Comentarii la: Fountaine Pajot 41 Review – Catamaranul hibrid-electric perfect de 41 de picioare pentru cuplurile de croazieră

De: @kevinmcguire8965

@kevinmcguire8965 — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 18:27:37 +0000

I looked at the electric propulsion option in the Hanse 410 and Dufour 41 and was glad to see this technology reviewed here. My interest in electric was eliminating the sound and smell of a diesel engine and the reduction of carbon production. Another pro as noted by others is that they should require less servicing. I think all that’s great but there are a few downsides which this video doesn’t mention. To me the main issue is that power density of current batteries is far far lower than power density of diesel. To get reasonable range you’ll need a good size battery bank which adds weight and reduces sailing performance, plus you’re going to want a gen set for backup. Note that the proportion of battery weight to boat weight goes down as the boat gets bigger, which I gather is why 40’ is the smallest boat that Hanse and Dufour offer electric, and conversely may make hybrid more practical for boats in the 45+ range. Also to note that hydro regeneration while sailing reduces boat speed, to my memory it’s about 1 knot, so there’s no “free lunch” there. Additionally as others here note, it adds $100k+ USD to the price depending on much battery (range) you want, a gen set, solar panels. A final concern I have is, given how new the technology is, competent servicing may be hard to find. I found it difficult just getting specs like range and power usage vs. regeneration rate from the broker. My conclusion is that as much as I’m excited by the concept of hybrid propulsion, (1) we need the next generation of battery tech (likely solid state) with higher power density and (2) as an early adopter of the technology you need to be prepared for all that comes with that. Hopefully we’re just a few years out from it being practical (and this is “Practical Sailor” after all!).

De: @Frog1652

@Frog1652 — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 16:17:13 +0000

Still skeptical, delivery skippers that I know from SA that have crossed the Atlantic actually ended up burning more diesel with hybrids than the standard motors. Have spoken to many owners about this and they have no faith in the systems, their mindset is for the added cost of hybrid systems they can buy literally tons of fuel and their yanmars are proven and reliable no matter what the climate and weather.

De: @stephennowlan2637

@stephennowlan2637 — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 02:24:41 +0000

Looks almost the same as the 42’ model we chartered in the Virgin Islands for 2 weeks last December, minus the hybrid. Sorry, but it was the worst sailing experience. No worries about seeing under the jib from the elevated helm in the 20-25 knots Caribbean breeze, the jib was out 3-4 times and the main only once because the winds were beyond the reef limits the charterer would allow.

On the surface there looks to be lots of room until you try to stow food for 6. We had to keep the boxes the delivery company sent the order in and lined the window ledges in the salon so we had somewhere to store the dry goods.

We had a great vacation on the floating cottage, but did not compare to two previous charters on island packets years ago.

We cover a lot of ground on our island vacations, very little diesel to fill the tanks on the sailboats after traveling a few hundred nautical miles, about $800 usd to fill the cat after doing the same thing. The hybrid would have to work really well just to break even in my opinion.

I’m told there are cats that sail very well, I can attest that this brand doesn’t fall into that category. It’s a vacation platform and that’s it.

Edit to add:
Ventilation is terrible, plan on running a generator and air conditioning in the tropics. The cockpit, or more appropriately the aft lounge area is unbearable in the heat as there is no way to get air into it at anchor unless you use a stern anchor I suppose.

De: @LoanwordEggcorn

@LoanwordEggcorn — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 01:22:55 +0000

Thanks Tim and all. Looks like a well executed hybrid and a workable boat.

The big picture significance of this is that hybrids are becoming mainstream and production, which is a good thing. Well done FP.

De: @billdelicatessen948

@billdelicatessen948 — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 11:29:02 +0000

do you all forget about the couple that died in the electric sail boat

De: @carrierserena

@carrierserena — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 04:15:48 +0000

Love the hybrid sail drive idea.

De: @stanleybest8833

@stanleybest8833 — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 02:21:33 +0000

You'll wear out the Great Lakes before you charge back 500 amps. The batteries are the weak link.

De: @KenWallaceFilms

@KenWallaceFilms — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 02:18:26 +0000

At first glance I'm not a fan of the helm being separated from the lines/winches, as it makes single-handing this boat pretty much impossible, which shouldn't be the case for a boat under 40'. Or am I missing something about how it's rigged?

De: @kamilpankowski8138

@kamilpankowski8138 — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 20:47:09 +0000

No service solution. Best:)

De: @Analog_nomad01

@Analog_nomad01 — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 20:29:44 +0000

From what I have seen watching many other sailing channels is this technology is still a ways off. If you want to pay a million dollars (or more) to BETA test for these companies, go right ahead…