Overview of Greenline 58 Hybrid Yacht
The introduction of the Greenline 58 flybridge hybrid motor yacht fills a gap between the popular 48-foot hybrids and Greenline’s 68-foot Ocean Class. Enthused owners of smaller Greenline vessels, as well as people attracted to the design and concept of Greenline Yachts but desirous of something in a larger size, placed orders for over 50 vessels almost immediately after the introductory announcement.
Building a 58-foot yacht is a serious undertaking. While the rare exceptions prove the rule, few vessels in this category are sold to owners acquiring their very first boat. Experience helps people identify those characteristics which are critical to their yachting enjoyment. Experience enables more people to discern the differences between schmaltzy gimmicks and features providing genuine, additional value. Yachtsmen and women in a position to realistically contemplate ownership of a 58-foot vessel also have the disposable income to brook fewer compromises and expect an exceptional product. This review of the Greenline 58 Hybrid Yacht will highlight the best of its features.
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Greenline clearly responded to lofty expectations beginning with the design and engineering of the 58 flybridge hybrid motor yacht. Internationally renowned designer Marco Caselli drew the lines for the Greenline 58 flybridge hybrid motor yacht, creating a contemporary statement sure to turn heads in every port. Proportions suggest the classic flybridge sedan, adapted, with class, for the Twenty-first Century. Engineering experts at Micad specified the mechanical and systems considerations.
The Greenline 58 flybridge hybrid motor yacht is a deliberate combination of both beauty and brains, in addition to featuring the industry’s leading hybrid drive system to help enable more economical and environmentally friendly operation.
Review of Greenline 58 Hybrid Yacht: On The Deck
As we review the Greenline 58 Hybrid Yacht, we see some outstanding deck features. Owners and guests step aboard aft across a spacious, “beach club” sized bathing platform. The platform is hydraulically operated, and if fitted with chocks can lift an approximately 1100-pound shore boat. An aft-facing seat is recessed into the transom, thoughtfully present when entertaining on the platform but otherwise unobtrusive when using the boarding stairs to port of starboard or launching the dinghy.
The covered cockpit will surely be a social center during pleasant weather, additionally protected from searing sun or drizzle by a hardtop. A pair of facing cockpit seats are situated either side of the centerline, affording everyone seated at the high-low table an unobstructed view of the water. Employ a pair of director’s chairs, and six can dine in high style in the cockpit of the Greenline 58 flybridge hybrid motor yacht.
Deck hardware in the cockpit of the Greenline 58 hybrid motor yacht includes stainless bollards and a warping winch. Once again, Greenline is building a vessel for experienced and knowledgeable owners.
Comfortable passage to the foredeck is afforded along both port and starboard sides of the Greenline 58. Adequate bulwarks (with cutaways strategically placed to introduce light into below-deck staterooms) and stainless safety rails assure safe transit in a seaway. In addition to the chain locker, there’s a fair-weather social center at the bow. A large sun pad, and two aft facing seats either side of the enclosed windlass provide an area for conversation or sunbathing.
Access to the flybridge is via an easily negotiated stairway from the cockpit, with reassuring treads and a stainless rail on either side. The upper helm is starboard, with a watch keeping seat opposite to port. The Greenline 58 flybridge hybrid motor yacht includes a standard hard top, providing protection for a six-person settee to port and a built-in wet bar to starboard. The hardtop also provides a location for an array of solar panels, intrinsic to the hybrid propulsion of the Greenline 58.
Interior layout and accommodations of the Greenline 58 Hybrid Yacht
Our review of the Greenline 58 hybrid yacht finds that the choice of materials and the design this flybridge yacht set it apart, even in this exalted category, from lesser boats. The main cabin is laid out in a way that flows logically between various functions and locations.
The galley is in the aft portion of the main cabin, with sink and joinery on the port side of centerline and additional stowage and refrigeration to starboard. All appliances are all electrical, consistent with the Greenline hybrid yacht’s philosophy of environmentally friendly boating. At anchor, the solar panels on the hardtop produce sufficient electricity to keep the house batteries fully charged, without any need for an auxiliary generator.
Forward of the galley on the port side, the Greenline 58 flybridge hybrid motor yacht features comfortable seating for six around three sides of a dining table. Immediately opposite starboard, is seating for four and a beverage service area.
The lower helm is in the starboard forequarter of the main cabin. Companionway steps on centerline lead to the staterooms, forward and below deck.
The Greenline 58 flybridge hybrid motor yacht offers owners some choices when it comes to staterooms.
In each case, the VIP stateroom is in the bow, with a deluxe queen on centerline. The VIP stateroom includes a hanging locker, built in seating, and a private, ensuite head.
Likewise, the master stateroom of every Greenline 58 flybridge hybrid motor yacht is most aft on the lower deck. The master stateroom utilizes the full beam of the vessel, with generous amounts of room around a king berth, on centerline in front of the aft bulkhead. There is of course a private, ensuite head with a dedicated shower stall and designer fixtures.
The layout plans permit some flexibility with additional compartments. Owners planning overnight cruises with larger parties might opt for the starboard stateroom including a pair of single berths. Someone else, for whom two staterooms are sufficient, can have the starboard compartment fitted out as an office area.
There’s even a “crew quarters” available, accessible through the cockpit. Headroom in this area is about 5-feet, and many owners who don’t plan to employ crew or serve as a charter captain aboard the boat are likely to find the area for handy stowage.
Hybrid Drive System Review
The Greenline 58 flybridge hybrid motor yacht would be impressive and competitive if it were merely a conventional boat. But it isn’t. The hybrid drive system places the Greenline 58 into a unique category. With the Greenline 58 flybridge hybrid motor yacht, an owner isn’t required to disregard environmental realities in order enjoy the yachting pastime.
Utilizing a concept not entirely dissimilar to that employed by hybrid automobiles, the Greenline 58 flybridge hybrid motor yacht operates on battery power at lower speeds. Just moving around the marina? Taking a sunset cruise down the canal or not far beyond the breakwater? It’s entirely possible to enjoy nearly silent propulsion, and without any diesel exhaust. The battery bank aboard the Greenline 58 flybridge hybrid motor yacht, when totally recharged, can propel the vessel for about 30 nautical miles at 6 knots.
Typical use will involve a mixture of both electrical and diesel propulsion. Twin Cummins diesels, (610 standard HP and 715 optional) share a common shaft with a pair of electric motors. At slow speeds, the electric motors propel the vessel. As speeds increase, the diesel engines take over and the electric motors become generators to recharge the battery banks.
Allowing the electric motors to power the Greenline 58 flybridge hybrid motor yacht for portions of nearly every cruise reduces the number of hours on the engines, extends the frequency of service intervals, and reduces the carbon footprint of the yacht.
The battery banks are of sufficient size that there is no need for an auxiliary generator, providing additional savings while maintaining the tranquility of a wilderness anchorage. Again, the solar panels on the hardtop of the Greenline 58 flybridge hybrid motor yacht are of a capacity adequate to keep the battery banks topped off for days at a time.
It might be tempting to wonder whether Greenline’s hybrid drive system is somehow, “experimental.” It isn’t. Greenline is by far the leader in hybrid boating technology, with over 1000 vessels built using the hybrid yachting concept. “Experimental”? Not Greenline. Greenline’s hybrid technology is a proven concept standing the test of time.
Conclusion
Anyone in the market for a luxurious vessel in this size range is almost certain to be impressed with the Greenline 58 flybridge hybrid motor yacht. Fit, finish, design, engineering, materials choice, layout, and everything else considered; Greenline’s outstanding yacht is a serious contender. And, of course, that’s *before* considering the enhanced resale value, lower operating and maintenance costs, and opportunities to enjoy uniquely quiet and more environmentally friendly boating experiences.
