Silent 62 Tri-Deck Completes Solar-Electric Atlantic Crossing with Live Telemetry

The Silent 62 3‑Deck Open named "100%", owned by Jay Dollries, completed its solar‑electric Atlantic crossing to Antigua on 12 December 2025 after leaving Gibraltar in mid‑November 2025, with the crew broadcasting live telemetry and daily public updates throughout the passage. Project trackers logged position, speed, distance and weather in near real time, and the team published video posts on 10–12 December as the yacht closed on Antigua.

The crew sailed via a short stop in the Canary Islands and a leg past Cape Verde to pick up the trade winds and the North Equatorial Current en route to the Caribbean, a route summary reported by Best4boats and others. Sources differ on total distance: the silentatlantic project site reports "over 3,800 miles" while Plugboats and other outlets describe the voyage as a "3,200 nautical mile journey." Best4boats recorded that on 8 December 2025 the yacht had 613 nautical miles remaining with an ETA of Friday 12 December.

Crew and roles were listed on the project site and in press coverage: owner Jay Dollries led the effort after four years of preparation, and Best4boats names Rebecca alongside Jay as owners of "100%." The remaining roster included Randy Lane as a friend aboard, Will Mitchell serving as captain while preparing for his first transatlantic passage, Michael Scherdel as mechanical engineer and kite systems expert, and Steve Bell leading navigation. Silent Yachts’ press material quotes Steve Bell as "Chairman of Silent Yachts" while another crew roster lists him with a vice‑chair title; the project site also notes this was Bell’s third Atlantic crossing and his first aboard a Silent yacht. Silent Yachts released Bell’s comment: "The SY62 3-Deck Open has proven that long-range solar-electric cruising is a reality today. We crossed an ocean quietly, efficiently, and dependably, demonstrating what clean propulsion can achieve."

Operational figures reported by the project and press give a technical snapshot: the yacht’s daily energy needs ran between 350 and 600 kWh depending on speed, and cruising averaged about 6 knots. Best4boats records that the crew "opted to speed up slightly from the planned 5 knot cruise to 6.5 knots" for comfort, with Bell noting "of course, this used more fuel, but we will share all the data on speed and fuel burn once we arrive in Antigua."

Life aboard was described as comfortable and purpose‑built: the three‑deck open flybridge and panoramic layout supported a steady ocean rhythm, and night watches rotated two hours on and eight hours off between 2200 and 0800. The project emphasized transparency through an active video blog, a Q&A page and social posts, including Captain Boomies video entries on 10–12 December that updated position and progress.

Silent Yachts and project organizers said the crossing produced a substantial operational dataset that will be analysed and published in the coming weeks, promising detailed numbers on average speeds, generator use and fuel consumption to follow on the project site and company channels. The voyage follows Silent Yachts’ earlier milestone of a solar Atlantic passage in January 2018 and builds on the SY64 pedigree that won multiple design and electric‑boat awards in 2021, while photos from the crossing carry credit to Silent Yachts.