The Haber 34 looks quite beefy, a bit like a diesel locomotive with the vertical windscreens and the wipers on the glass. Then there's the high freeboard, the huge stainless steel bowsprit and the raised aft chamber, which is reminiscent of a fort. None of this matters to Haber owners. What counts for them are the inner values: plenty of living space, good all-round visibility in the harbour and space for up to six people on the 11.50 metre long and 3.65 metre wide boat. Another decisive factor for many: if it gets shallow, the centreboards, of which there are four, are retracted and just 70 centimetres of water depth is enough to move forward.
Four swords on a Haber 34
The Haber 34 with its truly amazing feeling of space below deck still achieves CE category A offshore - internal ballast and the high superstructure with plenty of buoyancy make this possible. Not new at Haber, but further developed on the 34: the C4 system. The "C" stands for centreboard. A large centreboard, together with three additional blades, one under the bow and two at the stern, enables the boat to stay on course under water on all courses. The automatic system, used for the first time on the Haber 34, can either steer a course by the wind or by compass by selectively raising and lowering the centreboards electrically. This is a real innovation, as this system is said to consume significantly less power than an autopilot.
The construction of the Haber 34 is quite complex. Each ship is built using moulds according to the customer's individual specifications. A little wider or narrower? A little more length or headroom? No problem, the shipyard makes it possible. After all, there is no mould in which the hull is laminated. It is created using moulds with a wooden core. During production, the hull is turned up to ten times. An effort that the buyer notices very little of, except that the boat fits his requirements exactly. Semi-custom in the middle class.
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The function of the four blades, tested on the Haber 800 C4
