Great review on our boat, 😀 it was good to see this. We are currently living on our Hanse 418 up here in Scandinavia but only for the summers and its fantastic. For many different reasons we absolutely love this boat but then again this is our first sailing boat so we don't have much to compare against. She does have a self tacker but I really like that when combined with a Code 0 or Gennaker to get her going in light winds.
We owned a Hanse 411 for 6 years which was the first version of the Hanse 41. This is the 8th model. I can assure you we were happy to live aboard for up to 3 months at a time, and these yachts sail with beautiful balance. They go to windward effortlessly even in rough water, and track on rails in heavy weather downwind. The self tacking jib makes for easy sailing, and we never missed having a Genoa. I would go anywhere in the world on a Hanse, they are strong quality German built yachts. We would live full time on one. We loved our Hanse, and our children and grandchildren have wonderful memories of our time together holidaying on her. We are now catamaran fans. Regards Murray and Jean
This boat seems to capture some of the best features of both monohulls and catamarans. Visibility, out-of-the-way traveler, storage, and internal comfort of a small cat, with the ability to sail close to the wind.
Interestingly we own a 7yr 415 and it has the separated shower stall in the exact same layout, odd they did away with it. Great review, we love this brand.
Fair review, we went through a number of viewings before we bought our Hanse 470 in 2017. We surmised that the Hanse yachts were of higher quality than the Bavaria / Beneteau / Jenneau offerings and were pretty well specified from the factory. Can’t see us changing her for another monohull but tempted by a cat since our son got his FP40, maybe a 45 would suit us 👍 Love the HH44 with standard diesels and a big generator………
ya it looks like it is an awesome boat for the Caribbean, or a long weekend sailboat. looks like you are getting good number of modern upgrades for not bad price.
Ours weighs 13.5 tonnes laden. Not exactly lightweight! The boat performs well in 20-25kts and can make some great speeds, but it all depends on sea state, whether you’re sailing to wind, not just wind strength. Transatlantic with a long wavelength, no problem! As the transat is largely downwind, that’s not an ideal point of sailing for any monohull. Many fly Parasails, but you’re going to be rolling a lot. Perhaps with the very beamy stern, the 418 would fare better than others. In the shoals with short steep waves, not so good, but then you’re into semi-displacement/long keels if you want more comfort in that scenario. Boats are all compromises - long keeller’s are leaden in light winds! You’d be putting the engine on, whereas the 418 will still be sailing happily. Horses for courses!
Thanks for the brief tour. Just based on the tour, I could make a very long list of things I don't like about this boat. Yet there are some positives also. With the German style mainsheet and self tacking jib, could definitely be short or maybe single-handed. It seems built to a price, but some of the French boats may do that better.
Nick, when sheets are run hidden below the deck, is there any portion of the sheet that cannot be visually inspected when furling or unfurling? Thanks, Webhead USA
The lines under the deck will be best protected against UV, stepping on, etc., and may last longer than the exposed parts of the lines. Either way, when the most worn/degraded parts of the line need to be replaced, the whole lines will get replaced.
Exact same internal layout of the 370, but most changes are on deck. I find strange to have a "performance" boat with a self tacking jib and all lines to the helm, so a team can't use this boat for club regatta... Also i don't see tracks for a genoa, but there are main winches ? They could be for the german main sheet, but I'm unsure... and if so then you can't reach them from the helm position to ease the main... I really found this boat odd...
The rigging suggests cruiser, not racer. The mainsheet is a German style two point, so the aft winches are probably for spinnakers, etc. 0:51 The turning blocks for spinnakers are right next to the helm. The single mainsheet is presumably led to the main winches under the deck along with the other lines.
The additional winches are for the additional furling headsails - code 0, Furlstrom, Asymmetric. It’s not a club racing boat, but a fast cruiser. If you want to do club racing, the Dehler is the Hanse Group offering.
Great review ! Would it be fair to ask you to review Curiosity 2 for us and compare it to Ruby Rose 2 ? It would be great fun !! Stay Safe & Fair Winds !!
There is an excellent sailing channel with a British/Danish couple (Sailing Aurora) who sails around in the Baltics. They had their Hansa 418 as a local charter boat, but unfortunately, their guests grounded the boat very hard with an extensive fiberglass rebuild of the entire keel attachment and a large part in the floor area. However, they did excellent documentation of the professional repair, and they are now out and sailing again, and they will never do the rental business again. Despite all concerns about production-boats may lose their keels and therefore is, not as suitable bluewater boats. The Hanse 418 did take the hard grounding against an underwater rock without catastrophic consequences, except economically. Now make your own conclusions about the bolt-on keel's sturdiness. Hanse seems to build exceptionally reliable yachts. Cheers.
I felt cheated by the Title. I expected more of a review.... than just a dockside walkthrough and opinions. I was expecting some sailing and perhaps a night at anchor at least. I value your perspectives but this fell flat for me.
After watching this video, it’s patently clear that the woman reviewing the boat has not sailed one. She is right about some things, wrong about others, but I found the review lacking in detail with omissions. The guy at the beginning and end also seemed to contradict what the other person was saying. As an owner of almost a year, I can easily give far more information and am tempted to make my own TH-cam video. This is not a fair, or particularly review IMHO! Eg 41ft x 14ft is easily big enough as a liveaboard!!
Find it an odd choice for a review. A typical “modern” boat coming from a marketing team. Plastic shell with no soul, no sefearers tradition.. Ikea on water. The only reason for spending 250k as an owner on this is a complete lack of experience. In anytnhing above 30 knots and moderate swell I would not feel comfortable or safe with her at all. And these conditions are very common here in the Med. Not to mention in 15 years she will loose most of her value. Great boat for a charter business yes and lets be honest this is Hanses main market focus. I really liked your critical reviews of HR, Swan, Oyster..which have more wood in a compression post than Hanses full interior btw. Expected similar level and not just “there is good ventilation, all leading lines are covered which I really like”. A little disapointed..
One would have to have a separate stool to sit and use the Nav station and that stool would block the isle way. Not ideal. Otherwise the boat is beautiful. For me I think the 40-41 foor boat is just a little small.
Great review on our boat, 😀 it was good to see this. We are currently living on our Hanse 418 up here in Scandinavia but only for the summers and its fantastic. For many different reasons we absolutely love this boat but then again this is our first sailing boat so we don't have much to compare against. She does have a self tacker but I really like that when combined with a Code 0 or Gennaker to get her going in light winds.
We owned a Hanse 411 for 6 years which was the first version of the Hanse 41. This is the 8th model. I can assure you we were happy to live aboard for up to 3 months at a time, and these yachts sail with beautiful balance. They go to windward effortlessly even in rough water, and track on rails in heavy weather downwind. The self tacking jib makes for easy sailing, and we never missed having a Genoa. I would go anywhere in the world on a Hanse, they are strong quality German built yachts. We would live full time on one. We loved our Hanse, and our children and grandchildren have wonderful memories of our time together holidaying on her. We are now catamaran fans. Regards Murray and Jean
This boat seems to capture some of the best features of both monohulls and catamarans. Visibility, out-of-the-way traveler, storage, and internal comfort of a small cat, with the ability to sail close to the wind.
excellent review. the good and the bad. very straightforward and helpful.
Another fine example of a sailing vessel I can't afford. Perhaps a sailing dinghy review. 😆
Thank you for another excellent review of a modern production boat.
Hanse 418 is my dream boat - it’s coming. ⛵️
Interestingly we own a 7yr 415 and it has the separated shower stall in the exact same layout, odd they did away with it. Great review, we love this brand.
Fair review, we went through a number of viewings before we bought our Hanse 470 in 2017. We surmised that the Hanse yachts were of higher quality than the Bavaria / Beneteau / Jenneau offerings and were pretty well specified from the factory. Can’t see us changing her for another monohull but tempted by a cat since our son got his FP40, maybe a 45 would suit us 👍 Love the HH44 with standard diesels and a big generator………
ya it looks like it is an awesome boat for the Caribbean, or a long weekend sailboat. looks like you are getting good number of modern upgrades for not bad price.
Looks like a very good entry boat for coastal sailing in light winds. However, if the weather turns bad then it's another story.
Ours weighs 13.5 tonnes laden. Not exactly lightweight! The boat performs well in 20-25kts and can make some great speeds, but it all depends on sea state, whether you’re sailing to wind, not just wind strength. Transatlantic with a long wavelength, no problem! As the transat is largely downwind, that’s not an ideal point of sailing for any monohull. Many fly Parasails, but you’re going to be rolling a lot. Perhaps with the very beamy stern, the 418 would fare better than others. In the shoals with short steep waves, not so good, but then you’re into semi-displacement/long keels if you want more comfort in that scenario. Boats are all compromises - long keeller’s are leaden in light winds! You’d be putting the engine on, whereas the 418 will still be sailing happily. Horses for courses!
The hatches open backwards? Not gonna get much airflow at anchor
Thanks for the brief tour.
Just based on the tour, I could make a very long list of things I don't like about this boat. Yet there are some positives also. With the German style mainsheet and self tacking jib, could definitely be short or maybe single-handed.
It seems built to a price, but some of the French boats may do that better.
Nick, when sheets are run hidden below the deck, is there any portion of the sheet that cannot be visually inspected when furling or unfurling? Thanks, Webhead USA
The lines under the deck will be best protected against UV, stepping on, etc., and may last longer than the exposed parts of the lines. Either way, when the most worn/degraded parts of the line need to be replaced, the whole lines will get replaced.
Exact same internal layout of the 370, but most changes are on deck.
I find strange to have a "performance" boat with a self tacking jib and all lines to the helm, so a team can't use this boat for club regatta...
Also i don't see tracks for a genoa, but there are main winches ? They could be for the german main sheet, but I'm unsure... and if so then you can't reach them from the helm position to ease the main...
I really found this boat odd...
The rigging suggests cruiser, not racer.
The mainsheet is a German style two point, so the aft winches are probably for spinnakers, etc.
0:51 The turning blocks for spinnakers are right next to the helm.
The single mainsheet is presumably led to the main winches under the deck along with the other lines.
The additional winches are for the additional furling headsails - code 0, Furlstrom, Asymmetric.
It’s not a club racing boat, but a fast cruiser. If you want to do club racing, the Dehler is the Hanse Group offering.
Great review ! Would it be fair to ask you to review Curiosity 2 for us and compare it to Ruby Rose 2 ? It would be great fun !! Stay Safe & Fair Winds !!
Vietnam update please
Lol, we've got the next build update coming up in just one week for our Patrons, two weeks for everyone else. Not long now. 😊
Nice boat.
Looks like all of the hatches open aft. There would be no air flow at anchor. Maybe they are two way hatches?
Differential air pressure should pull air through the cabin.
Also hatches that open forward are a sinking risk if not properly closed when under way.
Speaking about liking ventilation; the hatches are pretty much all oriented wrong and won’t scoop in air at anchor.
They also won't scoop waves as much when under way, which can lead to sinking at worst.
Back to the build pretty soon?
VERY soon. 😉
I get very different numbers converting from meters to feet for your draft.
And for the LWL. The tonnage is wrong too! No version of the 418 is less than 10.5 tonnes!
There is an excellent sailing channel with a British/Danish couple (Sailing Aurora) who sails around in the Baltics. They had their Hansa 418 as a local charter boat, but unfortunately, their guests grounded the boat very hard with an extensive fiberglass rebuild of the entire keel attachment and a large part in the floor area. However, they did excellent documentation of the professional repair, and they are now out and sailing again, and they will never do the rental business again. Despite all concerns about production-boats may lose their keels and therefore is, not as suitable bluewater boats. The Hanse 418 did take the hard grounding against an underwater rock without catastrophic consequences, except economically. Now make your own conclusions about the bolt-on keel's sturdiness. Hanse seems to build exceptionally reliable yachts. Cheers.
Cheers mate, good to know
Hellooo, thanks for the shout out and well put 😁
There was some mention at one time of possibly reviewing older boats. That sounds fantastic but please don't make it country specific.
I bet she’s pretty speedy.
Nice Ride....BUT its Not the Style I like....I Need room for Scuba...I DO like the Swim Deck Though
We love Hanses. Never knew you owned a Hanse 320.
we sure did 😊 We actually planned to buy the 38ft version but we fell in love with the Southerly 38 instead.
I felt cheated by the Title. I expected more of a review.... than just a dockside walkthrough and opinions. I was expecting some sailing and perhaps a night at anchor at least. I value your perspectives but this fell flat for me.
After watching this video, it’s patently clear that the woman reviewing the boat has not sailed one. She is right about some things, wrong about others, but I found the review lacking in detail with omissions. The guy at the beginning and end also seemed to contradict what the other person was saying.
As an owner of almost a year, I can easily give far more information and am tempted to make my own TH-cam video. This is not a fair, or particularly review IMHO! Eg 41ft x 14ft is easily big enough as a liveaboard!!
I am a peon who uses pounds rather than tons to describe my displacement 2:48
Find it an odd choice for a review. A typical “modern” boat coming from a marketing team. Plastic shell with no soul, no sefearers tradition.. Ikea on water. The only reason for spending 250k as an owner on this is a complete lack of experience. In anytnhing above 30 knots and moderate swell I would not feel comfortable or safe with her at all. And these conditions are very common here in the Med. Not to mention in 15 years she will loose most of her value. Great boat for a charter business yes and lets be honest this is Hanses main market focus.
I really liked your critical reviews of HR, Swan, Oyster..which have more wood in a compression post than Hanses full interior btw. Expected similar level and not just “there is good ventilation, all leading lines are covered which I really like”. A little disapointed..
One would have to have a separate stool to sit and use the Nav station and that stool would block the isle way. Not ideal. Otherwise the boat is beautiful. For me I think the 40-41 foor boat is just a little small.
You can get away with sitting on the couch, but a better nav station/desk would have been better
She wouldn’t live in this? She’s too high maintenance my friend. 😂
very fragile boats