Project eYacht

Project eYacht is the personal journey of two Australian physicists designing and building a solar electric catamaran.

It started with finding a high speed, low weight cruising catamaran with room for a liveaboard family and a large solar array. It culminated in our designing of an electric propulsion system and electrical architecture as well as coding the control software and user interface.

Lucky we are geeks who like a challenge because we set the bar high!

  • Coastal cruising:

    • 100% electric propulsion

    • >100nm range @ 8knots

    • solar recharge time 2 days

    Ocean passages:

    • >90% electric propulsion @ 8 knots

    • max diesel recharge 2 x 1hr per 24hours

    • 12:1 hull length to width ratio

    • 30 tonne lightship

    • 25kWp solar

    • 254kWh propulsion battery

Sea trials are planned for late 2024! We’ll be sharing all the results here as well as on our socials!