Diesel-electric, or total energy plan, or whatever you call it, it's coming, it's here!
After the 50M Benetti with her ABB Azipod electric drives, I just received information about a 75ft (powercat of course) with diesel-electric as a straightforward option, printed in clear in the brochure!
Go to teamboat.fr
She's call Galileo 75 - Voyager.
On an even smaller level Bavaria and Panda Fisher have worked out an electric version of a 47ft monohull saling yacht and Fountaine-Pajot, the french sailing cat builder, proposes electric versions.