Featured Nominee: Xquisite Sixty Solar Sail
Xquisite Yachts, which offers lines of power and sail catamarans, premiered the new flagship of its solar sailing line, the Sixty Solar Sail, at the Annapolis Sailboat Show in October 2024.
Dixon Yacht Design says the goal for the model is “to create the ultimate luxury yacht for cruisers, where performance, safety and innovation blends together, offering unmatched comfort for adventurers who wish to explore our oceans without giving up their comfortable lifestyle.”
To that end, the Sixty Solar Sail has a 60-kWh lithium-ion battery pack, 6 kW of solar panels and style to spare. There are king-size walkaround berths, controls set up for singlehanded sailing and carbon-fiber reinforcements in the build.
Features range from a multizone Fusion Apollo stereo system to a vented washer/dryer, a dishwasher and a wine chiller—all of it in tandem with Fireboy automatic fire extinguishers, CZone functionality and Garmin equipment at the helm.
The Xquisite Sixty Solar Sail is certified CE Category A, which means it is constructed for significant voyages and serious weather. At the same time, this boat is made to feel comfortable from the inside out. The builder offers a choice of styling with packages called Cape Town Classic (anigre wood), Baltic Modern Fresh (silver-gray) and Istanbul Cozy Warm (light oak).
“This is a vessel with the highest sustainability credentials: a large bank of lithium-ion batteries stores solar energy generated by her 38 solar panels integrated into the deck design,” Dixon Yacht Design added.
Xquisite Sixty Solar Sail Specifications
| LOA: | 61’7” |
| LWL: | 58’4” |
| Beam: | 29’2” |
| Draft: | 5’4” |
| Displacement: | 55,000 lb. |
| Sail Area: | mainsail 1,453 sq.ft.; 110% genoa 968 sq.ft.; jib 409 sq.ft.; code 65 2,131 sq.ft.; furling gennaker 2,863 sq.ft. |
| Website: | xquisiteyachts.com |
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