GREENLINE YACHTS LED ON LOW-EMISSION YACHTING AT CANNES SHOW WITH THE GREENLINE 58 FLY HYBRID
Greenline 58 Fly Hybrid
The Cannes Yachting Festival had the opportunity to see the stunning new Greenline 58 Fly Hybrid in action. This yacht, currently the flagship of the Greenline fleet, demonstrates how luxury and eco responsibility can co-exist. Thanks to its next generation hybrid drive and carefully sourced interior, emissions are up to 40 per cent lower than a standard diesel.
The Greenline 58 Fly Hybrid features the Slovenian brand’s famously efficient lines, but with the added attraction of a generous flybridge deck. This gives the boat an extra dimension for warm water cruising. The design by naval architect Marco Casali creates an elegant, timeless silhouette that successfully minimizes the appearance of the flybridge while maxxing out its usable space.
Flexibility is the name of the game up here. As well as a fully equipped outdoor helm station, there is room for a smart bar, a six-person dining table and open deck for loungers or seating. A sturdy three-bar guard rail at the aft end gives way to a glass bulwark forward, both doing an excellent job of safety.
Just as with the Coupe version of the boat, the main deck aft offers a sleek, comfortable multifunctional space. Its centerpiece is the beautiful square dining table, with deep sofas down two sides and loose chairs at the forward end. It commands an unfettered view out aft over the harbor or anchorage, connecting you with the ocean and your surroundings.
Down a short flight of teak-lined steps on each quarter, you reach the bathing platform, which is another stand-out feature of the Greenline 58 Fly Hybrid. Here there is almost 2m depth – enough to lay out loungers and chairs for an unbeatable water’s-edge atmosphere. Or use the hydraulic controls to lower the platform into the sea as a large swim step.
Either way, there’s a handy upholstered seat set into the transom, which also swings open to reveal a large storage area for toys. The tender is carried on the bathing platform when under way and has the capacity for a jet tender up to 500kg, although a lighter boat is recommended for performance reasons.
Naturally, the boat also boasts a foredeck lounging area. A clever movable back / head rest means it can serve a double purpose. There is full-length lounging for three people on cushions ahead of the superstructure windows. Or turn the forward edge of this cushion into a seat for admiring the view from the bow.
Generous windows and a mullion-less windscreen transform the boat’s interior into a bright social space that keeps a strong connection with the ocean. The extra-large galley is positioned aftmost, and can be fully opened to the deck outside thanks to the glass door and swing-up window. Spacious and well equipped with fridges, a freezer, induction cooktop and a dishwasher, it is easy to prepare a special meal here.
One of Greenline’s trademark features, and a real testament to its yachting experience, is the cavernous space under the galley sole, which can be turned to a number of useful purposes. Some owners like to devote this room to extra food storage, allowing them to install a built-in washing machine in the galley cupboards. Others opt for a laundry room and technical space, while still others turn the volume over to a self-contained captain’s cabin.
With sightlines from bow to stern, the saloon also offers lots of social space. It has elegant sofas to starboard and a dinette to port, where the table can be raised or lowered to provide dining, coffee, drinks or indoor lounging. A designer ceiling light uses two effects to create a warm homely glow, reflecting spots off the natural wood table and using indirect lighting in the deckhead itself.
The materials specified by Greenline Yachts and Marco Casali owe much to the yard’s philosophy of responsible yachting. Fabrics from recycled fibers, sustainable woods and foam made from recycled PET – the footprint of the yacht is kept to the minimum. What’s more, waste is either recycled or used to generate heat. The Greenline 58 Fly Hybrid is offered with two ready-made interior moods that reflect different personalities: a cool mood invoking whites and light blues; and a warmer finish that uses more natural off-whites and beiges.
Accommodation is reached down a broad staircase to the lower deck, where a lobby gives access to the three cabins. The pick of them all, the owner’s suite, fills the full beam of the boat amidships. Generous hull lights bring natural light flooding in and give wonderful views of the anchorage. Besides the king-size double bed, there is a sofa, vanity table and lots of storage, including a walk-in wardrobe.
Extreme comfort on this scale calls for an equally spectacular bathroom, and the master suite doesn’t disappoint. Designer fittings and elegant porcelainware contrast with the warm, woody finish and the elegant curves of the joinery. It makes for a tranquil, calming space, with a separate heads and shower cubicle.
Another vast VIP double berth lies at the bow, also with an ensuite bathroom and elegant storage in real wood-finished joinery. Between the two to starboard is a flexible third cabin which can be configured as a twin for children or a double for friends – with an ensuite in either case. Long-term liveaboard owners could also turn this cabin into an office or even a dedicated TV room.
Greenline Yachts has always put sustainability front and center, and the Greenline 58 Fly Hybrid is no different. It uses the same hyper efficient ‘superdisplacement’ hull design as the smaller boats in the range, which gives optimum performance at a number of different speeds – from 6-knot cruising speed up to 29 knots flat-out.
The H-Drive 6G is Greenline’s most efficient drive yet, with better performance, an improved user interface and groundbreaking low-voltage electric motor. As a pioneer in the hybrid space, Greenline Yachts has been honing its technology for over 15 years, and the latest iteration allows the Greenline 58 Fly Hybrid to offer an impressive range of 20 nautical miles in silent electric mode with speeds up to 6 knots. Across the typical use cycle of a Greenline Yacht, the hybrid system delivers a cut in emissions of up to 40 per cent.
Greenline Yachts’ solar roof concept puts a 4kW solar array to work at the service of the Greenline 58 Fly’s hotel services. Although it can also increase the yacht’s range a little, its main benefit is to enable long days and nights at anchor without needing to fire up a noisy generator. Combining Greenline’s high-quality lithium polymer batteries with up to 20kWh of solar input gives an astonishing three days at anchor without the generator. That extends indefinitely if the aircon is not required.
The foundation of Greenline Yachts’ parallel hybrid concept is that the electric drive serves for silent maneuvering around the bay or harbor, while the diesel kicks in for greater speed over longer passages. A high top speed eats up the miles and ensures that the boat arrives with its batteries full, and ready for more silent days at anchor.
“Our unique approach to responsible yachting gives owners the option of speed when it matters and optimum efficiency over shorter distances,” said owner and MD Vladimir Zinchenko. “The Greenline 58 Fly Hybrid exemplifies the concept, but it’s also found across all our yachts. Responsible Yachting is a philosophy which has led us to make significant reductions in waste and energy usage at the yard, eliminating paper-based marketing material and recycling as much as we can.”
Alongside the Greenline 58 Fly Hybrid, Greenline Yachts also showed two of its best-selling models at the Cannes Yachting Festival. Both the Greenline 48 Coupe and the Greenline 45 Fly were on the stand in Cannes’ iconic Vieux Port. Both hugely successful models have sold more than 100 units, and they neatly illustrate Greenline Yachts’ two different superstructure options: the sleek Coupe variant and the luxurious Fly.
What’s more, they are both available with a range of engine options that include Yanmar’s new HVO-ready diesels. This allows the two yachts to burn more sustainable HVO fuel, derived from waste vegetable oil. It is being rolled out across marine hotspots and offers the possibility of radically reducing carbon emissions at no cost to performance. It is another facet of Greenline Yachts’ commitment to Responsible Yachting.
Greenline Yachts has developed a distinctive philosophy of responsible yachting. This is not simply a matter of hybrid propulsion and solar panels – the whole design ethos of Greenline Yachts is built around efficiency in the water. It starts with the “superdisplacement” hulls of each model, which have been rigorously developed and tested to provide the smoothest ride, stability and efficiency at both lower and higher speeds.
Responsible Yachting extends to the construction process as well. The high-tech foam sandwich used to strengthen the hull comes from recycled PET plastic. Lay-up is through vacuum infusion, ensuring very precise material use. Currently using exclusively vinyl-ester resin allowing a 5-year warranty against osmosis. Furthermore the yard’s technicians are experimenting with natural fibres and green resins in the lay-up of the yachts themselves.
The shipyard is also reducing waste and power usage on the production lines. Any offcuts of wood from the interior fit-out are collected and pressed into heating pellets, while leftover foam is reused by a neighbouring company to produce home insulation. Production of single-use marketing materials has been almost eliminated and even then, it is clearly focused on recycled or sustainable materials.
Greenline Yachts is also working on an annual Greenline Yachts award to recognise those owners who have made the biggest strides towards responsible yachting each year. For example, the awards will celebrate the owner whose yacht has generated the greatest amount of solar power over that year, as well as the highest number of electric engine hours. This data can be tracked by the client via the Greenline app if the owners agree.
It is all part of the Greenline Yachts philosophy of empowering owners to put sustainability at the core of their yachting experience. That is why Greenline Yachts makes sure that every new yacht it delivers is equipped with biodegradable green yacht wash that does no harm to the ocean, and that all its owner’s manuals are in digital form, not printed.
