Racer with attitude

Baltic Yachts is launching an eco-friendly 68-footer for semi-series production with the first yacht due for delivery in early 2021. The Baltic 68 Café Racer will be built with eco-friendly building materials and a low emission power pack featuring a 30kW electric propulsion unit.

The yacht will feature hydrogeneration, solar panels and sustainable, modified wood decks to dramatically reduce her environmental impact.

Baltic Yachts executive vice president Henry Hawkins said: “Baltic Yachts has been reacting to customer demand and we’ve been working on the details of this exciting Café Racer since last year. Our desire and ability to adapt to the technical demands of an eco-friendly yacht have resulted in an extremely exciting product.”

Designed by Javier Jaudenes, responsible for the Baltic 108 WinWin, she’s also a powerful, easy to handle sailing yacht with a cool, contemporary, luxury interior.

Minimising local emissions is a key aim of the Baltic 68 Café Racer and the choice of a 30kW electric engine which also has the ability to hydrogenerate through her free-wheeling propeller while sailing, reduces emissions to virtually nil, with no fossil fuels being burned and no noise pollution.