The Northman shipyard in Poland has built the Maxus 24 Evo to meet the requirements of the Masurian lakes. The small yacht with a length of 7.35 metres, internal ballast and retractable centreboard is ideal for inland areas and coastal sailing. Its weight of 1750 kilograms also makes it easy to transport by trailer. The pronounced folding bulkhead creates a lot of space below deck on this small boat thanks to the almost vertical sides.
There is a separate wet room for a chemical toilet and a small galley, and in addition to the bow berth and saloon benches, there is also a sleeping area installed transversely under the cockpit in the stern. There is ample storage space in the cockpit in two spacious forecastle lockers and below deck under the berths as well as in numerous lockers.
The Maxus 24 Evo comes with an attached rudder with tiller steering. The outwardly bevelled coamings are designed to make steering on the high edge comfortable when in position. This is supported in the cockpit area by webbing straps as railings. If, despite deflected halyards and outriggers, the path should lead to the foredeck, there are no lower shrouds in the way. These are attached to the inside of the superstructure and form a passageway with the upper shrouds attached to the outside of the hull. Below deck, the forces of the lower shrouds are absorbed by stainless steel reinforcements on the hull. The retractable centreboard is deflected from the centreboard box through the mast support below deck to the superstructure roof in the cockpit and operated using a tackle.
The basic version costs 28,750 euros with transfer. Various extras can also be ordered. For example, there is a bowsprit for the gennaker, a mast-laying device, Flexiteak and larger and self-tailing winches.
YACHT tv has a test report on the smaller sister Maxus 21:
Michael Rinck
Redakteur Test & Technik
