Some would argue that a yacht has to have sails and as weve seen that was originally the case but we here at Motor Boat Yachting beg to differ as its common to refer to large motorboats as motoryachts superyachts or even megayachts without any expectation that they would have sails.

Yacht without sails. The RNLI is not there to get you home on time. But without maintenance mechanical failures become more frequent and quickly drive costs much higher than expected. Without the steadying hand of an increased sail area even if the violent gyrations dont simply tear the mast out of the boat they will make life very uncomfortable on board.

Anything up to and it becomes unmanageable quickly especially if the weather turns. What makes a yacht a yacht. Sail-less sailboats might be the newest trend in fuel-efficient boating.

Some if its fun work. Boats without low-friction hulls or hydrofoils can be equipped with wind turbines but often the force generated by the turbines alone is not sufficient to propel the craft. Our kite systems make it possible to power your boats with kites.

Sail catamarans have many benefits that make them wonderful boats. Additionally due to the unique physics of kites the power generated can be as much as 10x as a similar sized convential sail - meaning a 10sqm kite. Particularly if the rigging has stretched or light damage has been incurred.

If you want to run a boat of that size around 80 ft without crew after a while just know its not all going to be fun it will be a lot of work too. If a sailing yacht skipper is unable use the engine they should be able to get themselves within striking distance of an engineer by sail power alone. The good news is they both work with our Business Yacht Ownership program.

So you can sail a. Sailboats are better if you want to follow the sun or do longer range cruising. Kites fly much higher than traditional sails where the wind can be as much as 2x the strength.