Two versions, race-cruise and competition, can be fitted out
He who wants the ends wants the means. This SQ version, just like the previous one, has its complement "C" for competition. Lighter in weight, it has a lead bulb at the end of a T-keel sail with a 2.30 m draft, a very long bowsprit to better capture the air flow and a deeper rudder. This version will certainly not have to be over-emphasized on the list of comfort options overwhelming the hard-won benefits. Farewell to the teak deck or other freezer, even the bathing platform has no place on board. But the good news is that the race-cruise version, with a 2m L-keel, can benefit from the small bowsprit, a nice Quantum AC5 tri-radial sail set as standard. This does not exclude that, a mainsail with horn, requiring a more slender aluminium rig (the standard is still a Selden), more dimensioned fittings, and sails with thin membranes, and many other tools, are in the catalogue to improve the performances according to your objectives and your constraints.
Ease and suitability
In these two knots of wind with a peak at three knots, the only way to move is to send a beautiful asymmetrical wind and go up to 50° of the wind by counterbalancing downwind. Even like that, it's not always a sure thing. Our Dehler 38 SQ is doing rather honourably in this tricky exercise, the wind speed being reached very quickly. As a reminder, this hull, the same as that of the fire Dehler 38, very thin and very well balanced, behaves brilliantly and flexibly at all speeds and in all conditions. The passage at sea is excellent and the control, thanks to the very long rudder, is always very safe, allowing very interesting course climbs. The relevance of the improvements is therefore significant for light to medium wind conditions. However, we won't have the pleasure of being able to take full advantage of the addition of the heel foot restraints for the helmsman. But the position for steering is very good, standing or sitting on the gunwale.
