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Luffe YachtsLuffe launches new eleven-metre boat

Fridtjof Gunkel

 · 03.09.2013

Luffe Yachts: Luffe launches new eleven-metre boatPhoto: Steen Fläng/Luffe Yachts
Luffe 3.6: Timeless lines, tiller as standard
The Danish shipyard from Kolding, one of the small, fine family businesses from the neighbouring country, is expanding its product range downwards
T-keel with a tendency towards the Pinocchio variantPhoto: Steen Fläng/Luffe Yachts T-keel with a tendency towards the Pinocchio variant Bulky frames with a wide waterlinePhoto: Steen Fläng/Luffe Yachts Bulky frames with a wide waterline

The new 3.6 remains a typical Luffe; the shipyard cannot and will not adapt to the spirit of the times, even on the occasion of its 40th anniversary. The new boat is once again a timeless and equally pleasing appearance with elegant lines and a closed stern with bathing platform. Like the shipyard's other yachts, the new 3.6 has a sporty design: T-keel, free-floating rudder, a high rig with self-tacking jib - plus a tiller as standard, which is unusual even on smaller boats these days.

The standard version is built in polyester; as an option, the hull and deck are manufactured using epoxy resin in a vacuum process. Balsa wood is used as the core material and a steel frame is laminated into the floor assembly. Two keel versions are available. The designer is shipyard boss Oluf Jörgensen. The price: 213,275 euros (including VAT).

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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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