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DehlerThe new Dehler 38 on test

Fridtjof Gunkel

 · 25.03.2013

Dehler: The new Dehler 38 on testPhoto: YACHT/M. Amme
In the tame version: Dehler 38 with tailgate
The first yacht completely developed and built by Hanseyachts has arrived. The boat is available in various performance levels

With the Dehler 38, the shipyard wants to continue its tradition of high-quality performance yachts. The Dehler 38 is offered in two versions. The tamer standard version has a transom hatch, a 2.00 metre deep keel and an aluminium rig. The hotter Competition version has a 2.20 metre deep ballast carrier bolted underneath, the hatch is omitted and the rig is made of carbon.

Furthermore, two or three cabins can be realised, and a flat keel with a depth of only 1.60 metres is also possible. All in all, there are enough variants for almost every requirement.

During the test off Marseille, the Dehler 38 proved to be extremely agile, was easy to steer, coped well with pronounced heeling and presented a successful deck layout.

More about the boat and its features in YACHT 8, on newsstands from 27 March

In the standard version: tailgate and aluminium rigging
Photo: YACHT/M. Amme
When closed, the superstructure windows of the new Dehler 38 look like a single unit...
Photo: YACHT/ M.Strauch
The electronics are neatly concealed under the round storage cabinets
Photo: Dehler

Downloads:

Sprinta Sport (pdf)

Dehler 41 (pdf)

Grand Soleil 39 (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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