The Moorings 4300 Electric Catamaran: First Diesel - Electric Propulsion Yacht in Charter Industry.On Display at the Strictly Sail Miami Boat Show, the Moorings 4300 Electric Offers Environmentally-Friendly Propulsion CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Built by Robertson and Caine with technology from Glacier Bay Glacier Bay Narrow inlet of the Pacific Ocean, southeastern Alaska coast, U.S. About 60 mi (97 km) long, it contains 16 active glaciers that descend from the St. Elias Mountains to the east and Fairweather Range to the west. , the new Moorings 4300 Electric sailing catamaran catamaran (kăt'əmərăn`), watercraft made up of two connected hulls or a single hull with two parallel keels. Originally used by the natives of Polynesia, the catamaran design was adopted by Western boat builders in the 19th cent. 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 Electric propulsion is a form of spacecraft propulsion used in outer space. This type of rocket engines utilize electric energy to obtain thrust, unlike the "normal" rocket engines that use chemical energy. to have successfully proven this unique environmentally friendly Environmentally friendly, also referred to as nature friendly, is a term used to refer to goods and services considered to inflict minimal harm on the environment.[1] technology through a transatlantic passage and over six months of charter use in the British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands A British colony in the eastern Caribbean east of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Road Town, on Tortola Island, is the capital. Population: 21,700. Noun 1. with the world's leading 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 is proud to lead the way in testing and improving this technology to the point where such an eco-friendly propulsion system Noun 1. propulsion system - a system that provides a propelling or driving force system - instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a is available to the recreational boater and charter customer," commented Lex See yacc. 1. (tool) Lex - A lexical analyser generator for Unix and its input language. There is a GNU version called flex and a version written in, and outputting, SML/NJ called ML-lex. Raas, President of The Moorings. The Moorings Continues Innovation 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 Time in the United States, by law, is divided into nine standard time zones covering the states and its possessions, with most of the United States observing daylight saving time for part of the year. 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 bare·boat n. A boat, such as a yacht, that is chartered without a skipper or crew and usually without provisions. bare (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. For charter information, contact The Moorings at 1-800-368-9991 or visit www.moorings.com. For Yacht Ownership information, call 1-800-521-1126 or visit www.moorings.com/yachtownership.asp. |
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