August 22, 2026
Scout 400 LXF Li-Ion - Same Hull, Same Dry Weight, No Diesel Tank
The Scout 400 LXF Li-Ion is the 39'7" 400 LXF with the diesel generator taken out and a 48V lithium-ion system put in its place. Scout publi…
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You want the boat that still feels composed when the wind gets up on the way home, and you want to run it yourself — no captain, no crew. Scout has built to that standard in Summerville, South Carolina for more than thirty years, every hull hand-laid.
— Tony Smith
Founder, Minted Yachts
Scout is the builder I point people to when they have shopped the big center-console names and come away feeling like they were buying a brochure. Walk one and you notice the things that cost money and do not photograph: finished bilges, the undersides of hatches finished as well as the tops, hardware that lines up. That is a hand-laid boat built by people who expect to see it again at a rendezvous.
The construction story is not marketing. Going to epoxy infusion at 33 feet and up, and adding carbon fiber from the 377 on, is an expensive decision a family-owned yard did not have to make. What you feel for it is a boat that carries a lot of horsepower without the soft, heavy ride that usually comes with a big center console — and a hull that stays quiet when you are working across a chop instead of running with it.
What I will tell you plainly: if a cruise number and a range figure matter to your buying decision, plan on a sea trial with the exact engine package you intend to order. Scout publishes construction detail, full specification blocks and tested performance bulletins package by package across the LXF line — read the bulletin for your package, then let the sea trial confirm it. That is true of most of this segment, and it is how I would buy the boat.
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LXFThe luxury center consoles — 305 to 530 LXF, 30'1" to 53'5", hand-laid, epoxy-infused and carbon-epoxy hullsScout Boats LXF series guideLXScout's 67 LX Series — one 66'9" carbon-epoxy hull in two configurations, the 670 LXF with an upper-station flybridge and the 670 LXS withoutScout Boats LX series guide
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Scout spends deck space to put a cushioned berth and an electric marine head inside the console of a 30'1" hull - the trade that turns a 212-gallon center console into a boat your crew will stay aboard all day.
Scout's first S-Class hull carries 24 degrees of deadrise on 9,545 lbs of epoxy-infused laminate - the weight that buys the ride, and the stepped bottom that keeps 265 gallons of fuel going further.
A 35'3" S-Class center console on an epoxy-infused, dual-stepped hull — twin Yamaha 450s for 62.1 mph and a 385-mile estimated range, or triple Mercury 400 V10s for 72.2 mph and 7.37 seconds to 30.
A 37'7" carbon-epoxy center console that runs its 120V air conditioning off a 5,500 W lithium bank instead of a generator — 68.0 mph on triple Mercury 400s, 19.5 degrees of deadrise, 363 gallons of fuel.
A 39'7" carbon-epoxy center console with a stand-up cabin, an 8 kW generator and 12,000 BTU of air conditioning — 71.5 mph on quad Mercury 400 V10s, or 62.6 mph and half the engines on twin 600 V12s.
39'7" with no genset aboard: a 48V lithium house system, 395 gal of fuel, 62.7 mph top speed.
42'2" of carbon-epoxy hull: triple Mercury 600s for 72.5 mph, or quad 400 V10s for 7.16 seconds to 30.
43'4" with no generator aboard - a Fathom 48V lithium house system, 605 gal, 441-mile estimated range.
53'5" and two cabins: quad Mercury 600s for 70.1 mph or quint Yamaha 425s, both estimated at 446 miles.
66'9" and 1,500 gallons: quad Mercury 600 V12s standard, quint optional, flybridge included.
66'9" on a 16'2" beam, 1,500 gal, three staterooms: the Sport 670, single helm, no upper station.
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