Sunreef plans to premiere its 60 Sunreef Energy Eco at this 12 months’s Cannes Yachting Pageant on France’s south coast from September 10-15. The Polish shipyard, which additionally has a rising manufacturing facility within the UAE, has lengthy used Cannes and the Monaco Yacht Present a few weeks later as its predominant occasions to debut new yachts, and this 12 months might be no exception.
The shipyard began showcasing its present New Beginnings vary at Cannes in 2018 when it unveiled the Sunreef 80 and 60 crusing cats, including the 50 (2019) and 70 (2021) in subsequent years. In parallel, the 80 Sunreef Energy that premiered at Cannes in 2019 kickstarted the trendy powercat vary – utilizing utterly completely different hulls to the crusing cats – and was adopted by the 60 Energy and 70 Energy, unveiled at Cannes in 2021 and final 12 months respectively.
As if this wasn’t sufficient, Sunreef splashed its first 100 Energy in late 2021, with the yacht ultimately showing on the quilt of Yacht Fashion’s Multihull Challenge in 2022 and at last making its public premiere finally 12 months’s Palma Worldwide Boat Present.
Nevertheless, Sunreef’s post-Covid focus has been on rolling out its Eco vary, which provides the basic fashions listed above – and even bigger crusing cats – with the shipyard’s inexperienced tech.
Most clearly, this consists of its wafer-thin ‘photo voltaic pores and skin’ that may wrap round hull sides, the superstructure, onerous prime and even the mast, whereas it additionally consists of custom-engineered batteries and electrical motors to provide silent, emission-free cruising and operations. Hydrogeneration methods, ultra-efficient air-conditioning, and even wind generators are amongst choices.
Eco fashions have additionally been led by the crusing aspect, with the 80 Eco simply lacking out on a premiere on the Dubai Worldwide Boat Present in early 2022, as a substitute debuting at Cannes later within the 12 months. At Cannes final 12 months, the 80 Eco was joined by each the 70 Eco and 60 Eco crusing cats.
On the powercat aspect, the 80 Energy Eco had its world premiere at Cannes final 12 months with Athena Too. The yacht was truly launched after Sol, which had made its method throughout the Atlantic and was used for the mannequin’s US premiere on the Fort Lauderdale Worldwide Boat Present in October.
The latest Eco mannequin on the water is the 60 Sunreef Energy Eco, the smallest Eco powercat to this point. Like different Eco fashions, it provides the shipyard’s revolutionary solar-power system, with photovoltaic cells constructed into the hulls, superstructure and flybridge onerous prime. The inexperienced vitality generated powers each the yacht’s propulsion and onboard home equipment, with electrical motors fed by an ultralight battery financial institution for vibration-free cruising.
Particular options embody a big hydraulic swim platform that may carry a young and double as a ‘personal seashore’, plus there’s an aft storage for water toys. Nevertheless, it’s the cockpit and its giant desk for alfresco eating that higher reveal the sheer expanse of the cat attributable to its whopping 35ft-plus beam. The wide-open area can be felt on the foredeck terrace.
Ahead of the windscreen is a sunken lounge together with an L-shaped couch and a desk to port, in addition to sunpads to starboard, all surrounded by clear deck area that permits individuals to assemble, socialise and admire the view.
A big flybridge provides loads of room for customisation. Proposed layouts embody a bench-seat helm ahead, moist bar to port and a eating desk positioned athwartships, which is moved barely ahead if the proprietor takes up the engaging possibility of a spa pool and sunpads spanning the aft finish of the highest deck.
Though not represented on this article, the saloon within the 60 Energy Eco might be customised however is in any other case supplied in two primary layouts, all preparations benefiting from pure mild from each the skylight and panoramic glazing.
The selection of galley-up or galley-down – or galleys up and down – can affect the cabin association within the hulls. With out a decrease galley, the yacht can supply as much as six en-suite visitor cabins – three on either side – in addition to two en-suite crew cabins, every within the forepeak.
In any other case, a galley can substitute the starboard midships cabin, whereas a main bedroom possibility replaces the 2 aft cabins within the port hull. The choices are virtually infinite, one motive Sunreef has turn into so dominant in its sector.
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