Yachts

Methanol fuel has found some footing in commercial shipping, but it remains sidelined in other sectors, including leisure craft. The Zero.63 catamaran yacht plots a new course, exploring thousands of miles of ocean on clean-burning methanol.

Silent Yachts is best-known for its impressive solarized battery-powered catamaran yachts. Now, realizing that electric yacht buyers would undoubtedly prefer a clean, quiet all-electric tender, the company presents the all-new Silenter Tender 400.

Pierpaolo Lazzarini is certainly no stranger to unusual designs, but the Pangeos is his most ambitious to date. Taking the form of a gigantic turtle, it would create a movable "city" that he estimates would be the world's largest floating structure.

One of the sleekest, sharpest boats of 2022, the Alte Volare is a new design study from Cockwells. The limousine tender relies on a combination of electric powertrain, retractable hydrofoils and fuselage-like hull for fast, efficient shuttling.

With the Nautilus, U-Boat Worx determines to bring the concept of a submersible superyacht to reality. The impressive vessel has a pool, bar, indoor and outdoor dining, and the unique abilities to dive down to 650 ft and stay underwater for days.

Danish yacht builder X-Yachts recently launched its first-ever electric-propelled yacht. Called the X4.9E, the hybrid vessel's propulsion comes from battery, sail or diesel power, and the latter two sources can recharge the batteries.

Zaha Hadid Architects has turned its design expertise to the exclusive world of luxury yachts, with a new catamaran named the Oneiric. It's hailed as Italian shipbuilder Rossinavi's green technology flagship, and could run fully from solar power.

Combining two forms of sustainable energy into one, Swiss Sustainable Yachts' Aquon One catamaran harnesses solar energy to create its own hydrogen, powering a fuel cell drive to potentially limitless autonomy.

MAN Engines is working toward a greener future for water travel with its new Smart Hybrid Experience. The scalable marine drive ecosystem allows customers to flexibly combine traditional engines and electric motors into customized hybrid drives.

No boat catches the eye quite as quickly as a natural-wood boat. Or so we thought. The Castagnola Heritage 9.9 marries its natural wood aesthetic with a glossy black carbon fiber hull shell ... and it catches the eye just as quickly as wood alone.

The Jet Capsule isn't an ugly duckling by any means, but designer Pierpaolo Lazzarini imagines a beautiful swan with the Avanguardia. The mega-yacht would feature a small watercraft that would serve as a removable cockpit in this ambitious project.

More than once, we've seen an "SUV of the high seas," and Officina Armare has a new interpretation. The 60-foot (18.3-m) Aquanaut leaves 4WD on land in favor of dual-hull navigation, bringing along more toys than an SUV ever could ever handle.