{"id":55300,"date":"2017-09-22T13:15:12","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T17:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/?p=55300"},"modified":"2023-09-08T12:49:52","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T16:49:52","slug":"going-green-the-greenline-39","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/going-green-greenline-39\/","title":{"rendered":"Going Green: The Greenline 39"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n The Greenline 39 has sturdy-looking lines as well as a European feel to her exterior.<\/span>\n Courtesy Greenline<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t <\/figcaption>\n <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n

I have to be honest: I\u2019m not overly familiar with Slovenia. The small, former Eastern Bloc nation is sandwiched between the yachting mainstays of Italy and Croatia, and, I\u2019d guess, is a bit of an afterthought for most Americans \u2014 if they even think of it at all. I\u2019m also not overly familiar with Slovenian-built boats. To my recollection, I\u2019d never been on one before I stepped aboard the Greenline 39 on Fort Lauderdale\u2019s New River. Though after my sea trial, I\u2019ve decided to familiarize myself more thoroughly going forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Speed of Light<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n
\n When powered solely by her solar panels, the Greenline 39 Hybrid can achieve a maximum speed of 6.5\u00a0knots and a cruise speed of 4\u00a0knots. Those speeds aren\u2019t going to blow any doors off, but hey, you won\u2019t be spending any money on fuel either.<\/span>\n Courtesy Greenline<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t <\/figcaption>\n <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n

The 39 comes in two models: \u00adHybrid and Solar. Both are impressive for their unorthodox design attributes. Greenline, if you couldn\u2019t tell from the name, builds powerboats with small ecological footprints. As such, each boat has four solar panels atop the salon that can power all systems on board for three hours in the case of the Solar, or power the Hybrid\u2019s 220 hp Volvo Penta D3 with a Mahle electric drive system. My 39 Solar test boat had the all-diesel 370 hp Yanmar V-8 diesel option, which is de rigueur for boaters with more traditional outlooks on power. Regardless of the engines, Greenline\u2019s vessels have become popular among former sailors. That\u2019s in large part owed to the boat\u2019s ecologically conscious focus, but I would wager the elegant simplicity of the 39\u2019s layout plays a role as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Flat-Out Cool<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n
\n The boat has a fold-flat transom that extends the swim platform as well as lends a sense of open space to the Greenline 39\u2019s cockpit. The design is in line with the vessel\u2019s uncluttered, airy layout.<\/span>\n Courtesy Greenline<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t <\/figcaption>\n <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n

The boat has a nice sense of open space in her interior, making it the best eco-friendly pocket cruiser<\/a>. From the scissor berths in the forepeak master, one can see all the way out to the cockpit. The stateroom has lots of natural light granted by windows that wrap around the space (the windows also help to make the boat\u2019s profile more visually sleek). A flip-up window just abaft the galley allows service to the cockpit while fusing that area with the salon. Further, the stitching on the soft goods throughout is exemplary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Feel the Flow<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n
\n The Greenline 39\u2019s layout maximizes the boat\u2019s relatively limited interior space. Two skylights forward \u00adprovided much welcomed airflow as we tested the boat on a typically hot South Florida day.<\/span>\n Courtesy Greenline<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t <\/figcaption>\n <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n

One thing that shows the level of forethought put into the boat is her side-deck layout. The decks are asymmetrical. To make the salon as large as the builder wanted, neither side deck would be wide enough to use comfortably. So Greenline essentially sacrificed the port side deck and made it very narrow, giving the remaining space to the starboard side deck, which is more than one and a half times wider in certain places. That way, there is a navigable passageway from the boat\u2019s after section up to its bow deck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Compromise isn\u2019t always easy, but one is better than none. And attention to detail like that seen on the \u00adGreenline 39 is greatly appreciated, no matter where in the world you are from.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Greenline\u2019s 39 blends functional design with a desire to be ecologically sound.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41949,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"BS_author_type":"BS_author_is_guest","BS_guest_author_name":"Kevin Koenig","BS_guest_author_url":"","hydra_display_date":"September 22, 2017","hydra_display_updated":false,"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":"163","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Greenline\u2019s 39 blends functional design with a desire to be ecologically sound.","_yoast_wpseo_title":"Going Green: The Greenline 39 %%sep%% %%sitename%%","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","arc_story_id":"C23QHQFZKJHLJOMTSXJ2O5G47A","arc_website_url":"going-green-greenline-39","custom_permalink":"going-green-greenline-39\/","arc_subtype":"right-sidebar","arc_exclude_from_feeds":false,"sponsored":false,"sponsored_label":"Sponsored Content","sponsored_display_label":false,"sponsored_image":false,"post_right_rail":true,"post_right_rail_ad_1":true,"post_right_rail_ad_2":true,"post_right_rail_ad_3":false,"post_right_rail_ad_4":false,"post_right_rail_recirc":true,"fixed_anchor_ad":true,"post_top_ad":true,"post_off_ramp":true,"post_taboola":false,"labels":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":"","ad_targeting":"","ad_settings_ads_on_this_page":true,"ad_settings_automatic_ad_injection_into_the_content":true,"sponsored_url":"","social_share":true},"categories":[163],"tags":[222,674,533,164],"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55300"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55300\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}