Boats

Genesis Marine Technologies 24: Our First Impression

Our preliminary take on this innovative, hybrid-powered wake boat.

By Kevin Falvey

July 26, 2024

The Genesis Marine Technologies 24: Billed as the world’s first hybrid-powered wake boat. Courtesy Genesis Marine Technologies

Here’s a completely new kind of boat. We’ve run electric watersports boats and we’ve run gas-powered watersports boats. We even once tested a watersports boat powered by a diesel engine. The Genesis Marine Technoolgies 24 is being billed as the first hybrid-powered wakesurf boat.

The drivetrain of the Genesis Marine Technologies 24 is certainly unique. Called the Trident Hybrid System, it consists of a battery pack, a race-bred electric motor, and a gasoline-powered auxiliary-power unit, referred to as the APU. Here’s the main thing about this system: Run it electrically or power it in hybrid mode with the APU. This provides this boat with the quiet and eco-friendliness of electric power, without the limited run time or range anxiety of pure electric vessels.

Genesis claims this boat is “designed by riders for riders,” and in talking with its team, we believe them. Rated for 16 people and a maximum horsepower of 530, it puts out 500 foot-pounds of maximum torque. It offers 4,500 pounds of ballast that is said to fill and drain in four minutes. The computer-developed Genesis Gen X Hull Design reportedly captures the essence of natural waves, producing a 4-foot high 20-foot long wakesurf wave, It comes standard with the Genesis Command Center, a 12-inch display that’s intuitive to use and controls all functions, including the exclusive Genesis Launch Control System. Service is handled via app-based telematics.

The Genesis Command Center is an intuitive control system for lighting, audio, ballast, Zero Off GPS speed control and the exclusive Genesis Launch Control System. Courtesy Genesis Marine Technologies

Some Key Points:

The boat is said to produce a 4-foot wakesurfing wave that is 20-feet long.
In Hybrid Mode, the company says you can surf all day and the battery charges as you run.
In Electric Mode the makers claim three hours of wakesurfing or one hour of wakeboarding before needing to run in hybrid mode, or recharge.

Genesis is offering two years of free maintenance to the first 100 buyers to reserve a build slot ($500) Price starts at $184,995. Deliveries commence spring 2025.