Hope to see you there

Our Vancouver International Boat Show talk from yesterday (Jan 18)  is now available for everyone to see.  Thank you to those who came out and supported us.

Blaine’s presentation, From Detroit to Cummins to Hybrid-Electric – The Evolution of Our 1969 Yacht, shares the real story behind Tangaroa’s propulsion journey and why we’re now moving to Hybrid-Electric.

We’re partnering with OSEA Boats on this project, and the conversion is crowd-funded by our online crew. That support is what allows us to share this honestly, in real time, without outside pressure.

If you’re curious what hybrid-electric actually looks like on an older motor yacht, this talk explains the why behind the decision.

THANK YOU to all of you who have supported us monetarily along this journey. We couldn't put out these videos without you!

Blaine and Janis

I tried scheduling those posts that went out an hour ago and in this platform we schedule in UTC - well obviously I am not very good and doing the conversion from PST to UTC so my apologies.  Thank you Lawson for bringing this to my attention.

Janis

PS.  I am editing Blaine's talk from yesterday at Vancouver International Boat Show and will have it up for you in about 1 - 2 hours.

Blaine was nervous before the talk. Really nervous.

Public speaking isn’t his comfort zone. But once he got up there and started talking about something he truly believes in, the nerves settled and the words came naturally.

He walked through
“From Detroits to Cummins to Hybrid Electric – The Evolution of Our 1969 Yacht,”
and explained how Tangaroa has evolved over the last 6 years—and why this next step makes sense for this boat.

And now it’s official.

Tangaroa is going hybrid-electric.

We’re going to document the build as it happens, in real time (at least we are going to try!)
Videos will be out every Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday, with live discussions every Monday at 1700 hrs pst where we answer questions and talk through decisions.

📅 First live: Monday, January 19
🕔 5:00 PM PST / 01:00 UTC (Jan 20)

Join us live here:
👉 https://www.youtube.com/live/D6mGpH3Fvjc?si=Gmfcp8UWwY8rAmni

Thanks for being here.

Tomorrow we’ll be announcing what we’re doing with Tangaroa—and why she’s out of the water.

📍 Vancouver International Boat Show
📅 January 18
🕑 2:00 PM PST

Blaine will be making the announcement during his talk, and we’ll try to stream it live if the connection allows.

Then on Monday, January 19, we’ll go live from Tangaroa to walk through everything and answer questions—especially questions from our online crew.

If you want to hear it firsthand and ask questions:

• Subscribe to the channel

• Click “Notify Me” on the YouTube live event

👉 https://www.youtube.com/live/D6mGpH3Fvjc?si=Gmfcp8UWwY8rAmni

If you’ve been wondering what’s coming next, this is it.