A small conventional vessel usually benefits from a range of 300 to 500 nautical miles – if a diesel engine is the one handling its motion on the waves. Adding a sail to the mix will obviously extend the yacht’s range, unless the wind fails to take part in your adventures; but you still depend a lot on power, for all the luxurious amenities you have a board.

As such, visiting a marina every now and then is a must, with docking taking as much as 3 days at times and who wants that, really? A yacht was meant to conquer the Seven Seas, not be punished to sit in the sun all day long. But there’s a way around that now.

Mixing nature with watersports, Solarwave Yachts has imagined a new sailing experience which uses solar energy to help you sail silently, with no fumes in sight, while listening to the beautiful sound of the waves. The engineers from the Swiss yacht builder have actually developed a system that reduces the operation-hours of diesel-engines, which is both modular and scalable.

Simple, cheaper and with less maintenance needed, this solar-powered system grants more luxury, comfort, and independence to the owner and his passengers on the yacht. So if you want a vessel with solar-electric propulsion, the guys from Solarwave have a solution for you, probably looking like this striking yacht you see below.

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