The owner of YN 17850 (aka Project »Nova«) has christened its new[ds_preview] yacht »Home« at the facility of Heesen Yachts in Oss, the Netherlands. According to the shipyard it is the world’s first fast displacement equipped yacht with hybrid propulsion. Thanks to two water cooled DC electric shaft motors, each 127 kW, she will cruise at 9kn using the generators alone. There are two sources of power for propulsion: diesel mechanical and diesel electrical. Either source can be used independently or simultaneously.
With a transatlantic range of 3,750 nm at a cruising speed of 12 kn, the vessels top speed is 16.3 kn, which is particularly outstanding given that it is achieved with just two MTU 12V, 600 kW each – relatively small engines for a yacht of her size.
The »Home« is a 50m long aluminium motoryacht below the 500GT and with a shallow draft of 2.15m. Following commissioning of her systems in Oss the newbuilding will then move to Rotterdam where it will undergo her sea trials and official tests. The delivery is scheduled in June 2017.
