Yanmar Announces IMOCA Partnership
December 4, 2025
The agreement makes Yanmar the main supplier of propulsion systems for IMOCA Class racing yachts.
The agreement makes Yanmar the main supplier of propulsion systems for IMOCA Class racing yachts.
The E-Saildrive provides up to 15 kW of power and is a drop-in replacement for YM engines.
The company will launch the E-Saildrive, a drop-in replacement for combustion engines, at the Newport boat show in September.
Yanmar is now the engine of choice for the Dutch builder, starting with the new 45 SL AC motoryacht.
The RIB builder will use Yanmar 4JH engines that run on hydrotreated vegetable oil in several models.
The company has supported the 172-year-old regatta since 2013, when it was the official technical partner of Oracle Team USA.
Several of the company’s engines have been certified for use with renewable hydrotreated vegetable oil.
The company had a 17.3% increase in revenue, and ordinary income rose 26.2% compared with the previous year.
Product manager for sustainable propulsion Stijn Takes will focus on the company’s energy transition strategy, developing hybrid and fully electric propulsion systems.
At Boot Düsseldorf, Yanmar Marine introduced the Green Challenge 2050, a company-wide goal to eliminate greenhouse-gas emissions.
The agreement makes Yanmar the main supplier of propulsion systems for IMOCA Class racing yachts.
The E-Saildrive provides up to 15 kW of power and is a drop-in replacement for YM engines.
The company will launch the E-Saildrive, a drop-in replacement for combustion engines, at the Newport boat show in September.
Yanmar is now the engine of choice for the Dutch builder, starting with the new 45 SL AC motoryacht.
The RIB builder will use Yanmar 4JH engines that run on hydrotreated vegetable oil in several models.
The company has supported the 172-year-old regatta since 2013, when it was the official technical partner of Oracle Team USA.
Several of the company’s engines have been certified for use with renewable hydrotreated vegetable oil.
The company had a 17.3% increase in revenue, and ordinary income rose 26.2% compared with the previous year.
Product manager for sustainable propulsion Stijn Takes will focus on the company’s energy transition strategy, developing hybrid and fully electric propulsion systems.
At Boot Düsseldorf, Yanmar Marine introduced the Green Challenge 2050, a company-wide goal to eliminate greenhouse-gas emissions.
