YT link https://youtu.be/KKypmuc2adk?si=qRcWWtSv30G5fj_m This is really interesting since I could see this as a drone platform that could loiter near a target or just provide intel.

It's pretty crazy that the article does not state how many theoretical watts the yacht has. It looks like maybe 4,000 watts from the photo of the panels.

"Yacht that runs forever without fuel" has kinda been done, many times.

Infinite scrolling blogs are disgusting.

Forever. Or until your charge controller dies. Or your batteries fail. Or your plywood yacht hits a storm.

The inanity of over fitting your design to one particular function and ignoring all others and then pretending you've achieved something significant. It really is a hallmark of this particular ideology.

Most important number is missing: how much did it cost to make?

Clickbait warning... The video that appeared at the top of the page (followed by a bunch of blank space, presumably blocked ads) featuring a superyacht is NOT about the yacht in the title, although it does also have solar panels.

The video[1] from the actual person that built it contains dramatically more info than this lazy SEO spam clickbait blog

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB52wYgEa9A

There is almost no real information here, not even the name of the engineer. The pictures are credited to "true north yachts", and searching for this reveals a patreon that talks a lot about sovereignty and also youtube growth hacking. There's a patreon (called truenortharchive, not sure what it's archiving) and there doesn't appear to be any substantial information about this actual boat.

All available information seems to be in this youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX5EraBZ0As

There are a couple of shots of the plywood construction, but no hard information. At one point he shows the camera the power control interface, and at another he shows the outboard motor, both of which seem to be off-the-shelf at https://www.epropulsion.com/

He literately mentions in the video (1:55) that the solar panels can not power the electric engine but support it.

Clickbait article, that's not worth anyone's time.

One of my dreams is to find dismasted catamaran with seized engines and re-power entirely with solar+batteries for local trips.

By my estimate whole setup would cost less than a single marine diesel engine.