Meet the Electric Boat Captains Bringing Arc’s Possibilities to the 2026 Sausalito Boat Show
At the 2026 Sausalito Boat Show, Roman Manning and Tyler Anderson helped put a human face on electric boating—one conversation at a time.
A boat can catch your attention from across a marina. The people aboard can help you picture yourself at the helm.
At the Sausalito Boat Show, Roman Manning and Tyler Anderson of Arc stood aboard an Arc boat wearing their Electric Boat Captain hats, ready to welcome visitors, answer questions, and share their enthusiasm for electric boating.
Their presence captured something central to the Electric Boat Captain community: helping more people discover what electric power can bring to their time on the water.
For someone approaching an electric boat for the first time, that discovery often starts with a conversation.
Turning Curiosity Into Understanding
Electric boating invites questions. How does charging fit into a boating routine? What does electric propulsion feel like? How should someone evaluate a boat for the activities they enjoy?
Those are useful starting points. They connect a new technology to the practical details of ownership—and to the reasons people love boating in the first place.
For a family, the conversation might center on spending a day together on the lake. For a wakesports enthusiast, it might begin with performance. For an experienced boat owner, it might focus on how an electric boat would fit into familiar routines.
Representatives like Roman and Tyler help make those conversations possible. By welcoming questions and sharing their enthusiasm, they give visitors a way to explore electric boating through their own interests.
That personal connection matters. A specification sheet can explain a boat’s capabilities. A thoughtful conversation helps someone understand which capabilities matter to them.
Electric Power Meets Wakesports
The Arc Sport brings electric propulsion into a category built around active days on the water. Arc describes it as an all-electric wakesport boat, with responsive acceleration, quieter propulsion, and no engine exhaust at the point of use. Those qualities offer boaters a different way to experience familiar activities.
The appeal is easy to imagine: friends spending the day together, someone preparing for another ride, and a crew enjoying the water between runs.
But imagining that experience and understanding how it fits your life are two different steps. Prospective owners still need room to ask practical questions, discuss their boating habits, and learn what to consider before making a decision.
That is where the people representing a boat become especially valuable. They help connect the excitement of seeing something new with the understanding needed to take the next step.
At Sausalito, Roman and Tyler were part of that connection.
The People Who Help Move Electric Boating Forward
Marine electrification depends on the work of engineers, manufacturers, technicians, charging providers, dealers, and marina operators. It also depends on people willing to introduce the technology to someone who has never considered it before.
Boat shows create a valuable setting for those introductions. Visitors can see a boat up close, step aboard, and speak directly with the people representing it. Questions that might feel abstract online become specific when someone is standing at the helm or looking across the cockpit.
Roman and Tyler brought their enthusiasm to that setting. Wearing their Electric Boat Captain hats, they also represented a growing community of people who want to share electric boating with others.
Every introduction creates an opportunity: a visitor learns something, a misconception gets addressed, or a curious boater decides to continue the conversation.
What Makes an Electric Boat Captain?
The Electric Boat Captain community brings together owners, enthusiasts, industry professionals, and advocates who share an interest in advancing electric boating.
Some introduce friends to their first electric boat ride. Others build boats, support customers, service propulsion systems, or help develop places to charge. Each contributes through the work they do and the experiences they share.
Roman and Tyler represent the welcoming, public-facing side of that community. Their willingness to engage with visitors helps make electric boating more approachable and gives people a place to begin.
The hats make the community visible. The people wearing them give it meaning.
Thank you, Roman and Tyler, for representing Arc and the Electric Boat Captain community at the Sausalito Boat Show—and for helping people imagine their own first electric boating experience.
Curious about Arc? Connect with Roman Manning or Tyler Anderson, and explore the boats at Arc.
Discover the community and share your own electric boating story at ElectricBoatCaptain.com.
Every voyage makes a difference!
