Island Spirit 525e

Island Spirit 525e

DESIGNED TO INSPIRE

Group Island Spirit is pleased to announce the new Island Spirit 525. The IS525 has been developed through multiple partnerships to match customer requirements to the ideal vessel design based on years of experience in the charter industry.  Island Spirit is a unique builder as we also operate a large charter fleet. 

We took our initial design concepts for the IS525 and shared that with several charter partners to converge on the final design which we will detail for you here.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
  • Length Overall: 15.77m (51.73ft)
  • Beam: 8.19m (26.9ft)
  • Draft: 1.54m (5.05ft)
  • Displacement: 16.50 Tons (36,376 Lbs)
  • Fuel Capacity: 1,000 Liters (264 US Gallons)
  • Water Capacity: 1,000 Liters (264 US Gallons)
  • Mainsail Area: 122 M2 (1,313 Ft.2)
  • Jib Area: 55 M2 (592 Ft.2)
  • Sail Area: 177 M2 (1,905 Ft.2)

Electric Drive Option

In the development of the IS525 a key aspect from the beginning was to be able to design the boat with the electric drive option.

The key to getting boats successfully to market with electric drive means that it needs to meet some very specific criteria:  first and foremost that it is affordable, second is that it is safe and reliable and finally is that it is functionally practical.

To meet these goals Group Island Spirit partnered with major system developers in the EV industry for the development of the drive system.  As we all know, fully electric vehicles are now available from every major automobile manufacturer and today there is over 400,000 EV buses in widespread use the globe. 

The technology has matured and our strategy is to leverage on this mature technology for the implementation into the IS525

IS525 Key Design Criteria

The IS525 development started with very well formulated design criteria as follows:

  • Design criteria CE Category A
  • General livability features
  • Cabins of equal size for the charter market
  • Every cabin fully ensuite head and shower
  • Queen size beds in every cabin with ample storage underneath
  • Large aft seating area for group meals and entertaining
  • Large entertaining galley area
  • Large flybridge as a standard feature
    • Dual access flybridge
    • Best in class flybridge space
    • Integrated hardtop bimini design for optimum solar implementation
    • Large flybridge seating area
    • Aft sundeck or optionally used for additional solar capacity on the E-Drive model
  • Ample natural cabin light
  • Walk through salon to forward seating area with built in sunshade
  • Option for two forepeak cabins
  • Optimal use of all paces within the boat to capture storage spaces
  • Drive options:
  • Full electric drive option, shaft drive
  • Diesel sail drive 45 or 57 horsepower
  • All industry standard gear:
    • Standard Yanmar diesel saildrives
    • Commercially available EV platform components
    • Maximally efficient inverter based climate control systems from Frigomar SRL
    • World class sailing rig and deck gear from Selden AB
    • Hatches, steering gear, etc from Vetus
    • Electrical components from Mastervolt

For more info tell them you saw it on Sailing Doodles and email Group Island Spirit info@groupislandspirit.com