ALVA Yachts, the new German builder, just introduced its new Ocean Eco 60 Coupe, an electric-solar cruiser with a low profile and transatlantic range.
ALVA Yachts was started in 2020 by Mathias May and Holger Henn, veterans of Pica Yachts, where they made more than 40 all-electric sail and power boats. ALVA, in turn, has already made 50-, 60- and 90-foot electric yachts, including an Ocean Eco 60 Explorer with a flybridge.
The new 60 Coupe is a lower-profile version of that boat. It is scheduled to start production later this year.
The 60 Coupe is driven by two 250kW electric motors with power from a 150-280kWh battery pack. An 861-square-foot solar panel array on the roof produces 18kW. The cat also carries two diesel gensets that produce 2x100kW/DC each.
The new ALVA can cruise all day at 4.5 knots when the sun is out, without running the gensets. Using the gensets with solar power and fully charged batteries, the yacht has a range of 2,800 nm. At a dock, shore power can replenish the batteries at a rate of 88kW. Top speed is 20 knots.
With a massive beam of 33 ‘ 4”, more than half the boat’s length, the 60 Coupe has lounging and entertaining space all around. The foredeck has two L-shaped settees with tables set far apart; you could have a crowd up there.
Aft, the open aft deck has a settee with a table and chairs. In the salon, two chairs face the helm on the port side, with a large, angled sofa to port. The galley is aft, to port, with a bar and then a table seating eight to starboard.
You can order the 60 Coupe in a charter version or owner’s version, where the master stateroom with a sitting room and head take up entire starboard hull. Three other staterooms, including a large VIP forward, are on the port side, all with en suite heads.
Specs.: LOA: 60’ 3”; Beam: 33’4”; Draft: 3’9”; Disp.: 34 tons; Fuel: NA; Water: 264 gals.; Power: 2x250kW electric motors. Read more:
