Island Pilot LLC has raised the goal posts with the revolutionary new Island Pilot DSe Hybrid:

• America’s first Solar—Diesel—Electric Drive Train.

• Up to 6 knots using only her 6 kW Solar Array.

• Up to 2 hours running using only her battery bank.

• Up to 10 NM/Gallon at 7 knot cruise;
2 1/3 NM/Gallon at 13 knot cruise.

• Live indefinitely on the hook with only solar power sustaining a comfortable life style.

• Silent electric-only cruising up to 7 1/4 knots; economical diesel cruising up to in excess of 13 knots.

• On-deck master stateroom (just forward of the deckhouse) with island queen berth facing forward so you can enjoy the 270 degree panorama provided by her 30” high windows on three sides — Steps lead down to the extensive dressing room and head in the starboard hull

• Expansive guest suite to port with ensuite head, dressing room and island queen berth that converts to a pair of single berths

• Large deckhouse and pilothouse with U-shaped galley, L-shaped settee, 2nd settee to port and entertainment center with 26” wide-screen LCD TV and Bose 3.2.1 Home Theater.

• Fully equipped — as would be expected
from Island Pilot (this means that everything the experienced boater is likely to want on a high-quality cruising yacht is included: Garmin 15” touchscreen with Garmin HD radar, Tecnautic “Fly by Wire” controls and gyro autopilot, 4 zones of air conditioning, hi-tech refrigeration with ice maker, KVH TV antenna with DirecTV receiver, Bose home theater, LCD TVs, dinghy, davit & Torqueedo electric outboard motor)

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