Sailing Yachts 3

Today, I'll present two models from Germany, this time, The Hanse Yacht Building Company.

The sources of the success of HANSE yachts which include ultra-modern developments, originate in Wedel at the Elbe. In 1981, times were changing and Michael Schmidt had to make a major investment into the insolvent Schwarz shipyard. Motor yachts had been built there. Sailing yachts were to be the future of this yard. Rolf Vrolijk, the designer of the America`s Cup winner “Alinghi” and now one of today’s most successful yacht designers in the world, was still at the beginning of his career. He, as well as Wilfried Reiners were assigned to design and build a boat in Wedel for the Admiral`s Cup which was sponsored by the Düsseldorf exhibition. This project determined the future. The big bang of Hanse`s history was the HANSE 291. This boat was an unbeatable offer which caused great fuss and excitement comparable to that of a big bang. That was in the summer of 1993. All workers of the old shipyard in Greifswald were unemployed and coincidentally in Sweden, Karl Baier, the builder and owner of all of the rights to the “Aphrodite 291” was willing to sell and Michael Schmidt bought the tooling and name.

Now it was time to take the chance: the shipyard together with the Swedish boat builder Bent Elgaard, was ready to take-off. After four weeks of taking up the work in Greifswald, the HANSE 291 was exhibited at the “hanseboot” as a best buy offer of only 44.444 Deutsche Mark. There was symbolically a big hammer hanging above the yacht so that obviously there was something special going on at this exhibition booth. The HANSE 291 offered all the basics of a sailing boat: good sailing features, auxiliary engine, bunks, pantry, and pump toilet. Being so well equipped for the price, the boat gripped the hearts of sailors and Michael Schmidt drew up thirty contracts at the show. From then on the motto was “Evolution instead of Revolution”. The HANSE 291 was developing from the experience of its owners and the shipyard evolving into the HANSE 292 and 301. Of all the models, I choose the 545 and the 630e. First, the 545

The master cabin, a sample of comfort.

Still from the en-suite bath.

Still of saloon.

You can drink your own water.

Galley area, classic and stylish..

Another caption from the beautiful interior.

The standard layout.

The deck. Below, a visual of the aft.

The Hanse 545 has a LOA of 16.20 m / 53'9", a LWL of 14.60 m / 52'10", the beam of 4.91 m / 16'1", the draft of 2.80 m / 9'2", a displacement of ~18.7 t. An approximate price in USD is 350,000 for the newborn.

It is just gorgeous, and most of all, economic. They have a M/E of 110 HP/80.9 KW.

The 630e is a high luxury item, counting the prices requested by some brokers. I've seen a 900,000 Euros quotation and I've seen a 770,000 Euros quotation, for the same year, 2011. One can easily estimate it at around 700,000 Euros.

Doesn't look different, but it is, I assure you.

At a LOA of 19 m / 62'4", a LWL of 17.10 m / 56'1", a beam of 5.20 m / 17'1", and a draft of 2.95 m / 9'7", the displacement of just 23.7 t makes her suitable for any boat lift.

The interior is as any luxurious yacht can provide. Below are more captions, from almost all the parts of this magnificent boat.

The master bedroom.

Work area, which is provided also in the cabins.

The functional galley.

Dining in style.

The super functional interior layout.

The spacious deck.

The navigating equipments are exactly what you need.
I'm impressed by this German company. At a series models production rate, they offer quite a lot. This is not advertising here, it's only a presentation, a personal one to be more precise, for any specialized consulting in the matter, your requests are welcomed.