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Island Pilot DSe Hybrid

Georgs Kolesnikovs

Thu, Nov 20, 2008 12:16 PM

All hands--

Has anyone been aboard the new Island Pilot DSe Hybrid? What are your
impressions?

http://www.dsehybrid.com/

Below are comments posted on the Trawlers & Trawlering List.

--Georgs

Georgs Kolesnikovs
Power Catamaran World
http://www.powercatamaranworld.com

Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:31:22 -0500
From: "Adam Trachtenberg" amtberg@bellsouth.net
Subject: Re: T&T: Island Pilot DSe Hybrid?
To: trawlers-and-trawlering@lists.samurai.com

My wife and I had a look and came away impressed in some ways and
disappointed in others. On the plus side, I was very impressed with the
layout: great space for the length of the boat. Nice open "pilot
house", comfortable salon, full-width master stateroom, and a good size
guest suite plus two big heads. Personally I'd put an office in one
sponson.

On the minus side, I was surprised to hear that they had switched from
the Glacier Bay system to the Ossa PowerLite system ... Or was it Steyr?
In any case, the speed numbers are down from the earlier projections. I
believe they once claimed the boat could cruise in the mid-teens with
generators running, but it seems that's now closer to 10 knots. I asked
one of the reps about offshore performance and he was pretty clear that
it's fair weather boat -- I got the impression that it's more so than
your typical coastal cruiser. You could take it to the Bahamas with a
good weather window and all, but....

Over all the fit and finish seemed to be about on par with other trawler
cats I've seen, meaning not quite up to the level of the better
monohulls.

Could be an excellent boat for the Loop.

Message: 17 Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:31:19 -0500 From:
"Michael & Cathy Kleinbeck" mhkcdk@verizon.net Subject:
T&T: DSE Hybrid Update? To: <trawlers-and-trawlering@lists.
samurai.com> Message-ID:
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Island Pilot's DSE catamaran hybrid debuted at Ft.
Lauderdale a few weeks ago. Their web site doesn't provide
much more information than it did earlier. I was wondering
if any listees toured the boat, took any pictures, or have
heard about any additional sales. When I briefly talked to
Reuben Trane at Trawlerfest Solomons he said hull #1 had
been sold and there were several buyers who were waiting to
see that hull before committing.

All hands-- Has anyone been aboard the new Island Pilot DSe Hybrid? What are your impressions? http://www.dsehybrid.com/ Below are comments posted on the Trawlers & Trawlering List. --Georgs -- Georgs Kolesnikovs Power Catamaran World http://www.powercatamaranworld.com Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:31:22 -0500 From: "Adam Trachtenberg" <amtberg@bellsouth.net> Subject: Re: T&T: Island Pilot DSe Hybrid? To: <trawlers-and-trawlering@lists.samurai.com> My wife and I had a look and came away impressed in some ways and disappointed in others. On the plus side, I was very impressed with the layout: great space for the length of the boat. Nice open "pilot house", comfortable salon, full-width master stateroom, and a good size guest suite plus two big heads. Personally I'd put an office in one sponson. On the minus side, I was surprised to hear that they had switched from the Glacier Bay system to the Ossa PowerLite system ... Or was it Steyr? In any case, the speed numbers are down from the earlier projections. I believe they once claimed the boat could cruise in the mid-teens with generators running, but it seems that's now closer to 10 knots. I asked one of the reps about offshore performance and he was pretty clear that it's fair weather boat -- I got the impression that it's more so than your typical coastal cruiser. You *could* take it to the Bahamas with a good weather window and all, but.... Over all the fit and finish seemed to be about on par with other trawler cats I've seen, meaning not quite up to the level of the better monohulls. Could be an excellent boat for the Loop. >Message: 17 Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:31:19 -0500 From: >"Michael & Cathy Kleinbeck" <mhkcdk@verizon.net> Subject: >T&T: DSE Hybrid Update? To: <trawlers-and-trawlering@lists. >samurai.com> Message-ID: ><002401c949e6$8672dc70$93589550$@net> Content-Type: >text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >Island Pilot's DSE catamaran hybrid debuted at Ft. >Lauderdale a few weeks ago. Their web site doesn't provide >much more information than it did earlier. I was wondering >if any listees toured the boat, took any pictures, or have >heard about any additional sales. When I briefly talked to >Reuben Trane at Trawlerfest Solomons he said hull #1 had >been sold and there were several buyers who were waiting to >see that hull before committing.