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I believe sails with solar panels are already available, there is a company in Ipswich, UK that makes them 👍🏻

@TextMe+ replies are all SCAMS folks so don’t get fooled!

What happens when the panels need replacing? It looks like at that point the yacht gets converted to ICE or scrapped.

@@MasterChief37 do I detect some cynicism re electric motors and the use of renewables, surely not? Now, I'm no expert, but I'd be thinking that when the panels need replacing, in ~5 to 10 years I'm guessing, they .... now wait for it - because this might just blow your gas guzzling mind,..... they ..... replace them... Wow !! Amazing hey ? Yep, they literally remove the thin solar panels and put on new ones, which are likely to be better than the previous, because of the increasing rate of technology advancement in this area. What will they think of next ???

@@aussiesurfer805 I own a BEV I’m no luddite, to me it looks like the solar cells are glassed into the hull, removing them would be a very time consuming and expensive task. I don’t think it’s a practical long term solution.

The sail on the catamaran actually adds stability (which you can only achieve through gyroscopic stabilizers otherwise), so this is actually better than a regular boat. It was really apparent in a recent review of the electric (no sail) catamaran that La Vagabonde made recently. That boat is quite unstable.

@@Rodrifuuu awesome. Thank you.

why? they're awesome

My pleasure!

Many thanks!

I thought that too. Just plain rude!

I believe with the silent yachts you can use a kite sail as well as the solar panels. Great to see a lot of innovation and some competition for them to earn my imaginary lottery winnings from me.

If it was 4 knots 'indefinitely in the sunshine' I might be persuaded but the claim of 8 knots (unsubstantiated) just makes a nonsense of the green-credentials. Also, what about lightweight eco-friendly materials, life-expectancy, recycling etc...?

It's is a fairy tale if they claim the boat can go with 240kw engines all day long. The panels generate nowhere near 240kwh. At max and under perfect condition they might produce 30-40kwh. 164sqm panel size with an perfect condition 20% efficiency will produce never more then 30-40kwh. The boat is a sailing boat, the solar panels are more for the electric consumer on board like aircon, water pump, electronic devices.

Thank you so much!

Thank you! 🙂

Fair enough!

But instead ugly walls?

Thanks!

They should be decent enough, even if the angles aren't optimal all the time. I just worry about what happens when a unit fails. You probably need to cut into whatever resin they covered it with, replace and redo it. This is likely going to be a yearly maintenance thing, where you pull the boat out and together with all other maintenance you get all the bad units replaced.

@@Rodrifuuu yes you would hope they are very reliable but of course technology does fail regularly. They will probably just leave them be if they fail and slightly lower power output, maybe a complete refit in 20 years time.

There is neither a fuel tank nor a combustion engine. If this was meant as sarcasm, shame on me that i don't got the joke.

Here is one: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/atx4qM-Vu9LUdnU.html

To less space on a regular car.

Expensive if you crash the hull.😬

@@peacem5736 HAAAA!!! I think crashing the hull is pretty expensive generally. You gave me a good laugh.

Reflected sunlight generates zero power. The panels on the hullsides are purely there for cosmetics, bragging rights.

@@TexasStormChaser Zero power! Wow. Can you point me to where you found that fact?

thanksfernuthin You beat me to the observation that solar reflections from the sea are a thing. Kudos to you.

Might be late afternoon, like 5pm or so. It's also in the marina, so no side panels are used/get sunlight.