First used in 1903 to propel the triple screw russian tanker vandal on the volga river and caspian sea diesel electric propulsion is now used in the most modern cruise ships and in thousands of other commercial vessels.
Diesel electric yacht conversion.
Check out this conversion story from sail magazine.
S v fluke electric yacht diesel electric hybrid by electricyacht 2019 03 27t09 30 58 06 00 march 27th 2019 columbia 9 6 32 11000lb displacement dana point california sailing vessel fluke was sitting in a slip.
The difference is experience.
Your next yacht may be powered with a new but at the same time old and extensively proven power system a diesel electric drive.
Uses existing shaft and propeller installation or update propeller for improved performance if needed can be installed with boat in the water.
Light weight an electric propulsion system is typically 1 3 the weight of a diesel system.
Electric yacht s complete package is designed to make the conversion as easy and straightforward as possible.
Easy to install plug and play manufactured to make it a breeze.
Mounts to existing engine stringers.
An electric conversion is new and can be viewed as daunting but ceal and electric marina made it very simple.
Hundreds of diesel electric packages in operation globally regular integration meetings begin at vessel concept and continue through commissioning customized packages for constant and variable speed propulsion feature cummins marine auxiliary engines matched to customer s choice of alternator including cum.
Plug and play wiring greatly simplifies installation.
In part one jack wilken of seattle boat works describes the systems and layout of the new electric power system that has replaced the diesel engine.