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Airport Laundry

Location: Martha's Vineyard, United States of America (USA), North America Categories: Laundry Services

Same-day service, as well as wash, dry, and fold service plus commercial-size washers and dryers.

Blue Sky Cleaners

Location: Seattle, United States of America (USA), North America Categories: Laundry Services

With several locations in Seattle, this locally owned Dry Cleaning company prides itself on sustainability and service.

Del Nero Cleaners & Laundry

Location: Newport, United States of America (USA), North America Categories: Laundry Services

Their services include complete laundry - wash, dry and fold, ironing and dry cleaning – as well as pick up and deliver anywhere on Aquidneck Island.

Delken Cleaners

Location: New Bedford & Fairhaven, United States of America (USA), North America Categories: Laundry Services

Delken Cleaners provides a fast and friendly one-day turnaround if you drop off before 0800hrs, they will pick up and deliver to the shipyard.

Dry Clean USA

Location: Fort Lauderdale, United States of America (USA), North America Categories: Laundry Services

This very ‘yachting friendly’ dry Cleaners services the needs of the interior staff effectively, in a timely manner, providing a wash and fold service.

Dry Clean Xpress

Location: Fort Lauderdale Categories: Laundry Services

Yacht dry cleaning pick-up and delivery service offering same or next day service in the Fort Lauderdale, Miami and Palm Beach areas.

Holdgates Island Laundry

Location: Nantucket, United States of America (USA), North America Categories: Laundry Services

This business, located not far from the rotary, offers same day dry cleaning, as well as rug & drapery cleaning, rental linen service or self-serve Laundromat.

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Icon Yacht Care is dedicated to the yacht community and specializes in yacht laundry care.

Laundry by Bubbles

This Laundromat provides a fast and cost effective service- with pick up, wash, dry and fold your laundry - then deliver directly to the marina.

Lavanderia Inc.

Location: Boston, United States of America (USA), North America Categories: Laundry Services

Lavanderia has two convenient locations in Boston and offers free delivery service (pick up and drop off) with expertise in handling the most delicate fabrics.

Megayacht Cleaning

Location: Fort Lauderdale Categories: Interior Cleaning Services, Laundry Services

Providing fine fabrics, carpets and stone care for yachts.

Micki’s Mat Laundromat

Location: Newport, Jamestown, Portsmouth / Middletown, United States of America (USA), North America Categories: Laundry Services

Micki’s Mat came highly recommended by several crews.

Ocean State Laundry

Located two miles up from Newport Harbor at 232 West Main Road.

Prince Street Laundry

This tiny family run Laundry, not far from the waterfront on 22 Prince St, offers wash, dry and folding services, and will deliver back to the boat.

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MSC Cruises Laundry Services: Packages, Price Lists, and Alternatives

If you are taking a cruise with MSC you may be wondering if they have laundry services onboard. I’ve cruised with MSC 3 times and have used a range of laundry options onboard.

During this post, we will cover all options available.

Do MSC Cruises Have a Self-Serve Laundry?

None of MSC Cruises cruise ships have a self-serve laundry but they do all have laundries. Laundry services can either be purchased by paying a charge per item or laundry packages are available to buy.

There are also a number of free alternatives that are available should you not want to pay for laundry when onboard.

There is no laundry included for free in the MSC cruise fare but there is a lot included. To find out what is included when it comes to food and drink, check out this post: Do MSC Cruises Include Meals? Your Guide To What’s Included

How Much Does Laundry Cost on an MSC Cruise?

The laundry on an MSC Cruises cruise costs around €7.50 to wash and iron a jacket, trousers cost €5.90, a t-shirt €2.90, shorts €3.50, underwear €1.90, and a dress €9.00. Dry cleaning services are also available.

The data on the table below was taken from a number of ships and is designed to provide you with a rough guide as to the costs. The figures below shouldn’t be taken as being exact as they do vary and will change over time.

By looking at the above prices it should help you to work out if a laundry package would provide better value for money for you. A laundry package is where you pay a set price for a certain number of things to be laundered.

Which Laundry Packages Are Available on an MSC Cruise?

It’s worth noting that it’s usually cheapest to pre-pay for the packages than to purchase them onboard the cruise ship. The saving on my last MSC cruise was 15% if booked online. The below prices in euros include this 15% discount.

€10-€15 Package (For American cruises this package costs $28)

The basic laundry package costs between €10-€15 and includes the washing and ironing of 10 items. As you can see based on the prices above this is a MASSIVE saving. If you were to wash 10 dresses without the package this would cost €90 but with the package just €10-€15!

€20-€25 Package (For American cruises this package costs $38)

This package is the same as the basic package but included 20 items instead of 10.

Back Home 40 Package (For American cruises this package costs $49)

This package allows you to have up to 40 items washed and ironed.

It is possible to buy these packages multiple times so if you did want to launder 80 items you could buy the 40 items package twice.

The following terms apply to all three packages:

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Dry cleaning is excluded from the above prices, both include washing and ironing only.

The package is bought for the cabin rather than an individual so can be shared between guests sharing the same cabin.

The items can be washed at different times or altogether.

Clothes are collected by 10 am and returned by 5 pm the next day.

The package also works on the last day of the cruise if collected before 9 am, these will be returned by 5 pm.

These packages aren’t available with any other offers or discounts.

Refunds are not available for any unused clothes. For example, if you purchased a 20 item laundry package and only washed 15 you wouldn’t be entitled to any refund.

Do MSC Do Baby Laundry?

MSC do have discounted packages for babies/young children’s clothes (aged 0-6). You can either purchase a 10 or 20-piece laundry package and the same terms as the adult packages apply.

The baby laundry isn’t washed with the adult clothes, it’s washed in special gentle cleansers.

For 10 pieces of baby laundry on an American cruise, this will cost around €23 for 20 pieces this costs approximately €35.

How do You Purchase a Laundry Package/Use The Laundry on an MSC Cruise?

Laundry packages can either be purchased pre-cruise or onboard. It is usually cheaper to do this pre-cruise.

There will be a laundry order form in the closet of the cabin which needs to be filled out and left with the laundry in the cabin. Your room steward will collect and return the laundry.

If there are any special offers with regards to laundry during your cruise these will be detailed in the daily schedule.

Free Alternatives to Cruise Ship Laundry

When cruising I often use free alternatives to avoid having to pay for laundry.

My favorite way to do this is to pack a small amount of travel wash and wash a few items of clothing in the sink. I like to use little sachets like this:

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Washing clothing in the sink using sachets like this is really really easy and almost free! I wouldn’t recommend washing big items this way as they take longer to dry but if you do run out of t-shirts or socks and need a few more this can be a great option.

How to Use Travel Wash:

All you need to do is put the detergent in the sink with warm water, wash your clothes by hand and then make sure you rinse them with clean water before hanging them up to dry.

All cruise ships have little lines in the bathroom where you can hang your clothes so that they can dry.

These aren’t always obvious because you do have to pull out the line.

They are usually in the shower and the other end of the line clips into a holder on the other side. It isn’t recommended that you put clothing on the balcony to dry as it becomes dangerous if it blows away.

How to ‘Iron’ Clothes Without an Iron

On a lot of cruise lines, you’ll find self-service laundries with irons but this isn’t the case on MSC.

You cannot bring an iron on a cruise. They are banned on all cruise lines due to safety reasons and they will be confiscated from you when you try to board. All cruise ships scan your luggage on embarkation. They’re mostly looking for dangerous things or alcohol but also forbidden items such as irons.

Guests are not allowed to bring any alcohol or soft drinks on board an MSC cruise.

Top Tip: Let The Creases Drop Out

One of the trickiest things about packing for a cruise is keeping your clothes from becoming crinkled and creased. Nobody wants to wear a dress or a shirt that looks like it needs an iron!

My favorite way to iron clothes without iron is to have a hot shower and then hang any clothes that need ‘ironing’ in the bathroom. The steam usually drops out the creases. It isn’t as good as using an iron but it’s definitely better than not doing anything.

I usually leave the clothes in the bathroom overnight for maximum effect.

To improve the efficiency of how well the creases drop out you can purchase crease release spray. I’ve got to be honest and admit that I have no idea how this actually works, but it does! Maybe it’s a little bit of magic.

Is It Worth Paying For Laundry on an MSC Cruise?

If you are only going to need small things washed like t-shirts and socks I’d recommend buying some of the travel wash mentioned above and doing these yourself. It’s very easy and can save you lots of money.

However, if you have one or two items of clothing that you would like washed it might be worth just paying for these to be laundered.

Once you purchase 3/4 items it’s usually cheaper to buy a package so if you are unsure how many items you’d need I’d recommend you buy the package ahead of time.

I personally always prefer to know how much things cost upfront, rather than having a surprise when I open the bill on the last night!

What Else do You Need to Know to Cruise With MSC?

If you’re taking an MSC cruise you’ll probably want to know about the dress codes, formal nights, and what’s included in your cruise fare! This information can be found below:

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MSC Cruises Formal Nights: Everything You Need To Know

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Yacht Club Laundry Service

By goaliemn , February 21, 2017 in MSC Cruises

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Hello. I'm doing the Yacht Club on the Speldidida in November and had a question on laundry service.. I thought I had read somewhere it was included with YC. Is that the case? Trying to plan some for packing for the trip and that would make a difference for us.

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it is not included but I believe they do have some discounts. I'm boarding the Divina YC on Saturday, and we pre-payed for the 40 item laundry package. It was $50. The package does not include dry cleaning, so if any pieces need that, I'll see what the Voyagers Club and Yacht Club discounts are offered.

Does this include pressing/ironing?

I know the package includes ironing and pressing, as that was our main concern, but we are also staying in Miami for a bit after our cruise, so we wanted some things freshened up. It would be great if the butlers just took care of pressing. My BF always worries about his dress shirts wrinkling!

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There are no Yacht Club discounts for laundry services EXCEPT for the long Grand Voyages (e.g. transatlantic crossings) when a 30% laundry discount is included. This discount is based on the list price of the laundry service price list which will be found in your YC suite wardrobe. Also there are no specific Voyagers Club laundry discounts.

Hmmm, when I bought the package it said in the fine print "not to be combined with Yacht Club or Voyagers Club discounts" that's why I thought there were some.

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Hmmm, when I bought the package it said in the fine print "not to be combined with Yacht Club or Voyagers Club discounts" that's why I thought there were some.     Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I questioned that very same language too. I think that's another language barrier issue. Unfortunately no additional specials/discounts offered. BUt- MSC pricing for laundry is so reasonable who cares :)

It really is! 40 items for $50 is a huge deal.

I know! Pricing is the single thing I love most about MSC. So nice to avoid the gouging

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I don t want my laundry done by someone. Prefer to launder and iron myself for a fee, especially ironing. On Princess there are laundry stations with paid washing machines and free irons, it was grest. Does MSC have that? Hate to have laundry all over the bathroom and balcony, but never give my laundry out( the price does not worry me) we are in the yachtclub. 

On 10/23/2019 at 3:19 PM, Kangap said: Hi  I don t want my laundry done by someone. Prefer to launder and iron myself for a fee, especially ironing. On Princess there are laundry stations with paid washing machines and free irons, it was grest. Does MSC have that? Hate to have laundry all over the bathroom and balcony, but never give my laundry out( the price does not worry me) we are in the yachtclub. 

No self serve laundry on MSC.

There are no irons in the cabins either.   

I believe there is dry cleaning available, but for a steep fee, and not the day before you disembark. 

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We're currently on Meraviglia, this is the laundry service list.

Hopefully it's clear enough to see the costs. 

1 hour ago, Zephyr173 said: There are no irons in the cabins either.    I believe there is dry cleaning available, but for a steep fee,

The laundry packages are cheap compared to many laundry/dry-cleaning stores in the US.

We pre-paid a laundry package on Meraviglia, the offers were for laundry and/or dry cleaning:

20 pieces $41 = $2.05 per piece

40 pieces $53 = $1.33 per piece

There is no way I would let DW wash & iron anything if we can have it done for $1.33 per piece.

We choose ‘on hanger’ while cruising and ‘folded’ before disembarking, worked perfect for us.

1 hour ago, SirWolf said: The laundry packages are cheap compared to many laundry/dry-cleaning stores in the US. We pre-paid a laundry package on Meraviglia, the offers were for laundry and/or dry cleaning: 20 pieces $41 = $2.05 per piece 40 pieces $53 = $1.33 per piece There is no way I would let DW wash & iron anything if we can have it done for $1.33 per piece. We choose ‘on hanger’ while cruising and ‘folded’ before disembarking, worked perfect for us.

YES!  Having laundry returned "folded" before disembarking is such a worthwhile amenity.  

grandgeezer

We were on the Seaside last week and prepaid $20 for 10 items. We sent just shirts, (including my white dress shirt) pants, and blouses. They all came back perfect, washed, ironed, and on hangers.

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I confess, I’m not a marine electrician, and my understanding of boat electronics is at best rudimentary, but I’ve now been managing my boat’s power generation and consumption for three seasons and have developed an approach which seems to work well. Hopefully, you will find some of the following advice useful when it comes to managing your own yacht’s energy needs.

Every boat has its own particular balance of power generation and demand, so my system may not work perfectly for you, but it might help you start managing your precious amps a lot more effectively.

My wife Debbie and I sail up to nine months a year around the Med, predominantly lying at anchor. We avoid marinas and use our generator infrequently, to help save the planet and our budget.

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Because lithium offers roughly twice the capacity of lead acid, that’s equivalent to 16 100Ah lead acid batteries with a combined weight of just over a third of a ton. Given Spirit’s generous beam, we’ve been able to accommodate four 420W solar panels, giving a potential maximum of 1,680W.

A few of the electrical galley appliances aboard Mike’s Bavaria C57 and the wattages that similar products might draw off your battery if you have an inverter

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The amount of electrical power you have available is all about batteries. Boat batteries are usually measured in amp hours (Ah) – the total number of amps devoured in one hour of use. So, a 120Ah battery will, theoretically, deliver 120A for one hour or 1A for 120 hours. But, of course, this is a little simplistic.

If you have lead acid batteries, you must never completely discharge them, unless you want to replace them regularly. Lead acid batteries should never be discharged below 50 per cent, so the practical Ah they really offer is half the theoretical Ah rating. In the above example, 60 hours at 1 amp would be the limit before you had to recharge the battery. Typically, the state of a battery’s charge is monitored by volts or a shunt battery monitor.

Knowing the state of charge of your batteries is critical to managing your power needs.

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I replaced our Bavaria’s standard 240Ah of domestic lead acid batteries with 800Ah of lithium batteries. The advantage of a lithium battery is its light weight. And, unlike a lead acid battery, it can be run down to a much lower charge. The downside is that lithium batteries have been known to explode.

To avoid this, they need to be paired with a battery management system, which is best left to a professional, who knows what they are doing, to install.

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A standard ‘off the shelf’ mid-size production boat is likely to be fitted with a 60A battery charger which is used by the boat’s generator, if it has one, or when shore power is plugged in. The engine will also have an alternator which will typically produce between 35 and 60A of charge, depending on the size of the engine.

Assuming a 60A charge source, the batteries will receive 60A of charge in one hour. So, to put it very simplistically, if you have, as I do, 800Ah of lithium batteries and they are at 50 per cent, to charge them up to capacity would take 6.6 hours (400 amps divided by the charging source of 60 amps equals 6.6 hours).

Unfortunately, it’s not quite as simple as that. For example, there are various charging states – bulk, absorption and trickle (also known as maintenance or float) – and different types of batteries with different ratings, but I have kept it as simple as possible here for the purposes of explanation.

If you don’t have shore power (when at anchor, for instance), or don’t have a generator, the alternative is to run your engine for six hours under light load, which is not good for the engine and won’t win you many friends nearby who are trying to relax and enjoy a peaceful sundowner.

Mike’s customised electrical control panel

Battery charger

Increasing the size of your battery charger will speed up the process of charging from both a generator and shore power. I opted to fit a 120A charger and a 3kW inverter for my 240V appliances. There is always the option to beef up the engine alternator to feed a hungry family of batteries, but again, this means the boat engine needs to run for prolonged periods of time.

The 9kW Paguro 9000 generator I fitted produces a lot more power than we ever need. The generator powers both the 240V ‘ring main’ and the battery charger. However, the battery charging will be limited by the power rating of the charger, which in my case is 120A.

Four solar panels on Spirit’s stern arch produce a maximun 1,600W

Renewable energy

Renewable energy for boats is either wind, hydro or solar. I opted for solar on a custom-made stern arch. I fitted four 400W panels, which produce a theoretical maximum output of 1,600W at 12V or, in amp speak, 133A.

Like lithium batteries, the voltage and charge from solar panels needs to be managed, so each panel is equipped with an MPPT (maximum power point tracking) controller to ensure the batteries are getting the right amount of charge when the sun is shining. The next conundrum was to get all this in perfect balance based on the boat’s power consumption.

The stern arch was custom-built to support the solar panels

Background noise

I started by building a spreadsheet to calculate the various power ratings of my many onboard electrical appliances. However, this isn’t simple as you must calculate the power demand of each appliance, estimate how long you will run it for, and when you will run it.

You then need to map this over time to calculate a theoretical power demand and how much power you need to be generated. Estimating the power output from my solar panels alone became a headache: calculating the assumed number of ‘sunny’ daylight hours, the angle of the sun, solar panel efficiency, and when the next solar eclipse would be! So, like all people with limited brain capacity, I gave up.

I decided, instead, to take a more pragmatic approach. The first thing I did was to measure the ‘background noise’ of my boat; that is, the power being consumed whilst at anchor and not running any major appliances.

It turned out to be around 200A, which is very high; but then I do have three fridges, a deep freeze and more internal lighting than Blackpool Illuminations.

The time it takes to recharge my batteries once the sun has dragged itself up to the right angle differs dramatically based on which way the boat is lying. If my stern is exposed to the sunny side my batteries will fill to the brim in a few hours. However, if my bow is facing the sun, it takes a lot longer.

On an average day, we are at 100 per cent by midday or early afternoon, leaving a good four or five hours of surplus power generation for running more critical systems.

Air-con is a battery power ‘killer’

We have a lot of power consuming paraphernalia on board, for example the kettle, coffee maker, hair dryer, microwave oven, and so on, but I ignore these when it comes to power management as they are used randomly and are never on for long.

However, we do have several appliances that are critical to our power management, including a washing machine, water maker, ice maker and water heater. All of these have high demand and can run for long periods of time. I also have air-conditioning which can be run off the inverter, but I prefer to use fans and open hatches to keep the temperature tolerable when we are at anchor. Air-con is a battery power killer and is best left to when shore power is connected or the generator is running.

Our Bavaria came with a built-in utility room, so we decided to fit a full-sized washer-dryer, which has proven to be our favourite upgrade.

For this equipment I simply use a rota and allocate a specific day to run either water production, laundry, ice making or water heating. We do laundry once a week without using the drying function and relying instead on nature’s outside dryer, which does tend to lower the tone of an idyllic anchorage.

The water maker produces 60 litres an hour and I typically run it for around four hours, which will then keep us going for several days. I fit in ice-making and heating the water at other times.

Having guests on board who insist on having a shower every time they go for a dip off the swimming platform requires the water maker to be run most days. Inevitably under these circumstances I lose the battle of consumption versus generation and will need to resort to running the generator.

We chose a Schenker Smart 60-litre-per-hour, 12V water maker rated at 20A, which enables free freshwater production all day long thanks to Spirit’s cluster of four solar panels.

I always delay this until my battery charge is showing 30 per cent or less in the morning. At that point I will run the generator for three to four hours, which is enough to get my batteries back up to around 70-80 per cent, and then let the solar panels take over.

When I run the generator, I take advantage of the surplus power it produces by running as many devices as possible: I make water, run the air-con and heat water. Never waste any of those precious amps! I find that I run the generator, on average, every eight to 10 days when we’re on our own and every four to five days when we have guests.

Batteries can be easily distributed around a yacht

Before increasing the capacity of your service battery bank you need to calculate your total power requirement by multiplying the amperage of all the equipment by the period of time it will be run over a charge cycle (usually 24hrs).

Tally up the amp hours and then double the result (to allow for not going below 50 per cent of your charge capacity). Then add another 20 per cent to ensure you will always have enough to spare.

If you already have separate engine start and service batteries but want to add further service batteries, they should all be of the same age, type and capacity (Ah rating) to the first. It’s best to create your service bank from a number of smaller batteries and then link them together to achieve the total voltage and capacity you require.

If you’re planning to install a large bank (500Ah or more), it is often better to use 6V cells for this as these allow a large deep-cycling bank to be created, while still having the ability to move them around easily or distribute them evenly over a greater area.

Create an improved service bank by connecting a number of smaller batteries

Stay in charge

Once you’ve decided on the battery type, make sure you have enough charging power to fully charge them between cycles. As a rough guide you will need to be able to bulk-charge the bank at a minimum of 10 per cent of its rated capacity (ie. 20A for a 200Ah battery).

However, 20 per cent is a better figure to aim for if you’re looking to fully recharge over one night in a marina. Modern AGM (absorbent glass mat) style batteries can usually take a greater charge than wet lead-acid type, although gel cells require a more particular regime if they are not to be damaged.

Chargers (both mains and alternator regulators) should be of the multi-stage type, with bulk, absorb and float stages. This allows the batteries to be rapidly charged until they reach around 90 per cent charge, then the charge voltage drops to attain the final part of the charge more slowly, keeping temperature (and hence internal resistance) down, and eliminating gassing.

A smart battery monitor will allow you see your state of charge and remaining capacity

Temperature noticeably affects a battery’s ability to give out and absorb charge. The colder a battery gets, the greater the power required to charge it fully. For this reason, always fit a charger or regulator with a temperature sensor that will automatically compensate for these differences.

Most power devices produce a trickle charge, and are used to keep the engine battery topped up. However, if you’re planning to install a powerful (5A+) wind or water generator, or a large solar array, then you’ll need to install some sort of voltage regulator to prevent overcharging. This can vary, from a small solid-state switch for small solar panels, to a large dump resistor that dissipates excess charge from a wind generator through heating up a wire-wound resistor.

Monitoring your batteries

The easiest way to ensure your batteries are kept in tip-top condition is to observe their state of charge every day you’re on board, using a modern ‘smart’ battery monitor. This will give you a real-time display of the current going in and out, the state of charge (SOC), and the remaining capacity available. They also often have alarms to warn you when the voltage is dropping dangerously low, or if too high a charge is being applied.

A rough idea of the SOC can be attained using a voltmeter, but this is not particularly accurate and can indicate a false condition when recently charged or under a heavy load. It’s far better to install a monitor that has a shunt, which measures current flow over time and can calculate the available charge capacity remaining much more precisely.

Hydrogenerators, like this Remoran Wave 3, will quickly recharge a yacht’s batteries underway

Optimising solar power

The efficiency of solar panels can be compromised by saltwater and long-term exposure to UV and high temperatures. Good regular maintenance will improve a solar panel’s performance.

Clean your solar panels early in the morning, while they are at their coolest, as cleaning them when they are warm or exposed to direct sunlight can cause internal thermal stresses.

Use distilled or deionized water to avoid the formation of mineral stains or deposits on the surface of the panels, and avoid using harsh chemicals or abrasive solvents that could scratch the photovoltaic cells. Let the panels air-dry or use soft cloths, and make sure no water residue is left. Check regularly for cracks, breaks or loose connections.

Hydrogenerators

Hydrogeneration has become a great deal more efficient in recent years. It’s a very simple concept: the yacht’s motion through the water turns an alternator on the transom-mounted hydrogenerator which generates electricity to recharge the boat’s batteries. Achieving 300Ah each day is a realistic expectation when cruising at 7-8 knots.

Oceanvolt’s High Power ServoProp 25 electric saildrive

Main prop regeneration

You can also use your main propeller to ‘regenerate’ electricity whilst under sail by using a parallel hybrid propulsion system where an electric motor is installed alongside the engine. Lynch Motors in Devon has supplied its systems to Vendée Globe boats for years, purely as a re-generator, and now produces a Red Snapper electric motor for cruising yachts.

The only problem with a regeneration system is that the pitch required for the propeller to drive the boat efficiently through the water may not always be the same as the pitch for optimum regeneration. Manufacturers have tackled this in different ways.

Oceanvolt has developed its ServoProp for saildrives, which electronically adjusts its pitch depending on speed and function. The latest incarnation allows total 360° blade mobility and faces forwards, increasing efficiency: at six knots, it produces an eye-watering 1kW of power.

Bruntons has another solution with the cleverly engineered Autoprop, which automatically pitches up to match the boat speed. Its Ecostar version of the prop can generate 200W at five knots and up to 1kW at 10 knots when connected to an electric motor.

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Gallery: 50-foot yacht catches fire in Florida harbor

by SOPHIE PENDRILL, WPEC staff

A 50-foot yacht caught fire on Saturday in Clearwater Harbor, Fla. (USCG)

CLEARWATER, Fla. (WPEC) — A 50-foot yacht caught fire on Saturday in Florida's Clearwater Harbor.

The U.S. Coast Guard stated that a good Samaritan brought two boaters from the yacht to the Clearwater Harbor Marina to report the fire and meet emergency medical services.

After the fire was reported, the USCG and partners began to put the fire out.

No injuries have been reported at this time.

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