60 Sunreef Power Eco
- Type: Power catamaran (Eco electric, no sails)
- LOA: 18.3 m (60 ft)
- Beam: 10.70 m
- Living space: around 257 sq m
- Solar: up to 68.6 sq m, about 21.5 kWp
- Battery bank: around 375 kWh
- Propulsion: electric motors with auxiliary diesel generators
- Guests: up to 12 in as many as six cabins
The electric idea without a mast
The 60 Sunreef Power Eco takes the yard's solar and battery thinking and drops the rig, giving a power catamaran that runs on electric motors alone. Without sails the whole platform turns to living space, so an 18.3 metre boat offers deck and interior room a monohull of the same length cannot reach. The wide beam of 10.70 metres carries a flybridge and a full main deck with ease. This is the model that brought the Eco programme to buyers who prefer a motor yacht.
For Sunreef the power version matters because it meets the larger part of the luxury market head on, where most owners want a motor yacht. The catamaran hull gives that owner a flat, stable platform and long range for the fuel or the charge carried. The 60 Power Eco proved the electric plant could work on a motor cat at a usable size. It reads as a quiet, modern alternative to a conventional flybridge yacht of similar length.
A wide platform for living
The 60 Power Eco spreads around 257 square metres of living space across its decks, a figure a monohull would need far more length to match. The main deck holds an open plan saloon and galley that flow out to a shaded aft cockpit. Above sits a flybridge with a helm and a shaded lounge, reached by an internal or external stair. Forward, a lounging area and the beach club aft give guests places to gather away from each other.
Below decks the boat runs to as many as six cabins and can welcome up to twelve guests, which suits family use and charter alike. The hulls give each cabin genuine length, and the owner can take a full beam suite on the main deck if the layout allows. Because the boat is custom, the cabin count and the crew quarters shift with the brief. Draught stays shallow at around one and a half metres, which opens up anchorages a deeper yacht would avoid.
A motor catamaran that idles out of the bay in silence, with diesels held back for the long legs.
Silence as the selling point
The interior follows the same bespoke path as the sailing range, with the yard's own studio matching the woods and the finish to the owner's taste. The point of the Eco version shows itself at anchor, where the electric plant lets the air conditioning and the systems run without a generator droning through the night. Guests get the calm of a boat at rest together with generous motor yacht space. Delivering that quiet was the aim of the Eco version.
Sunreef fits its next generation batteries and its solar skin technology, so the green systems are built into the fabric of the boat. Fumeless and silent running is the headline the yard puts on the model, and it holds up when the boat sits at anchor on battery power. Energy management and efficient climate control stretch the time the boat can stay off shore power. Water capacity of around 800 litres supports longer spells away from a dock.
Electric drive with a diesel backstop
The 60 Power Eco drives through electric motors fed from a dedicated battery bank of around 375 kilowatt hours. Solar cells cover up to 68.6 square metres of the hull sides and the curved surfaces of the superstructure, adding up to about 21.5 kilowatts peak. Auxiliary diesel generators sit behind the electric drive to charge the bank when the sun and the passage plan call for it. This gives near silent cruising on battery with the reassurance of a range extender for longer legs.
The layout means the boat can idle out of an anchorage and cruise quietly on electric power, then call on the generators for speed or distance. That mix answers the main worry about electric yachts, which is range, without giving up the quiet that makes the boat special. The composite build keeps weight down so the batteries and the solar do more of the work. Performance sits in the comfortable cruising band rather than the high speed class.
Who takes the 60 Power Eco
This model suits the owner who wants a motor yacht but cares about how it runs and how it sounds at rest. It works for a family cruising themselves with light crew and for charter operators chasing the quiet anchorage market. Buyers here often come from conventional flybridge motor yachts and want the space of a catamaran with a cleaner conscience. The six cabin option makes it flexible for guests or crew as the brief demands.
In the market the 60 Power Eco competes with luxury power catamarans and with flybridge monohulls of similar length. Its case rests on the electric plant and the silence it brings, which set it apart from diesel only rivals. Values follow the growing interest in electric motor yachts, a segment still young. For an owner who spends real time at anchor rather than on passage, the quiet is worth the price.
Design
- Exterior: Sunreef Yachts (in-house design studio)
- Naval architecture: Sunreef Yachts
Who it is for: Motor yacht owners who want catamaran space and near-silent electric cruising, with diesel generators held for range.