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METSTRADE 2022 interview with Yanmar's Igor van de Burgt and Bas Eerden

by Mark Jardine 22 Nov 2022 15:30 UTC
Yanmar's Bas Eerden, Global Sales Manager, and Igor van de Burgt, Application Engineer, Engineering and Development at METSTRADE 2022 © Mark Jardine

Mark Jardine, Managing Editor of Sail-World.com, powerboat.world and YachtsandYachting.com, spoke to Yanmar's Igor van de Burgt, Application Engineer, Engineering and Development, and Bas Eerden, Global Sales Manager, about the development of e-saildrive, scheduled for launch in 2024.

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