Silent Yachts also offers the option of a fully automatic towing kite.

Silent yachts kite sail. The already green solar electric catamaran gets greener and more eco-conscious this way. So we take out the biggest sail at 25m² 270ft 2There are five size options at 8 13 21 23. At those altitudes it has a dynamic flight pattern which resembles the shape of a figure 8.

United States France United Kingdom Spain and Turkey. Silent-Yachts the manufacturer of innovative solar-hybrid yachts and SkySails Yacht GmbH market leader in the field of towing kite systems have teamed up for the worlds first yacht series with kite powered windsolar hybrid propulsion. The Silent 60 features a kite wing which generates more power than a conventional sail.

The first delivery is in January and will be the first Silent-Yacht equipped with their new automatic kite sail system. The new 60 was built at the companys yard in Thailand. As regular sails would throw a lot of shade on the panels which leads to a significant decrease in energy all our models are available with an optional kite sail system instead.

The Kite Sailing Kitano Yacht designed by Stefani Krucke introduces kite sailing technology to the leisure sailing yacht class and benefits from the many advantages that technology has to offer. The kite can pull the 30-ton SILENT 60 with about 4-5 knots and it reduces the consumption of the e-motors thus extending the range. The kite flies between 70m and 140m above the yacht and can generate up to 10 times more power per square meter than a conventional sail.

The sail flies in a figure-8 in front and above the vessel with advanced software needed to control the sail and generate power. Silent is a yacht manufacturer that currently has 23 yachts for sale on YachtWorld including 20 new vessels and 3 used yachts listed by experienced boat and yacht brokers mainly in the following countries. Silent-Yachts new Silent 75 series as well as the Sky Sails Yacht kite system will be adapted to complement each.

Silent-Yachts says the kite sail generates much more power per square meter than a conventional sail. Kites fly much higher than traditional sails where the wind can be as much as 2x the strength. Our kite systems make it possible to power your boats with kites.