New Sailing Boats And Sailing Yachts: A Selection

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Small, inexpensive cruisers are in particularly high demand for inland water resorts and among newcomers to the sport of sailing. Such craft have enough room below deck to facilitate overnight stays at the weekend, with space for between two and four people, and above deck they have a cockpit that will accommodate the small crew. The 26' open day sailor (7.90m) from Dutch yard Saffier can be effortlessly sailed by a single helmsman. All halyards and sheets are led under the deck to the helming position. A self-tacking jib further increases the ease with which the boat is sailed (Hall 16, Stand D 58).

The German Sirius yard, based in the Baltic, has increased the height of the proven 32 DS hull by 10cm for the new boat of the same name to attain minimum headroom of 1.97m throughout the boat. When the saloon table is lowered, up to six persons in three separate, full-size double berths can enjoy the extra space created (Hall 16, Stand C 21).

Building on the basis of its Bavaria 34' cruiser with two cabins, Bavaria Yachtbau of Franconia unveils the Bavaria 35' cruiser (10.76m) as a world premiere. Below deck there are three cabins accommodating six people plus saloon (which sleeps two additional persons if necessary), galley and communal heads. The proven flexible bulkhead between the two aft cabins makes it possible to vary the size of the two cabins in just a few manoeuvres or even to turn them into a large single cabin (Hall 16, Stand B 38).

The world-premiere aft cockpit yacht Hallberg-Rassy 372 (11.35m) from Sweden has an entirely new layout. Compared to its predecessor, the HR 37 with centre cockpit, the new yacht is only a few centimetres longer, 5cm wider and has a fuller transom. Below deck, the layout is bright and airy. The halyards are concealed below the coach roof (Hall 17, Stand A 70).

New details on the 505 (15.30m long) from the Swedish Najadvarvet include well-sealed saloon windows and a low-level superstructure, both of which give the new vessel a longer, low profile. The 505 is available in a two-cabin or three-cabin version (Hall 16, Stand C 57).

The Feeling 55' (16.80m), the new flagship of the French Alliaura yard, has an innovative look that is out of the ordinary. The centre cockpit is functionally equipped with a double steering console. The bright, roomy saloon features streamlined windows offering a 360o panoramic vista. From the owner's cabin aft, a separate exit opens onto the bathing platform (Hall 16, Stand C 54).

Fast cruising yachts are known as cruiser-racers. They are popular with yachtsmen who like to cut a bit of a dash on the water.

Among the fundamental new features of the 43' OT (approx. 13.10m long) from the Italian Cantiere del Pardo yard is an open transition from cockpit to transom, which makes handling of the aft mooring lines easier and gives the yacht its name – OT for Open Transom. To improve headsail control, the winches have been repositioned. The interior is available in mahogany, oak or teak (Hall 16, Stand A 20).

The French Dufour yard has added a tilting transom as a bathing platform to the stern of the slender-hulled, low-profile Dufour 45' (13.95m) in its Performance series. The highlight of the completely redesigned cockpit layout is the twin steering wheel arrangement (Hall 16, Stand A 22).

Based on the hull lines of the established 17' boat, the 17 sport (5.10m long, world premiere) from SAILART of Erftstadt near Cologne brings singlehanded competition sailing into focus. This is facilitated by the innovative Mylar cat rig with full-size top mainsail combined with a gennaker on an extending 50cm bowsprit. Thanks to the sandwich construction incorporating Divinicell foam, which is still rare in this class, the weight has been reduced to just 460 kg. Complete with trailer, the boat weighs 700 kg, making it easily trailerable ashore from one sailing location to another. The yard aims to establish a new singlehanded regatta class with the 17 sport (Hall 17, Stand C 24).

Tip: For dinghies and keel boats for which regatta classes already exist, the Segler-Zeitung is organising a special exhibition with boats from the class associations in Hall 1.

Multihull is the generic term for boats with two or three hulls, i.e. catamarans and trimarans. They are especially popular in France, but are also gaining more adherents in Germany on account of the huge amount of space they offer and the higher sailing speeds.

The 7.40m long Corsair Dash 750 (world premiere) is the replacement for the Corsair 24 MK II. It is compact and easily trailerable like all Corsair trimarans. Compared with its predecessor, there is more space below deck because the modified deck profile, which is no longer as rounded, has increased the volume as well as making passage across the deck considerably easier. The two lateral floats have been provided with greater buoyancy. The dagger boards and rudder, both made of aluminium, are now retractable and the bowsprit can also be retracted (Hall 17, Stand A 56).

Like all trimarans from Quorning in Denmark, the Dragonfly 28' (world premiere) folds up for mooring in narrow, low-cost marina berths. To do this, the vessel width is reduced from 6.50 to 2.55m in less than 2 minutes. Located in the centre hull are the saloon and cabins with five 2m sleeping berths, plus a large cockpit (Hall 17, Stand A 42).

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