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> Vaguely thinking of changing boats and looking for 9-10m. Secondhand
> Dehlers seem to be good value. I always though of Dehlers as being
> good quality boats, but dont really knew about them.
>
> Any opinions/
>
Yes, they are very good quality boats - in fact, I would say they are the
best quality of any small production yachts. As far as I know, they (and
Amel in France) are the only production yard who build their yachts
entirely
in the mould, and laminate (rather than bolt) the deck in place while the
hull is in the mould. This results in a much more rigid, watertight and
symmetrical hull than the usual AWBs where they just bolt and sikkaflex
the
deck to a wobbly hull that has been removed from the mould (which also
explains why most AWBs go better on one tack than another!).
They are mostly Judel-Volrijk designs and so sail very nicely indeed too.
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