RAND built the Source 23 around a simple question: how much boat fits into 23 feet without blunting the edge that makes a small hull enjoyable? The answer is a sports console day boat that carries eight, runs to 50 knots on the largest Mercury outboard, and still returns 44 kilometres of quiet cruising on the entry electric package.
The layout does the heavy lifting. Race-style pilot seats flank the console, with optional bolsters for anyone who prefers to drive standing. The pilot backrest folds forward to open a dining setting for five. Aft, the cockpit table drops to form a sun lounge, and the extended platform gives the stern genuinely usable space rather than a token step. Forward, a U-shaped sofa shares the bow with a utility deck that swallows dive gear, boards or a bicycle, reached through a walk-through exit.
Buyers choose the character. Two electric drivetrains, three Mercury outboards, a Mercruiser petrol sterndrive and a Mercury diesel all bolt to a hull RAND optimised for an efficient 28 knots. Construction uses organic and recycled materials, and the connected boating system covers remote access, GPS fencing and preset user modes.
A hidden bimini folds out of the cafe seating in two steps. For a buyer weighing a tender, a lake boat or a fast Mediterranean runabout, the Source 23 answers all three from 69,900 euros.
Length
7M
Beam
2.3M
Draft
0.4M
Day Guests
8
Sleeping
Cabin
Cruise Speed
28KT
Max Speed
50KT
Fuel
198L
Range
37NM
Engine
Electric outboard 50 kW
Option 1
E-Drive 140 kW inboard
Option 2
Mercury F150-F250 outboard
New Starting From
€69,900
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She reads as a sports console rather than a tender, and that is deliberate.
Race style pilot seats flank the centre console, with optional bolsters for anyone who prefers to drive standing. Forward, a U-shaped sofa shares the bow with a utility deck built to swallow dive gear, paddleboards or a bicycle, reached through a walk-through exit rather than a climb over the rail. A hidden bimini folds out of the cafe seating in two simple steps, so shade arrives without a separate frame to stow. Even at this size, nothing on deck feels like an afterthought.
Six drivetrains share one hull, and RAND tuned it for all of them.
Two electric options sit alongside three Mercury outboards, a MerCruiser petrol sterndrive and a Mercury diesel, each bolted to a hull RAND optimised for an efficient 28 knots at cruise. The largest outboard option lifts top speed to 50 knots, while the electric packages trade outright pace for near-silent running, better suited to a dawn start or a no-wake harbour than a flat-out crossing. That spread of character, not a single hero spec, is the real engineering achievement here: the same hull behaves convincingly whichever engine ends up on the transom.
The cockpit earns its keep twice over, as a dining room and as a lounge.
The pilot backrest folds forward to open a dining setting for five behind the console, and the same cockpit table drops flat afterwards to form a sun lounge once the meal is done. An extended bathing platform at the stern gives genuinely usable space for swimming or simply stepping aboard with gear, rather than a token ladder. Combined with the bow sofa and the adjoining utility deck, the Source 23 carries her rated eight day guests across distinct zones instead of one crowded cockpit, a rare trick on a 23 foot hull.
Underneath the deck, RAND has built for a boat that outlives trends.
Hull and deck draw on organic and recycled materials rather than standard GRP alone, a detail that matters as much to the boat’s footprint as her electric drivetrain options do. RAND’s connected boating system sits over the top of all six engine choices: remote access, GPS fencing and preset user modes that cap speed or restrict zones, useful for a first time driver, a rental fleet or simply peace of mind when the boat is lent out. The hull itself was optimised for an efficient 28 knot cruise regardless of which engine ends up on the transom, which is why the performance figures hold up across such a wide spread of drivetrains.
Range depends entirely on which engine an owner chooses, and RAND makes that a genuine choice rather than a compromise.
On the petrol sterndrive, a 198 litre tank returns a useful 37 nautical miles at the hull’s efficient 28 knot cruise, enough for a full day of hopping between anchorages. Switch to the entry electric package and the figure changes character rather than simply shrinking: RAND quotes around 44 kilometres of quiet, wake-free running between charges, better suited to a lake, a marina-dense coastline or a no-wake zone than an open crossing. Buyers choosing between the two are really choosing between distance and silence, not between a good option and a lesser one.
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