by Natalie | Nov 10, 2022 | Industry Insider 1
Sean McMillan, founder of Spirit Yachts, says that more than half the boats on order with the company are repeat orders for existing owners, but each repeat has gone from diesel to electric. “You can’t build wooden boats and not be a part of this [sustainability],” he...
by Natalie | Aug 1, 2022 | Industry Insider 1
Danish yacht manufacturer X-Yachts has launched a 49-foot, 12-ton hybrid-powered yacht equipped with two 10kW electric saildrives from Oceanvolt. The X4⁹E is a specially adapted version of the existing X4⁹ and is the first electric X-Yacht made by the yard. ”We didn’t...
