boot Düsseldorf: Novelties III: Saffier Se 27 Leisure - charming Dutchwoman

The new Saffier was only finished at the very last minute. Shipyard bosses Dennis and Dean Hennevanger worried for a long time whether they would even make it to Düsseldorf with the finished boat in time for the world premiere. The Dutch company certainly didn't want to present a half-finished product as a première at the important trade fair. The only thing they had to do was to push as hard as they could - even over the holidays. And it was worth it in the end.

The new Saffier Se 27 Leisure is now standing there, gleaming in the light of the spotlights in a pretty azure blue dress. Exactly one year ago, Saffier presented its current flagship, the Se 37 Lounge, a sporty weekender with a more than unusual cockpit layout in Düsseldorf. Now the shipyard is returning to its core business with a new, smaller daysailer.

The Hennevanger brothers always design their boats themselves and have their plans revised by Satellite Yacht Design just to be on the safe side. The L-shaped keel with lead ballast is available in two lengths. The standard keel with a ballast ratio of 47 per cent is 1.30 metres deep. A slightly lighter but 20 centimetre longer keel is intended for sailors who want a boat with maximum performance potential. And; for shallow inland waters, the boat can also be ordered with a short keel (1.05 metre draught).

The new 27 essentially adopts the look and design of its larger sister, the Se 37, but is almost three metres shorter. This means that the boat builders in Holland have to revert to a conventional cockpit layout. The exhibition boat is equipped with wheel steering, which is rather unusual for a daysailer of only eight metres in length. The ship is equipped with tiller steering as standard ex shipyard. In addition, construction number one has been fitted with a pair of additional sheet winches. These are intended to simplify handling when the boat is sailed with a code zero or a gennaker.

The sheets, halyards and trim lines are guided on both sides on two batteries of stoppers on the cockpit coaming. Like all Saffiers, the new boat should also be fully suitable for single-handed sailing. The self-tacking jib, which is fitted to the boat straight from the shipyard, is particularly important for this. Nevertheless, the Dutch want to be flexible with regard to the rig concept and will offer a short overlapped genoa (106%) as an option. The Saffier Se 27 Leisure will be equipped with a Torqeedo electric pod motor with 4.0 kilowatts of power. This is already included in the basic price.

The rather simple but nevertheless cosy interior design provides four berths. Two people sleep comfortably in the open foredeck, while two others can also lie comfortably on the sofas at the side of the saloon. If you also want to use the daysailer as a weekender, you can have a chemical toilet and a small pantry block with gas cooker installed.

What is exciting and surprising is what is written on the price tag: The Saffier Se 27 Leisure is offered for a price of 88,655 euros, including 19 per cent VAT, electric motor and a single set of Dacron sails. This means that the daysailer specialists are positioning their new boat well below the price of comparable competitors, where pricing usually starts in the six-figure range. For the attractive basic price, you get the white boat with aluminium rig and tiller steering. For the exhibition boat in the colour of your choice, with a carbon mast, wheel steering and artificial teak deck, the Dutch company estimates a price of around 125,000 euros.

The Saffier Se 37 Lounge tested by YACHT-TV

Unusual concept: Daysailer Saffier SE 37 Lounge

Downloads:

Saffier SE 33 (pdf)

Saffier SE 37 Lounge (pdf)