Chill
Designboats · Electric · premium
Price on request
Request a quoteThe Chill is an electric day boat from Designboats, Switzerland. It measures 6 m by 1.6 m, rated for 6. It runs on a 5 kWh battery. CE design category C.
Specifications
- Length
- 6 m
- Beam
- 1.6 m
- Weight
- 500 kg
- Passenger capacity
- 6
- Battery
- 5 kWh
- CE category
- C
Powertrain options
Motor/battery details not disclosed
- Battery
- 5 kWh
Handcrafted licence-free electric dayboat, up to 6, CE Cat C, ultralight composite hull (~500 kg). A single rotatable Torqeedo pod, 3.0 kW standard (licence-free) or 6.0 kW upgrade, so motor kW is left null. Battery 5 kWh LiFePO4 standard, 10 kWh "Long Range" option. Speeds km/h only (12 km/h at 3 kW, 16 at 6 kW) and range km only (36 / 55 km), so knots and nm are left null. Built at Bootswerft Heinrich, Kreuzlingen.
What a buyer should know
A handcrafted Swiss electric dayboat
The Chill is a 6.00 m electric dayboat from the Swiss brand Designboats, built by hand at the Bootswerft Heinrich yard on Lake Constance — an ultralight, licence-free boat for up to six.
The numbers
A single rotatable Torqeedo pod drives it, 3.0 kW as standard and licence-free or 6.0 kW as an upgrade, so the motor figure is a choice and left null. The battery is 5 kWh of LiFePO4 as standard, 10 kWh as a Long Range option. Speeds are published in km/h — 12 at 3 kW, 16 at 6 kW — and range in km, 36 or 55, so knots and nautical miles are left null. The composite hull weighs around 500 kg. CE design category C.
The builder
Designboats designs the Chill, and Bootswerft Heinrich builds it by hand in Kreuzlingen, on Lake Constance. It is offered as "Chill by Designboats".
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.