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Dehler have engineered a ‘pocket rocket’ in the Dehler 30 One Design, capable of punching well above its weight on the racetrack while offering welcome creature comforts.
07 April 2020
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Some of the Sails team were fortunate to get a quick tour of the Dehler 30 One Design at the Cannes Yachting Festival where the boat’s purposeful looks and obvious sailing abilities ensured a steady stream of lookers.
The highly respected German brand is well-known for its solid racing pedigree and turning-out highly engaging designs for people who enjoy the essence of sailing and understand and enjoy getting the best out of their boats.
The 30 OD’S chamfered bow offers reduced windage and panel weight. The boat can sailed extremely competitively double-handed thanks to its 200 litre water ballast tanks, or fully crewed with four.
An aft chine assists with an efficient upwind heeling angle and downwind control when flying the hefty 95 square metre A2 downwind off the carbon bowsprit. The cockpit layout is set-up for ease of handling and sail manoeuvres, while the mainsheet track is set way aft, with 4:1 and 16:1 trimming settings.
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A sheer stern completes a powerful but compact hull shape and also houses the life raft in a purpose-built locker quickly accessed by a lid. A sliding dodger with window is a great feature borrowed from VOR big boat experience.
The 9.14 metre hull is vaccum infused e-glass with the latest version of the Dehler Carbon Cage. The Carbon Cage is a lattice of carbon struts making-up an inner grid, and on other Dehler models can provide up to 20 per cent more rigidity, enabling better upwind sailing performance.
Below the waterline, the 2.20m-deep aluminium T-keel with lead bulb and twin rudders ensures efficiency on the heel and better control in ‘fresh’ off-the-breeze conditions.
The rig is a deck-stepped carbon spar, while the boom is alumimum, and there various sail wardrobes available, including a staysail, a must for those longer offshore legs. The Australian dealers for Dehler, Windcraft Yachts, are offering a North sails package for the boat.
Below decks, the interior quickly switches from racing to cruising mode: the forepeak sail store becomes a spacious double cabin, while practical storage compartments turn into comfortable saloon benches made of real moulded oak around the table.
Two large berths aft, a versatile galley and a separable head complete the list of cruising comforts. Fashionable mesh fabric not only pads the inner hull, but also contributes to a warm, inviting feel that is magnified by the generous volume and brightness afforded by the open bulkheads.
The engine compartment is accessible from both aft berths for engine maintenance and checking the seawater intake.
The boat also includes Dehler’s ‘Stealth Drive’: a retractable drivetrain, controlled by a lever in the cockpit. It folds away behind a hermetic seal inside the hull when not in use.
A Dehler 30 OD should arrive in Australia by mid 2020. We’ll be requesting a spot on the shakedown run.
Price landed is AU $330,000.
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