Yanmar to launch E-Saildrive range at Cannes Yachting Festival

Yanmar Marine International (YMI) is set to launch its plug-and-play E-Saildrive range to the global market at this year’s Cannes Yachting Festival, which is the marine engine innovators eagerly anticipated first step into electric propulsion. The E-Saildrive is designed to give boaters a seamless transition to electric power by utilizing a straightforward installation platform.

The emissions-free saildrive is built on an integrated system with all the components on one plug-and-play platform. It is fitted on existing footprints or as a drop-in replacement for combustion engines, making the switch to 100% electric boating easier and quicker. The E-Saildrive is offered in three models – the SDe7 kW, the SDe10 kW and the SDe15 kW.

The Electric Saildrive range is designed to the same high engineering standards as Yanmar’s combustion engines with full access to the same global support network.

The SDe15 kW saildrive will be shown at the Yanmar stand, and the SDe10 kW will be shown on Yanmar’s demo boat named “Hanasaka”, which is the term used to describe Yanmar’s philosophy of pushing boundaries to create new beginnings and possibilities for the future.

Floris Lettinga, Director of Sales and Marketing at Yanmar Marine International, said: “Our electric propulsion system is different to others on the market. Our technicians have created a clever, integrated system on a plug and play platform which helps boaters to easily switch to electric propulsion. We are all on a sustainability journey together and with the E-Saildrive solution we are aiming to inspire boaters to join us in reducing our environmental impact one step at a time.”