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BoatbuildingThe H-Boat is back

Fridtjof Gunkel

 · 09.12.2019

Boatbuilding: The H-Boat is backPhoto: Saare Yachts
das-h-boot-ist-wieder-da 0 0 2019-12-09T23:00:00Z 2019-12-09T23:00:00Z 2021-02-14T08:19:01Z 2021-02-14T08:19:01Z 12 hidden 171 22 1 9 11 1 /yachten/neue_boote/das-h-boot-ist-wieder-da/a123388.html/article/a123388.html Test:foo/bar/articleModel/ {{imagebox(4408940) | safe}} The licence holder is Yachtsport Eckernförde GmbH & Co. KG, whose owner Thomas Nielsen is the owner and importer of Saare Yachts and who used to be a very active H-boat sailor. By his own admission, the H-boat is the largest keelboat class in Europe with 5000 units. The 8.28 metre long vessel, designed by the Finn Hans Groop in 1967, is trailerable with a width of 2.18 metres and a weight of 1.45 tonnes and is considered safe and suitable for beginners. The ballast ratio is 50 per cent. The simple interior offers space for up to four people, making the boat suitable for touring. Even an Atlantic crossing is documented. It is also suitable as a daysailer and, of course, for regatta sailing. There is an international class association and seven national associations, the largest of which is in Germany. As many as 55 crews met this year for the International German Championship on Lake Ammersee. {{imagebox(4408941) | safe}} Thomas Nielsen bought the moulds from the Austrian Frauscher shipyard, whose H-boats were considered to be the best. Another licence holder is Ott Yacht on Lake Constance. Saare builds the boat by hand using vinylester resins with a mahogany or oak interior, a teak deck is optional. The H-Boat is available in a regatta version with corresponding fittings or as a cruising version. A coloured hull is possible. The Saare H-Boat costs 66,640 euros from Eckernförde. The world première will take place at boot Düsseldorf, where the shipyard usually builds: {{imagesequence(4299609) | safe}} {{imagesequence(4321755) | safe}} {{imagesequence(4304292) | safe}}
Saare Yachts in Estonia will be producing the classically elegant keelboat under licence alongside its upmarket cruising yachts in future
An H-boat at SilverrudderPhoto: YACHT/C. Gossmann An H-boat at Silverrudder

The licence holder is Yachtsport Eckernförde GmbH & Co. KG, whose owner Thomas Nielsen is the owner and importer of Saare Yachts and who used to be a very active H-boat sailor. By his own admission, the H-boat is the largest keelboat class in Europe with 5000 units. Designed by the Finn Hans Groop in 1967, the 8.28 metre long ship is trailerable with a width of 2.18 metres and a weight of 1.45 tonnes and is considered safe and suitable for beginners. The ballast ratio is 50 per cent. The simple interior offers space for up to four people, making the boat suitable for touring. Even an Atlantic crossing is documented. It is also suitable as a daysailer and, of course, for regatta sailing. There is an international class association and seven national associations, the largest of which is in Germany. This year, 55 crews took part in the International German Championship on Lake Ammersee.

Building number 1 when customising the deckPhoto: Saare Yachts / T. Nielsen Building number 1 when customising the deck

Thomas Nielsen bought the moulds of the Austrian Frauscher shipyard, whose H-boats were considered to be the best. Another licence holder is Ott Yacht on Lake Constance. Saare builds the boat by hand using vinylester resins with a mahogany or oak interior, with a teak deck as an option. The H-Boat is available in a regatta version with corresponding fittings or as a cruising version. A coloured hull is possible. The Saare H-Boat costs 66,640 euros from Eckernförde. The world première will take place at boot Düsseldorf.

What the shipyard usually builds:

Saare 38: fixed disc, large genoa and moulded rubbing strake
Photo: YACHT / K. Andrews
How do you like this article?
The lines are timeless, the hull is not overly voluminous
Photo: Yacht/K. Andrews
Saare 41 AC
Photo: YACHT / K. Andrews

Downloads:

Saare 41 AC (pdf)

Estonia (pdf)

Saare 46 SC (pdf)

Saare 41 (pdf)

Saare 38 (pdf)

Saare 38.2 (pdf)

Fridtjof Gunkel

Fridtjof Gunkel

Deputy Chief Editor YACHT

Fridtjof Gunkel was born on Helgoland in 1962; he started his sailing career there in the Opti and quickly switched to keelboats. North Sea Week, Cowes Week and Kiel Week were early stops, followed by many years in the Admiral's Cup scene on the cuppers “Container” and “Rubin” World Championships and international regattas in the Starboat, with the mini-maxi “SiSiSi” and various tonner yachts as well as participation in the Whitbread Round the World Race were further formative stations, flanked by extensive cruising trips. Fridtjof Gunkel joined YACHT back in 1985 as part of a traineeship, where he later became Head of the Test & Technology department and then Deputy Editor-in-Chief around 25 years ago. He is also responsible for the regatta and sports section. Fridtjof Gunkel privately sails a performance/cruiser moored on the Baltic coast, his favorite areas are the eastern Swedish archipelago and Brittany.

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