Friday, October 30, 2009

New boats: WHY motor yacht

WHY is the newest motor yacht created by Hermès Yachts in cooperation with Wally. The yacht is described as a green boat that is powered by a diesel electric engine. Also WHY solar motor yacht is fitted with 900 square meters of photovoltaic panels which provide juice to most of the boat’s auxiliary system needs. The companies reported that solar power saves up to 200 tons of diesels per year.In addition to optimization of the boat’s energy consumption,it was also investigated the latest wind energy production and wind propulsion system technologies.

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WHY concept yacht has a displacement of 2400 tones and can accommodate 12 guests and 20 crew members. This solar-powered motor yacht is equipped with a 25 meter long swimming pool at the forward and a 38 meter beach deck at the aft. Moreover, all the patios are equipped with photovoltaic panels both on the glass hull sides and on the roof opening, which makes the interiors bright with natural light.

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