Yacht Charter By Yacht Charter Expert Bruce Walls

The first diesel - electric propulsion yacht in the yacht charter Industry, built by Robertson and Caine with technology from Glacier Bay, the new Moorings 4300 Electric sailing catamaran combines new diesel-electric propulsion technology with the comfort, style, and performance of an award-winning Moorings yacht. This is the first yacht with electric propulsion to have successfully proven this unique environmentally friendly technology through a transatlantic passage and over six months of charter use in the British Virgin Islands with the charter company, The Moorings. Over the past year this system has proven to be extremely reliable and a winner with environmentally conscious sailors.

The Moorings has been testing this technology for over a year and has brought to the market the first system to be proven in operation in a marine environment. The system is unique in that it does not utilize additional batteries for energy storage but instead combines a custom generator and propulsion unit, making it very environmentally friendly. The OSSA Powerlite propulsion units are driven by an OSSA Powerlite DC generator system by Glacier Bay, which also powers the boat systems, including powerful DC air conditioning units. No additional battery bank is required for propulsion storage, which avoids issues with battery life and disposal, and the addition of weight and reduction of usable space.

This yacht will be on display for the first time in the United States at the Strictly Sail Miami boat show, February 15-19, 2007, booth C39. This unique yacht is currently available for charter with The Moorings charter fleet in the British Virgin Islands and will be available for purchase in The Moorings Advantage Yacht Ownership Program in 2008.

Robertson and Caine are South Africa's foremost producer of luxury sailing catamarans, and the builders of internationally acclaimed models which includes the Moorings 4000 (Boat of the Year 2005), Moorings 4300 and the new Moorings 4600 with its innovative fly bridge level helm which was introduced last fall.

The Moorings is the world's premier yacht charter company, with bareboat (sail-it-yourself) and crewed charters (with professional captain and chef), in some of the most desirable locations in the Caribbean, South Pacific, Mediterranean, Indian Ocean and North America. The Moorings, has 800 employees, more than 800 yachts, in over 30 locations and offers the largest catamaran charter fleet in the world.