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GREEN TECHNOLOGIES FOR YACHTS yacht, without polluting the surroundings or the
When it comes to pollution environment with smoke, noise or waves. When on full
of our waterways, it’s not electric drive mode, boat propulsion of the Greenline
just floating detritus, flotsam Hybrid is provided by a battery, resulting in zero
and jetsam, sewage and emissions or sound on the water. It’s very quiet and clean.
such. It’s also fuel The running cost of electric boating is 10 times lower than
combustion, noxious emissions and noise. Yes, boats of all burning diesel fuel, with solar panels on the roof charging
sizes create a wake of exhaust and a din of engine sounds batteries that provide power for equipment functions and
that can wreak havoc on our peaceful waterways. Until now, appliances, thereby eliminating the need to constantly run
smoke and noise were an accepted byproduct of traversing the engines or a generator. It’s sleek, quiet and very kind
the inland canals and rivers by boat. But no longer. to the environment.
Enter Greenline Hybrid yachts. These sleek vessels are a
truly revolutionary concept and available today through WORKING TOGETHER AS MARINE PARTNERS
Yacht Sales International, a Las Olas area company. Local With a focus on sustained
co-owner Wendy Meade and YSI marketing director waterway viability throughout
Brewster Knott are on a mission to change recreational the 21st century, our local
boating as we know it, at least for the luxury crowd. marine community in Fort
Lauderdale is backing the
Greenline Hybrid is a powerful answer to the concerns of effort in numerous ways,
waterway pollution, as it uses up to four times less fossil
through a variety of methods,
fuel than a regular powerboat in similar conditions. Not and with dedication of
only does this innovation reduce fuel consumption, but also
purpose. It is an important mission and one that all locals
allows efficient electric propulsion using power supplied can participate in assisting, through volunteering at cleanup
by a battery and solar panels.
events and by spreading the word to waterway neighbors.
This new type of yacht design permits the boater to savor We’re in this together, and together we can keep the
the quietness of the water, in a way similar to a sailing waterways clean.

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