Windelo 54 Awarded 2025 Boat of the Year: Judges’ Special Recognition
THE NEW WINDELO 54 is the next generation of catamarans with fully electric engines, while offering performance cruising for sailors everywhere. It recently earned the Judges’ Special Recognition for 2025 by Cruising World Magazine.
Judge Mark Pillsbury said: “In the past few years of our Boat of the Year inspections and sea trials, it has seemed like there are fewer and fewer differences between the various nominees. So, stepping aboard the 54-foot Windelo, it was refreshing to see all sorts of new thinking in terms of building material, layout and propulsion. The forward cockpit was a new take on a trend popular with some high-end cats.
“The hybrid diesel-electric motors and electrical system were very innovative,” he added. “In addition to solar power, the large lithium-ion battery pack can be recharged with hydrogeneration, which greatly expands the cruising range. The move to build the boat using basalt fibers rather than fiberglass was definitely out-of-the-box thinking. Berths in the aft cabins were surrounded by glass. Underway, the water views are fantastic, and at anchor, the living space is filled with light.”
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