A 62-Foot Yacht Just Gave Owners a Real Number on Ocean-Crossing Range

On a full trans-Atlantic passage, the Silent 62 ran on battery propulsion alone for more than 70 percent of the crossing. The voyage also served as a five-week sea trial, the kind of sustained, open-ocean data set builders rarely get and owners rarely see before deciding whether a hybrid-electric yacht can handle a genuine ocean passage. For anyone weighing a yacht against the demands of crossing an ocean rather than coastal cruising, that 70 percent figure is the one worth remembering.

With reporting from Yachting.