 - Island Pilot 395 Hull #1 shows its stuff on the Connecticut River.
- No stopping Trane as Island Pilot launches
Fast trawler is an apt description of the Island Pilot 395 as it tops out at 33 knots
Reuben Trane, birth mother to Florida Bay Coaster and midwife to Krogen Express, is bringing another new concept to the boating market.
It’s the Island Pilot 395, a fast trawler based on the working pilot boats of U.S. commercial harbors. Trane sea-trialed Hull #1 at the factory in Zhuhai, China:
“Our expectations were exceeded by the performance produced by the pair of 350 HP Volvo Penta D6 diesels driving Duo Prop sterndrives! A top end of over 33 knots! A cruise of over 28 knots burning less than 28 gallons/hour (better than 1 nautical mile per gallon). This high-speed performance was matched by her displacement speed efficiency. She uses 2.9 gallons/hour at 7.8 knots giving her a range of 1,000 nautical miles using 90% of her full load of 400 gallons of fuel.”
Here is a question-and-answer interview with Trane:
Q: What is the base price?
A: Pre-constrution orders are priced as follows: D3-163HP motors $339,500, D4-260HP motors $358,000, D6-350HP motors $379,250. Pre-construction orders will also include: Complete second set of electronics for fly bridge (lower station electronics are standard), Satellite gyro-stabilized TV antenna (KVH or equivalent) and 5HP Wesmar bow thruster.
Q: What do you consider your greatest achievements to be in the boating industry?
A: The Peep Hen, my 14-foot camp cruiser.
Q: What caused you to develop the Island Pilot?
A: If I had $5 for every time someone stepped on one of my full displacement designs and said, "If you could make her go 15 knots, I'd buy her," I could have stopped this foolishness and retired. Instead, I decided to take the salient features that make a successful trawler and give it some updated styling and speed. Add to that the extreme value to be gained by building in China and by making all the normal options standard, and you have something fresh in the market.
Q: How old are you? What was your first boating experience?
A: Turned 60 in December 2004. I started canoeing when 8 years old on Lake Temagami in Ontario, Canada. Went to camp at 9 (8 weeks of canoe tripping). My dad bought a 50-foot Chris Craft when I was 12 and that's when I started cruising. Started my first boat company in 1979, Florida Bay Boat Company. Of the five brands I've brought to market in the past 25 years, brands such as Florida Bay Hens, Krogen Express, and now, Island Pilot), four have been in continual production and are still in production . Only line that didn't last was the Florida Bay Coasters, most likely my most loved product.
Island Pilot also offers a two-stateroom, two-head, galley-up version
Site see: http://www.islandpilot.com
Contact: 1-888-443-2965 toll-free
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