Issue 5 of the <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/4509" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="SuperYacht Times (Company)">SuperYacht Times</a> technical magazine <a href="https://www.superyachttimes.com/magazine/how-to-build-it-issue-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="">How To Build It</a> has been launched and is available for download now.<img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/317476/image/large-c0b72e2b5ca3ba859e1b241c994f48cb.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/317476">Following the success of the magazine, which was launched in September 2022, the publication now has three issues a year, with planning for Issue 6 already underway.<img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/317486/image/large-5db9776c0823757ed6d9bf4dcc3b47db.png" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/317486">This edition of the magazine focuses on technology and sustainability, with a deep dive into <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/29" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Feadship (Company)">Feadship</a>’s <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/8907" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Feadship 821118.8m (389'9&quot;)Feadship2024">Project 821</a>, the largest yacht by volume ever launched in the Netherlands and the only one anywhere to use cryogenic hydrogen to run fuel cells. We were given exclusive access to the 118.80-metre superyacht to find out more about how her pioneering technology works.Issue 5 of <a href="https://www.superyachttimes.com/magazine/how-to-build-it-issue-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="">How To Build It</a> also explores the 69-metre <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/34" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Vitters Shipyard (Company)">Vitters Shipyard</a> ketch <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/12410" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Project Zero69.0m (226'5&quot;)Vitters Shipyard2025">Project Zero</a>; a groundbreaking new-build that ultimately aims to operate without using a single drop of fossil fuel. Charlotte Thomas takes a look at how this sailing yacht is an object lesson in disruptive thinking, and how the whole of the superyacht industry stands to benefit.<img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/317480/image/large-721e34639f4c4401d92e85fef0395891.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/317480">On a smaller scale, we take a look at an all-electric limousine tender in build at <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/4716" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Pascoe International (Company)">Pascoe International</a> in the UK, with a bespoke articulated drive system that offers efficiency savings throughout the speed range, higher top-end performance, and minimal vibration for improved comfort.Last but not least, Natural Composite Fibres (NFCs) have the potential to provide the performance of fibreglass and epoxy-based composites without the emissions or environmental issues. <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/327" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Baltic Yachts (Company)">Baltic Yachts</a> has already taken a tentative plunge into structural NFCs, but they are by no means the first and one boatbuilder in Germany believes that flax, in particular, could become “the champagne of composites.”“At a time when our industry’s green credentials are under increasing scrutiny, each of these stories explores how technology can play a pivotal role in achieving cleaner yachts and more sustainable development moving forward,” commented How To Build It Editor, Justin Ratcliffe.<img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/317497/image/large-153f72db8d86217bfa54d466038bfcb7.png" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/317497">Want to know more?You can unlock Premium Content including Issue 5 of How To Build It, quarterly newspapers, our annual <a href="https://www.superyachttimes.com/market-reports/the-state-of-yachting-2024" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="">The State of Yachting</a> market report, the <a href="https://www.superyachttimes.com/market-reports/asia-pacific-superyacht-market-report-2024" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="">Asia-Pacific Superyacht Market Report</a> and more by subscribing to Premium.<img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/317498/image/large-77ec5180cd000ef8cb9dfc44f09429bd.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/317498">If you are not already a Premium subscriber you can follow the sign-up instructions below to subscribe and receive your copy of <a href="https://www.superyachttimes.com/magazine/how-to-build-it-issue-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="">How To Build It</a>, Issue 5.

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