Solar Powered Catamaran Sailboat

Enjoy all the benefits of a power catamaran with the addition of solar energy.

Solar powered catamaran sailboat.

Grand cayman based serenity yachts just showed off two of their new designs for solar powered yachts at the miami international boat show. Swr german national tv station the vision behind silent yachts is important to people and hopefully helps to steer energy policies towards the right direction. Skeptics continue to question whether solar powered sailing is really viable but after a successful award winning concept turned catamaran in 2009 the answer is yes. See our updated solar catamarans article.

With the abundance of solar panels on board each boat every silent yachts model is able to cruise for 100 nautical miles in complete silence. In the charging system the solar panels convert sunlight into electrical current and deliver it to the batteries via a solar charge controller. One system to charge the batteries and another system to provide 120 volt ac power for household appliances. The 60 m solar panels produce so much energy that the catamaran can drive up the rhine german river with 10 km h despite the countercurrent.

A solar power installation on a sailboat is made up of two independent systems. The solar catamaran brings true eco tourism to water bound operators communities resorts lagoons and nature reserves. These solar catamaran concept boats are now in production as silent yachts. The sunwave 54 solar catamaran is more than a concept but since the sunwave 54 solar.

With no co2 or noise emissions involved we can save the ocean and offer a.