YANMAR Marine International is set to launch its ‘plug and play’ E-Sail Drive range to the global market at this year’s Cannes Yachting Festival, which is the marine engine innovators eagerly anticipated first step into electric propulsion. It is designed to give boaters a seamless transition to electric power by utilising a straightforward installation platform.
The emissions-free saildrive is built on an integrated system with all the components on one ‘plug and play’ platform. It is fitted on existing footprints or as a drop-in replacement for combustion engines, making the switch to 100% electric boating easier and quicker. The E-Sail Drive is offered in three models – the SDe7 kW, the SDe10 kW and the SDe15 kW.
The Electric Sail Drive range is designed to the same high engineering standards as YANMAR’s combustion engines with full access to the same global support network.
The SDe15 kW saildrive will be shown at the YANMAR stand, Palais 118 and the SDe10 kW will be shown on YANMAR’s demo boat named ‘Hanasaka’, which is the term used to describe YANMAR’s philosophy of pushing boundaries to create new beginnings and possibilities for the future. The YANMAR team will be available at stand Palais 118 to provide information and answer questions on the E-Sail Drive range.
Floris Lettinga, Director of Sales and Marketing at YANMAR Marine International, said: “Our electric propulsion system is different to others on the market. Our technicians have created a clever, integrated system on a plug and play platform which helps boaters to easily switch to electric propulsion. We are all on a sustainability journey together and with the E-Sail Drive solution we are aiming to inspire boaters to join us in reducing our environmental impact one step at a time.”
