Dehler 31The ideal family boat?

Alexander Worms

 · 12.08.2013

Dehler 31: The ideal family boat?Photo: YACHT/B. Scheurer
Cutting a fine figure: the Dehler 31 upwind
It's a kind of mini-van with a sports button: solid, with enough space for four and, if desired, perfectly suitable for fast sailing - Dehler's 31/DU 94

No wonder she was built over 1000 times. After all, the Duetta 94, which was later called Dehler 31 and even 32, seems to be able to do a bit of everything: large berths, sufficient headroom, a fully-fledged galley, and with good sailing performance and all kinds of trimming toys on deck. So it was a success, even almost 30 years after the launch of the first Duetta 94. Today, the ship is impressive - with hardly any recognisable weaknesses. The hull is extremely solidly built, as this video proves: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvxhQO4pw2E.

So the ideal used boat for families? Perhaps. Whether there are also negative points, how it sails, what its eventful model history has been like, what it has in common with a caravan and what it costs - all this can be found inYACHT 18/2013which will be available from14 August waiting for you at the kiosk.

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