after Justin witnessed close hand as a dangerous situation unfolded in Palma Bay recently when the British America's Cup team capsized their high tech 40-foot test boat and water got to the batteries; Chris Craft's entry into the electric boat market with the launch of their 420-hp electric concept boat – the 25 GTe; and a young British mariner's ambitious goal of achieving the fastest ever circumnavigation of the UK in an electric RIB,

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