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BUILDING BOATS SINCE 1985.
Schäfer Yacht’s primary business is sailboat construction. Our models are: Dolphin 26, Dolphin 28, Dolphin 28 Sport Cruiser, D38, Velence 25-26, P15.
SAILBOAT SERVICE
We provide professional shoresde serivces to our customers.
YANMAR MARINE PARTNER
Our company is the hungarian distributor of the well respected Yanmar Marine.
Sillinger (partly-manufactured-by-us)
Besides sailers and electric powerboats Schafer Yacht Ltd. builds RIBs for the world reputed company Sillinger. Two most important models are the 650 and 580 RIB UM boats. Since the french company’s high quality requirements are met productuion of other models have been moved to our company. Today we build six types from 330 to 1200. Using feedback from the production improvement is continuous and there is a rapid increase in the worldwide RIB market. Sillinger mainly focuses on military contracts but its share in the recreational market is increasing. Export in this this ever increasing segment of our production provides us a presence on foreign markets.
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Email: puehse-consulting@t-online.de
Dolphin 28
The boat was designed with especially the local market needs in mind, it can also be sailed offshore with the necessary extra equipment. Teamed up with designer Győző Simongáti we succeed in designing a true lake boat for Balaton in terms of comfort, performance and equipment outfit.
Compared to other modern designs it has similar accomodations layout, hull and deck design. The ability of customization is an added bonus of the design. Handling and performance caracterized by stability and safety.
The boat won the Yardstick II. class in 2003. Improvement is continuous according to experience gained in races. This model has been matured into a 40 boat productio run.
TEST
Stepping into the spacious cockpit one can find a well laid out area. Sitting is comfortable not only on the beches but also on the rail. Fockroller and lazyjack makes reefing effortless. The boat is easily manoeuvreable and keeps its course well and its speed when tacking.
Standing headroom is more than 190cm in the salon and 180cm in the fore cabin. The lenght of the triangular bunk in the focsle is 210cm that yields confortable sleeping. The seats in the salon can be converted into a 195cm long berth for two. There is a two burner stove, a sink with presurized water and a huge fridge.
Space in the after cabin is also above average with a 220cm long berth.
The Dolphin 28 is a cruiser that is well designed, well built and the workmanship is exceptional.
Technical Data
Full length: 8,75 m
Waterline length: 7,75 m
Beam: 2,95 m
Dive: 1,25 m / 1,50 m
Net weight: 2,9 t
Ballast: 1,05 t
Mainsail: 22,50 m2
Foresail: 14,00 m2
Genoa: 20,50 m2
Spinnaker: 58,00 m2
Saloon height: 1,90 m
Front cabin height: 1,75 m
Achter cabin height: 1,83 m
Dolphin 28 SC
The introduction of the sport cruising version of the Dolphin 28 was inspired by racing return customers because reserve performance potential in the original design became obvious. Hence the desire for higher performance can be fulfilled and we can build a better performer boat especially in light wind conditions. This can be achieved with the same hull and a redesigned, lighter furniture inside.
Deck equipment is also upgarded with bigger winches and more refined line handling. The 9/10 fractional rig is taller and equipped with two sets of spreaders and a top spinnaker halyard. We use more weight in the keel (maximum 1200kg allowed by class regulations), 5,5 square meters more sail area, and race cut sails from high tech materials. Tha boat has a racing eletronics package too.
Test
I know the Dolphin 28 well so its not the usual article about a boat that we tried only for a few hours.
I have already spent a week on the boat. It was my boat for the nationals once, and once for a local regatta in Kenese before this occasion. I sailed only with the shorter rigged boat before. In 2003 the boat I sailed in the nationals originated from the tool for the mold and therefore it was heavier than normal. I am convinced that this is a great boat. Let’s look at what has not been changed since I wrote it in an article in 2002 about the boat: „Standing headroom is more than 190cm in the salon, 180cm in the aft cabin and in the toilet. You have 170cm headroom in the fore cabin where you step in. It isn’t that bad, is it? The lenght of the triangular bunk in the focsle is 210cm that yields confortable sleeping. The assimmetrical seats in the salon can be converted into a 195cm long berth for two by lowering the salon table on the right side. There is a 160cm sofa in the opposite side. Besides is a galey with a two burner stove combined with a sink with pressurized water. On the left side of the salon behind the galey is a door for the after cabin. Space in the after cabin is also above average with a 220cm long berth.
The interior follows traditional boatbuilder values. I feel a bit of disharmony with the exterior and the cockpit. Good quality white upholstery makes it less pronounced, but a lighter than mahogany wood finish would be desired.”
It seems that our tests are followed because this actual boat has light cherry wood interior. It has been well received.
We arrived 15 minutes earlier to the boat so we spent some time in the cockpit. This is a nice boat – we agreed. Forms are in harmony, pristine clean execution, fresh, modern, functional design. The 12,5 m mast fits well to the boat. Mainsail and genoa are both six and a half square meters bigger in area than the previous models. The spinnaker area has been doubled. This is a true lake rig – as it later shows.
We leave the harbour in a force 2 but freshening west wind. We are passing the breakwater on and off to get into position for the photos. We maneouvre a lot. The boat is easy on the helm, turns effortlessly, tacks with minimal leeway. We are maneouvreing close to the shore. We sailed to the outer jetty under engine first and then under sail. All without any fuss.
With this taler rig the boat became a real sports cruiser. You can sail with minimal twist in the sails in up to 2-3 beaufort, over it you have to open the top of the sails. The boat can be controlled by adjusting the traveller and genoa car up to force 4. If wind speed exceeds this you are forced to reef. Better to have a double grooved genoa foil and change genoa to a fock than reefing the main. I am aware that this will incerase speed but decrease comfort levels. This can be a hard decision. A sports cruiser can be outfitted with all the equipment you can find on race boats. You can have a lighter rig, and runners can be used, etc. In racing mode a six man crew is optimal, there is enough work for them. The test boat is equipped with a genakker wich is a good and confortable solution. As there is no bowsprit the sail will be too close to the mainsail and the boat can not go deep enough. For this boat a spinnaker could be better solution. The spinnaker is close to hundred square meters which is a nice job to manage.
The Dolphin 28 SC is a sports boat with all the advantages of a cruiser. It has comfortable accomodation and good sail performance. Compromise? Of course, but from the opposite point of view it is a cruiser where even a like-minded hardcore racer feels comfortable.
Farkas Litkey
Technical Data
Full length: 8,75 m
Waterline length: 7,75 m
Beam: 2,95 m
Dive: 1,25 m / 1,50 m
Net weight: 3,03 t
Ballast: 1,18 t
Mast: Kétszálingos árboc, + 80 cm,
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Mainsail: 22,50 m2
Foresail: 14,00 m2
Genoa: 20,50 m2
Spinnaker: 58,00 m2
Saloon height: 1,90 m
Front cabin height: 1,75 m
Achter cabin height: 1,83 m
D38
Elegant lines, dinamism and a bit of luxury – this is the new D38. Again teamed up with boat designer Győző Simongáti who proved his proficiency with many designs notably with our successful D28. The boat is a big step forward in the history of the company, we want to take up new a challenge. The development process getting more and more interesting for us as we progress.
Szakítva a hagyományos formavilággal, a D38-as úttörő a saját méretkategóriájában. A héjat szendvicsszerkezettel készítjük, prémium anyagok felhasználásával, a jó menettulajdonságok érdekében. Ugyanakkor a hajó a „B” tervezési kategóriának megfelelő szilárdsággal rendelkezik, így kiválóan alkalmas hosszabb tengeri vitorlázásra is. A tavi változatnak egy kisebb, a tengerinek egy nagyobb merülésű tőkesúly ad elegendő stabilitást. Az árboc oldalmerevítői a hajótest szélére futnak, ez a kialakítás a teherelosztás szempontjából sokkal praktikusabb. A hajót az egyszerű kezelhetőség érdekében egy kisebb, de nagyon könnyen kezelhető orrvitorlával, (ami opcionálisan lehet önváltó is), és egy, a szokásosnál nagyobb nagyvászonnal szereljük. A rigg alaphelyzetben két szálingos alumínium árboccal készül, de tervezzük a komolyan versenyzők számára karbon rudazat alkalmazását. A fedélzet ennek megfelelően többféle variációban lesz szerelvényezve.
Míg a fedélzeten elsősorban a versenyzés van előtérben, addig a fedélzet alatt a kényelemé és a luxusé a főszerep. Ezt szolgálják a korábbi típusainkban kifejlesztett kényelmi berendezések széleskörű alkalmazása, persze minden a megfelelő méretre növelve. A belső elrendezés alapvetően a tengeri, vagy balatoni használatnak megfelelően alakítható. Utóbbiban pl. nem tervezünk külön térkép asztalt, szerényebb a konyha és hűtő kapacitás.
Technical Data
LOA (m): 11,50
Beam (m): 3,50
Air draft (m): 17,46
Draught (m): 1,75
Main (sg m): 50
Genoa (sq m): 32
Genaker (sq m): 140
Displacement (kg): 6200
Ballast (kg): 2700
Water (l): 100-350
Fuel (l): 55-150
Engine: Yanmar 32/40HP
Design category: A
Képeink hajótipusonként
D 30
D 38
Dolphin 26
Dolphin 28
Dolphin 28 SC
Velence 26
Recent Posts
Introduction D38
2020-03-23
Schafer Yacht is one of the most experienced boat builders in Hungary. They have built all sorts of boats in the last more than two decades. Some of them were their own models. They were the first builder who instead of copying existing boats or using someone else’s mold desined one for themselfs.
The story started in the middle of the nineties. In that time with years of experience and after close to a hundred boats produced they started the building of their „own” model. Designed by the Van de Stadt designers office the Dolphin 26 has proved to be a great success. It quickly became a class on the local regattas and 70 boats have been bulilt to date. After a few years in production this was followed by the Vita 30 model. The company received 11 orders for the boat. The next model – the Dolphin 28 – designed by Győző Simongáti arrived in 2002. The number of orders reached 50 in the next decade. Considering the demands of the local market this is a stunning achievement.
All Schafer Yacht models have been tested by our magazine, so this new model will not be an exception. Testing a boat for a magazine when it first hits the water is a chancy business. Since it was my firm who produced the sails for the boat I had no other choice…
The boat has 38 foot LOA and also designed by Győző Simongáti. Still in a marina berth the boat looks to be an exciting, nice cruiser. The public already could admire its minimalist lines and well-proportioned neat and clever layout in the last year’s Kenese boat show.
It has been worth waiting. On the fist weekend of June we could finaly leave the docks with the new boat. We left the marina with the builder and the owner for the first time. Everyone felt quite excited and was waiting for the fist taste of the new experience.
During preparations before we left I had the chance to move around on deck. The „running test” was successful. Walking on the wide flat areas on deck is safe and comfortable. The teak cover is a good antiskid surface.
What impress you for the first look is the size of the cockpit. It is huge. Helm positions proved to be well organized. But I should not run this fast. My favourite feature is the design of the the main sheet. The sheet is not led forward on the boom and back on deck to a winch, but on the level of the traveller block disappears in a hole in the side of the cockpit and reappears on the side coaming right behind its dedicated winch. Easy and simple with less rope than usual. Engine controls are situated on the right side of the cockpit and easy to reach from the helmsman. This boat is big for our lake marinas so it is no surprise that a bowthruster is a standard item. After checking everything important we threw our docklines and left for open water for the first time.
We have very little wind, the engine is runing silky, progress is elegant out of harbour. Outside still close to the shore a 3-4 knot westerly breeze arrives. A group of racers of the Keszthely- Kenese singlehanded race shows us where the wind is. Progress is better close to the shore.
Right in the mouth of the harbour we set the mainsail that goes up the mast effortlesly. Then unfurl the fock and stop the engine.
The boat reacts with little heel and accelerates well. The feeling ont he wheel is good and the boat goes with a relaxing pace. Althought sails are optimized for medium winds we enjoy our progress. Steering is well balanced, waterline is healthy, there is very little wake.
We can find similar design features belowdecks as outside. Interior is simple and elegant with lots of space for everything. Owners layout is built with two comfortable an spacious cabins, galley is part of the salon and there is a head with shower. The charter layout can have three cabins. The two comfortable extra bunks are in a second achter cabin.
D 38 is one of the most exciting projects among Hungarian boatbuilders. Needless to say that most of us would live without a huge part of this excitement easily, not only boatbuilders but the whole country. During the design stages of the boat today’s economical situation and long term crisis was out of scope.
Even without today’s problems introducing a boat of this size on the Hungarian market would not be easy. Competition is fierce in this market segment thanks to foreign boats. Needless to say to compete with other successful builders is a very brave move. On the other hand designer and builder did a nice job on the boat and it has a chance to be successful. Appearance and finish does not lag behind other well known production models. Possible customization thanks to the builders flexibility position the boat even above the competition. For a small emphatetic boatyard this is a distictive advantage.
A future owner can be sure the the boat he buys is not an off –the-shelf product but a highly customized result of exceptional craftsmen’s work.
It was a great pleasure to sail this boat and I hope I will have the opportunity to sail it in more wind next time.
Farkas Litkey
Reconstruction of Slym Jim
2020-03-23
Recently our company received the very exciting order to refurbish a 52 year old Folkeboat built in England.
Since the owner Dénes Kövendi – who is widely known in boating circles as the owner of Marina Yacht Sport and a boating professional – cooperation was easy during work. The project at fist seemed to be a bit more than a serious maintenance job and the rebuilding of the interior furniture. As we proceeded further it became obvious that a more serious renovation was needed. The boat deserved every attention and – as it was not the first boat of this type for the owner – he respected its attributes and we accepted the challenge. We litteraly cut into the midle of it. In a good sense I always was jealous of the professionals like Lajos Cittel – and closely followed their accomplishments with great respect – whose work meant saving wonderful old wooden boats. It was our turn to do the same.
The whole boat was built of mahogany timber, structuraly sound but in many parts ill conditioned. We removed almost every fitting from deck and all the furniture from inside. Only a few parts remained in place like keel, fuel tank and cockpit seats. Reconstuction begun with sanding the whole boat to bare wood and rebuilding the engine bed. We rebuilt the whole interior according to the owner’s wishes and keeping the original style. The boat was to have used by a pair of people.
The owner Dénes also an experienced cruiser and former racer exactly knew what he wanted in the boat. With our contribution and a few good ideas the interior turned out to be classical and comfortable space.
With all the necessary deck fittings installed the boat can be even raced. No expenses have been spared on deck. After thorough sanding epoxi filler was applied and new hatches and companionway door intsalled. All brass fittings are showing their original shine. The deck characterized by the cork coverage called Marine Deck. This was the first time we used this material although its use is straightforward, the result is aesthetic and also acts as thermal insulation against the sun’s heat.
In the meantime the old spar got new fittings, standing and running rigging. The final result is as nice as possible. The slider system used on mast is unusual on this size and type of boat and the Elvström sail wardrobe the choice of the owner’s daughter Zsófi is also well above average.
The hull got an epoxy barrier coat, a base coat and antifouling under the waterline from the owner’s shop. Epifanes varnish coats were applied to the rest of the boat, inside and outside.
The owner was highly satisfied with the end result and it was an important professional experience for us. Subsequent sail trials also provided joy and satisfaction for the owner.
Van de Stadt 37 Forna
2020-03-23
Van de Stadt 37 Forna
In the future our production focuse will be turned towards more customized boat building. In close cooperation with our clients, design concepts and building methods tailored to their needs will result in highly customized boats with unique features. This is the best way to provide our customers what they really want. The following project is a good example that our company played an important role in the building process.
The future owner wanted a family boat for offshore cruising. Plans were choosen accordingly from the stock plans of the well known dutch design firm Van de Stadt. The designers are a representative of the dutch metal boat building industry.
The most important design expectations were reliability and safety. In spite of the robust structure inherited from the metal construction the boat has sweeping lines and is relatively lightweight. The interior is spacious enough for 6 person and the equipment for a longer offshore trip.
The boat is suited for long ocean crossings and is ready with all the necessary comfort and navigational equipment.
The hull, deck and structural parts are all manufactured from saltwater resistant aluminium material providing reliability and the boat keeps its original market value well.
Interior layout is result of long time seafaring experience. The interior furniture can freely be tailored to indvidual needs as not being part of the boat’s structure.
The design features have been clearly proven by practical experience on the high seas. Equipment is adapted to the way of use and the specific sea area where the boat is used. Practical needs dictated the instalation of a new autopilot, solar panels, wind generator and sail wardrobe for light breese. This list will be further enlarged with radar and AIS transponder for the next sailing season.
Cruising sailboat requirements are well served by the aluminium construction method. Higher initial building costs compensated by long term reliability high resale value.
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