March 29, 2026
Sunreef 80 Sail NEXT Review: When Silence Becomes the Loudest Statement
The boat that built Sunreef's reputation in electric sailing: 340 m² of living space, a 200 m² mainsail, and the deck area for an array that…
Read the articleThe Sunreef Sail NEXT Series
Sailing catamarans from 50 to 100 feet, with the Eco-Option on every hull
If you want to anchor for a week without a generator running, this is the range that does it. Sunreef's sailing catamarans carry solar panels the shipyard designs and manufactures itself, integrated into the composite structure rather than bolted to the roof, and they recover power from the propellers whenever the boat is sailing.
Five boats, from 15.2 m to 28.65 m. Every one is built to order in Gdansk, and every one is offered in a classic diesel version and an Eco solar-electric version off the same specification sheet.
Sunreef currently lists this range as the Next Range, its 2025 design generation. The 60, 70, 80 and 100 all carry the NEXT suffix on the yard's own pages; the 50 has not yet been restyled.
The Sail NEXT Lineup, Smallest to Largest
Every Sunreef Sail NEXT model we review in depth, in the order owners step up through the series.
Photo credit Sunreef.
The entry point to the Sunreef range — 50 ft, 167 m² of living space, Eco-Option available.
225 m² of living space on a 60-foot hull, restyled under Sunreef's NEXT programme.
287 m² of living space, 160 m² mainsail, 1,600 l water — the range's blue-water middle.
340 m² of living space and a 200 m² mainsail — Sunreef's flagship sailing platform.
The only Sunreef with a published solar figure — up to 45.1 kWp and twin 180 kW motors.
Don't see the Sail NEXT model you're after — or a brand-new launch? Request specs through Yacht Specs Direct.
Moving Up the Sail NEXT Series
50 Sail NEXT ( Eco-Option )15.2 m (50 ft)60 Sail NEXT ( Eco-Option )18.4 m (60 ft 4 in)70 Sail NEXT ( Eco-Option )21.64 m (71 ft)80 Sail NEXT ( Eco-Option )23.87 m (78 ft 4 in)100 Sail NEXT ( Eco-Option )28.65 m (94 ft)
The Sunreef 50 Sail NEXT is the entry point and the most owner-operable boat in the range — 167 m² of living space on a 9.1 m beam, with a 80 m² mainsail.
The Sunreef 60 Sail NEXT is the first size where the solar package has real surface area to work with: 225 m² of living space, a 110 m² mainsail and CE category A.
The Sunreef 70 Sail NEXT doubles water capacity to 1,600 l and takes the mainsail to 160 m². This is the smallest boat in the range with genuine long-passage tankage, and the one we would build.
The Sunreef 80 Sail NEXT is the yard's most-built large sailing catamaran — 340 m² of living space and a 200 m² mainsail, with the deck area to carry a serious solar array.
The Sunreef 100 Sail NEXT is the only model in the entire Sunreef lineup where the shipyard publishes the electric specification as the primary specification: 2 × 180 kW motors and a solar array up to 45.1 kWp.
Our Take
The thing that separates this range from every other electric catamaran on the market is that Sunreef makes its own panels. Most builders buy an array and bolt it on. Sunreef designs the panel, manufactures it in Gdansk, and laminates it into the structure — which is why the yard can quote a classic and an Eco version of the same hull from one sheet, and why the solar area scales properly with the boat rather than being limited by what fits on a roof rack.
What you have to accept is that Sunreef publishes no speed and no range for any of these boats. Not one figure, at any length. That is a genuine gap and I am not going to paper over it with an estimate. Ask for it in writing, and ask for draft too — the yard only publishes draft on three of its fourteen models and none of them are in this range.
If I were choosing one, it would be the 70. It is the smallest boat here with the water tankage and the sail area to make the off-grid argument stand up on its own.
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Which Sail NEXT Fits Your Life?
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