{"id":10607,"date":"2025-01-02T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/?p=10607"},"modified":"2025-01-03T14:32:41","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T06:32:41","slug":"south-africas-xquisite-yachts-launches-its-flagship-solar-hybrid-catamaran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/latest-news\/archives\/10607","title":{"rendered":"South Africa&#8217;s Xquisite Yachts launches its flagship solar hybrid catamaran"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>South African yacht company Xquisite Yachts announced on December 24 that its latest flagship, SIXTY SOLAR POWER, has been successfully launched. This is a 60-foot solar-powered hybrid catamaran built in Portugal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"690\" height=\"516\" data-id=\"10594\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"690\" height=\"388\" data-id=\"10592\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/9.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/9-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Developed over two years by Xquisite in collaboration with Dixon Yacht Design, the solar\/electric\/diesel propulsion delivers quiet, zero-emission cruising through its innovative hybrid powertrain system, allowing for extended time at sea and significant fuel savings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"690\" height=\"388\" data-id=\"10596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"690\" height=\"388\" data-id=\"10598\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The standard power unit is two Volvo IPS D8 700 pod drives that give it a top speed of more than 20 knots, providing up to 24 hours of service without running the engine to charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"690\" height=\"388\" data-id=\"10600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/13.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/13.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/13-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" data-id=\"10602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/14.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/14.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/14-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><u><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reg.boatshowchina.com\/en\/user\/register?utm_source=website&amp;utm_medium=CIBe&amp;utm_campaign=article20250102\">Click here for visitor registration<\/a><\/strong><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South African yacht company Xquisite Yachts announced on December 24 that its latest flagship, SIXTY SOLAR POWER, has been successfully launched. This is a 60-foot solar-powered hybrid catamaran built in Portugal. Developed over two years by Xquisite in collaboration with Dixon Yacht Design, the solar\/electric\/diesel propulsion delivers quiet, zero-emission cruising through its innovative hybrid powertrain &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/latest-news\/archives\/10607\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;South Africa&#8217;s Xquisite Yachts launches its flagship solar hybrid catamaran&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10607"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10608,"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10607\/revisions\/10608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}