This article is from the British magazine Yachting World so prices quoted are in pounds. All of the products reviewed are available in the U.S.
State-of-the-art solar power, wind and water generators have transformed the efficiency of alternative power sources. Imagine a future in which there is never any need to fill up with diesel, buy gas, or top up water tanks and the only constraints are those of needing to stock up with food and maintenance of the boat itself.
It’s a scenario that’s much closer than many realize. The past decade has seen an accelerating pace of change, with technologies that appealed only to a minority, or were prohibitively expensive, now firmly entering the mainstream.
It’s already more than five years since the first of Gideon Goudsmit’s 44ft African Cat cruising catamarans sailed from South Africa to the Netherlands without using fossil fuel, even for cooking, water making and hot water.
