Electric sail handling systems are not just for maxi yachts. Sam Fortescue looks at how push button sailing is filtering down to the cruising boat market
Electric Yachts
Electric winches: a buyer’s guide
Electric winches are becoming cheaper and simpler to fit, making effortless sailing an affordable option, says Sam Fortescue
Electric boat propulsion drives – new gear for 2022
New for 2022 from METS trade show – Electric boat propulsion drives and electric outboards Bluenav BlueSpin retractable turbine electric boat propulsion BlueSpin Retractable is a hybridisation solution for motorboats…
Energy saving devices: latest tech for your boat
For most sailors finding energy saving devices that draw the minimum possible power is a crucial part of our decision making process. Of course, for those planning to cross the…
First look: Arcona 415 – first electric production yacht?
Electric propulsion is gradually becoming more and more mainstream for sailing yachts, and it makes sense. Electric yachts are virtually silent, maintenance free, have zero emissions and are ready at…
Yachting Monthly October 2021 – on sale 16 September
Inside the October 2021 issue of Yachting Monthly you will find a guide to cruising a post-Brexit, post-COVID Europe, a buyer’s guide to electric outboards and trolling motors for dinghies,…
Renewable energy afloat: the latest tech
Sam Fortescue examines how renewable energy afloat is benefitting from technical developments in other sectors
Would you switch to electric propulsion?
Would you make the switch? We ask two sailors who have looked at how the real-world numbers stack up on electric propulsion but have reached different conclusions
Yachting Monthly April 2021 – on sale 4 March
Inside the April issue of Yachting Monthly you will find a focus on 'green' issues, plus shakedown sailing skills, cruising adventures, gear and more
First electric boat circumnavigation on hold
Jimmy Cornell has abandoned his Elcano Challenge – a quest to retrace the world’s first circumnavigation in a fully electric boat – for now.