Boatbuilding: Premiere: Natural fibre daysailer Flax27

Fridtjof Gunkel

· 19.09.2019

Photo: YACHT/J. Kubica

Premiere: Natural fibre daysailer Flax27

Flax, vegetable oil epoxy and cork: with his 27-foot-long daysailer, Bremen boat builder Friedrich Deimann is bringing an ecologically built small cruiser to the market.

The Judel/Vrolijk construction is created using the vacuum injection method. As modern as the construction method and materials are, the hull lines are traditional: a narrow stern, a positive deck step, a narrow beam, low freeboard and a vertical stem are reminiscent of yacht building times gone by. The boat is currently on show at the Interboot. The test will be published soon in YACHT, first sailing pictures in advance here.

Flax 27: traditional lines from Judel/Vrolijk

The clear lacquer finish shows the structure and colouring of the building material

The rudder is mounted in a cassette, both can be lifted

The fittings are reduced, the deck and cockpit are nice and empty...

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Photo: YACHT/J. Kubica

Similarly built, also by GreenBoats:

The GreenBente can be seen for the first time at the Hanseboot

It stands on the Bente stand next to the model made of conventional boat building materials

It corresponds to the original in terms of dimensions and weight

But the materials used are very different from the original

Instead of glass fibres, a fabric made of flax fibres is used. Thanks to the elaborate visible finish, it also looks really good

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More boats in the pretty, individual and different category:

Typical daysailer. Stretched lines, little freeboard, no railing. The bowsprit is now permanently attached to the new boat for the first time

Expansive. The stern is wide and flat at the bottom. This is why two rudder blades are required. The integrated bathing platform is part of the Tofinou concept

Sporty attitude. The smart Frenchwoman is particularly impressive with a gennaker in the YACHT test. However, she sails fast and stiff on all courses

Centred. The sheets, halyards and trim lines are led to the winch platforms in the centre of the cockpit. This allows the helmsman to operate all functions. The co-sailors can relax

Long live simplicity. The self-tacking jib is the standard ex shipyard. A genoa might be feasible, but is not shown as an option

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Photo: YACHT / T. Störkle

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Photo: YACHT/Morton Strauch

There is not much freeboard. Sometimes it gets wet on the edge

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Photo: YACHT / M.S. Kreplin

Downloads:

Brenta 30 (pdf)

Saffier 26 (pdf)

Morris 29 (comparison with Dayracer 29) (pdf)

Saffier SC 10 m (pdf)

Saffier 23 (pdf)

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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