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Boating NZ : FREE TO READ April 2014
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Boat reviewHanse 575 “ ” The real pleasure of this boat is in her sailing and stately motion T The new Hanse 575 is 17 metres of easy, short-handed sailing, with the space and Given her 2.85m bulb keel; powerful, 150m2 he 575 – recently-arrived on our shores – is the latest in Hanse’s revamped range of 5-series yachts and the big sister to the 385, 415, 445 and 505. Penned by the same in-house design team (Judel/Vrolijk), the 575 is the flagship of the fleet. Well, it was. That accolade will ultimately go to the new 675 recently announced by Hanse. The first of these 67-footers is to be launched in June. Still, even if temporarily, the 575 can bask in her matriarch-ofthe-clan status. For all her size, cavernous accommodation and expansive spaces, she’s a well-proportioned vessel crammed with detail features designed for stylish living. She is simple to sail, and the design’s obviously struck a chord with international buyers – more than 100 have been sold since the design’s debut a year ago. 26 Boating New Zealand April 2014 and stern and long waterline of 15.15m, you’d expect a decent turn of speed and she delivers, but what’s really impressive is the sedate manner in which she achieves it. Unhurried sailing at 10 knots sounds like a contradiction, but it captures the sense of the 575’s unflustered motion. The simplicity begins with Hanse’s trademark self-tacker. A welcome feature with a 63m2 jib, flicking from tack-to-tack is a silent, sharp contrast to the flurry of flying sheets and frenetic cranking that marks conventional tacks. Then there’s the German mainsheet system – enabling trimming from either of the twin helms. All sheets, including the mainsheet, lead back via jammers to the big Lewmar primaries. These are within easy reach of the helmsman sail plan; vertical bow
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