No problem for the DayM8. The cabin brings the bare minimums when it takes longer: sleeping for four, a toilet, a fridge and a stove if you wish. Everything below deck is finely crafted: the fabrics are nice, but you can also choose. More about them inside? No, because the rest is all the more exciting.
When the author first sees the ship, a name shoots straight through his head: André Hoek. Vertical stern, tapering stern, coaming around the bed area aft. If only the angular structure and the famous triangles are missing in the same coaming above the mirror, and it would be clear that the magician has done his magic again. But: "I drew the ship myself", explains Klaas Bood. However, the shipyard owner - by no means a stranger to Dutch water sports - adds: "I've worked for André a number of times, I like his lines. But this is an independent design, it is rounder overall ". And that's true.
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As always with a daysailer, two things count: cockpit and sailing performance. The latter can hardly be checked at the trade fair in Amsterdam, but the cockpit fits. The traps and trim lines end on the cabin roof next to the companionway. The main sheet does not need a traveler and is attached to the rear of the cockpit. Sheet winches stand next to the cockpit coaming. They remain unemployed when they are on the wind, because they turn themselves on high courses. Aft of the tiller there is a decking area with a plumage.
Only the decline is a little too small. The ship does not have a sliding hatch, but insert and plug-in parts, which saves the sliding hatch garage, which would spoil the look on deck and require additional organizers on the roof. The shipyard is currently thinking about possible ways of optimizing this.
Topic drive: There is none in the basic price, the options are diverse. Outboards in the shaft, electric motors with lithium batteries or a small Yanmar diesel are possible. The ship is built by Hoorin Heeg using the vacuum infusion process. The outer layers are made of vinyl ester, the deck has a foam core, and aluminum plates are installed at the mounting points for fittings.
Ready to sail without an engine, the DayM8 costs 59,450 euros including 21 percent VAT. Even if an additional 20,000 euros were added for the drive and accessories, that would be a good offer: nice lines, well built and in all likelihood not a spoiler on the water.
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The exciting Daysailer L28 being tested on the Müritz