E-MOTION

E-MOTION — Electric Sunreef sailing catamaran, Phuket E-MOTION is the first electric Sunreef sailing catamaran to charter in the Asia Pacific, and the difference announces itself the moment she gets under way: no engine note, no vibration underfoot, just the sound of water moving along the hulls. Sunreef's electric platform pairs that silence with genuine sailing performance, so the quiet is never traded against the ability to actually go somewhere. From Phuket, she is well placed for the cruising that matters here — the limestone towers of Phang Nga Bay, the anchorages around Phi Phi, and, in season, the longer run out to the Similans. Emissions-free passage-making suits these waters particularly well: you arrive without having announced yourself, and the bay stays as you found it. Accommodation is for eight guests in four cabins, each with a double bed and its own en-suite — an even, unhierarchical layout that works as cleanly for two families sharing as it does for four couples travelling together. Life aboard is run by a full-time professional crew, including a private chef. That last point changes the rhythm of a charter more than most owners expect: meals are planned around where you want to be rather than where there happens to be a restaurant, and the day shapes itself accordingly. For the water, she carries paddle boards, Seabobs and a Williams jet tender — the latter giving you genuine range for island-hopping and shore runs when the main yacht stays at anchor.