60 Sunreef Power Eco

Luxury, Calm and Pleasure

Our title fits perfectly with the powercat we’re trying out here, as it comes from a poem by Charles Beaudelaire entitled “L’Invitation au Voyage” [Invitation to the Voyage] – whose famous lines have become the source of multiple works and inspirations are precisely “Là, tout n’est qu’ordre et beauté / luxe, calme et volupté.” [“There, all is order and beauty / luxury, calm and pleasure.”] And that’s exactly the feeling we experienced off Cannes aboard the 60 Sunreef Power Eco #2. This glamorous and exclusive powercat boasts a sophisticated and, of course, silent electric motor, whose technical features we wanted to understand, and whose ecological and economical credentials we wanted to assess.

The 60 Sunreef Power Eco can be fitted with solar panels on all surfaces - except the deck - giving a total of 24 kWp.

While the twin 120-kW electric motors are capable of propelling the 60 Power Eco at 10 knots, fuel consumption suggests cruising at 7-8 knots

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Boat Test price5.00€ Inc. tax

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Boat Test price5.00€ Inc. tax

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Test location: Cannes, France
Conditions: Short chop, 5 to 8 knots of wind

We would have liked to try out the first example of this 60 Sunreef Power Eco, but that hadn’t been possible for scheduling reasons. It’s a bit of a shame, because hull #1 is owned by Formula 1 driver Fernando Alonso... and what’s more, it’s covered with solar panels on its sides, unlike the model we’re discovering today in Cannes on the Albert 1er jetty, of which only the T-Top and coachroof cap are equipped with them. The comparison would have been useful... Never mind: Alexander, the Owner of this second 60 Power Eco, warmly welcomed us aboard. Enthusiastic about his new Sunreef, which he has christened Double Happiness, he gave us an interesting testimonial - one that was to dispel our journalistic frustrations. As far as looks are concerned, the 60 that we were about to discover was rather modern and trendy, with a metallic anthracite hull and lacquered black superstructure. The famous solar panels integrated into the side of the roof are barely noticeable. Black on black, you can only see... black. And it’s precisely to preserve his anthracite hulls that Alexander decided not to fit them wit...

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