Elegant thanks to its flat freeboard, narrow width and harmonious lines. Fast thanks to plenty of canvas, low weight and a low-drag underwater hull. Balanced characteristics thanks to an innovative keel and rig concept. The interior is simple, but cosy enough for its intended purpose. High quality, independent and consistent.
With the Sunbeam 28.1, the shipyard seems to have succeeded in creating something truly new and individual. How she sails, what she can do, where she is weak: more in the new YACHT.
Issue 12, from 22 May at the KIosk
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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.
