The Northman 1050 Trawler Electric has been crowned ‘Motorboat of the Year 2024’. On the evening prior to the Hiswa te Water boatshow, the innovation award was handed over to family-owned Natural Yachts by unanimous vote of the Jury.
The Jury awarded the Innovation Award to Natural Yachts. Pictured from left to right: Jurjen Poorting, CEO of Natural Yachts and Electric Ship Facilities, Jury member Jan Zeeman, Hylke, Sarah and Josien Poorting of Team Natural Yachts.
The Hiswa te Water is Europe's largest in-water boat show. During the boat show, prizes were awarded as part of Boat of the Year election. The three nominated boats in the motor yacht category were: Virtue V10, Marex 440 Gourmet Cruiser and the Northman 1050 Trawler Electric. In the election, the scores of the Marex and the Northman were close to each other.
This year, the expert motorboat jury consisted of chairman and exhibition director Arjen Rahusen, technical specialist Andre Kuijt, Bert Bosman of IVA Business School, Epco Ongering of Boottesten.nl, multimedia water sports journalist Bertel Kolthof and public jury member/shipbuilding expert Jan Zeeman.
Winner of the Powerboat of the Year Innovation Award 2024
After extensive sea trials on the IJsselmeer, the judges came to the following findings.
'The Northman 1050 Trawler Electric from Natural Yachts is an electric-powered trawler with an enormous amount of practical space on barely 10 metres of boat length. Many surprising choices have been made in this yacht that work out particularly well. The flybridge is accessible from the foredeck. On top, you can lay out an extensive amount of solar panels. The boat was solidly constructed, well finished and was easy to manoeuvre. ‘The Northman seems excellently tailored to a large target group,’ said the powerboat jury of the Hiswa Boat of the Year election.
Jurjen Poorting, CEO of Natural Yachts and Electric Ship Facilities, says: ‘We are more than delighted with this esteemed innovation award and the outcome of the jury report. After many years of being active in the field of electric boating, we are also very pleased and proud that our Northman 1050 Trawler Electric is now the first electric boat to receive this award.’
Northman 1050 Trawler Electric: an all-electric boat for 4 people
The Jury particularly praised the versatility of the compact yacht and the excellent realisation of the sustainable concept. The full electric Northman 1050 Trawler Electric is an innovative powerboat with a powerful electric motor and a particularly impressive cruising range. The Northman 1050 Trawler Electric offers great electric performance with an all-electric range of up to 230 km! The helm is equipped with state-of-the-art technology. In addition to the electric drive and the proportional bow and stern propeller, the hotel function is of course also electric.
General information Northman 1050 Trawler Electric
Length: 9,80 m
Width: 3,40 m
Draft: 0,85 m
Weight: 5800 kg
CE category: B
Propulsion: 100% electric
The starting price of the Northman 1050 Trawler Electric: € 236.874,- excluding VAT and transport.
Interested in chartering the Northman 1050 Trawler Electric? Bookings for 2025 are open! The starting price for a week is € 1970,- incl. Hotel service.
About Natural Yachts
With the electric boats from Natural Yachts, you will experience the new way of boating: comfortable, easy to operate and completely clean to fully enjoy boating in nature. The innovative boat company from Marknesse/Vollenhove strives to accelerate the transition to sustainable water sports by applying zero emission technology. The Northman 1050 Trawler Electric is yet another example of this.
Plan a sea trial with the Northman 1050 Trawler Electric
Would you like to admire the Northman 1050 Trawler Electric yourself? Team Natural Yachts welcomes you to experience the new Trawler at Natural Yachts' harbour in Marknesse/Vollenhove! You can register for a viewing and sea trial here: https://www.naturalyachts.com/northman1050-trawler-event
At Natural Yachts' Experience Center, you can view other electric boats in addition to the Northman 1050 Trawler Electric. Learn more about the electric X Shore boats and meet the modern Nexus Revo 870 Electric, the luxurious Northman 1200 Electric and the electric-powered Maxus sailing yachts.