Dehler 46 SQ

Design

Naval architect

judel/vrolijk & co.

Interior designer

Dehler

Summary

Best Suited For

• Bluewater Cruising

  From the published figures: CE Category A · LOA 14.94 m · fresh water 450 L

• Performance Cruising

  From the published figures: performance cruiser · 3 cabins · SA/D 23.3

• Liveaboard

  From the published figures: LOA 14.94 m · 3 cabins · fresh water 450 L

Tags are derived from certified class, length, sail area, accommodation and tankage using the criteria described on the Sources page; an editor may add or remove one.

Sailing Ratios

Classic yacht-design ratios worked out from the builder's published figures, each shown against the bands designers read it by.

Most builders publish a light displacement. The ratios were defined on a loaded boat, so every boat here reads a little lighter than a surveyor's figure would — all alike, which keeps them comparable.

Tanks

What the builder publishes about how fast, how strong and how much the boat carries.

Dimensions

LOA

49 ft (14.94 m)

Hull length

45.8 ft (13.95 m)

LWL

42.3 ft (12.9 m)

Beam

14.4 ft (4.38 m)

Draft (min)

6.1 ft (1.85 m)

Draft (max)

8.5 ft (2.58 m)

Air draft

69.7 ft (21.23 m)

Displacement

25,353 lb (11,500 kg)

Ballast

7,716 lb (3,500 kg)

Cabins

3

Heads

—

Berths

—

Sail Plan

Main sail

690 ft² (64.1 m²)

Jib

567 ft² (52.63 m²)

Genoa

—

Sail area

1,256 ft² (116.73 m²)

Downwind sail area

1,995 ft² (185.38 m²)

Rig type

—

Engine and Tanks

Engine

57–80 hp

Engine count

1

Engine manufacturer

—

Propulsion type

—

Fuel capacity

55 gal (210 L)

Fresh water capacity

119 gal (450 L)

Black water capacity

—

Construction

Mast material

—

Hull material

—

Deck material

—

Keel type

fixed keel (standard, competition, shallow keel, L-keel deep options)

Rudder type

—

Steering wheels

—

Builder's Own Figures

Mast above WL

standard 21.23 m; competition 22.2 m

Other sails, standard rig (sqm)

Freeride 120.38; Code - 0 128.5; Staysail 28.97

Rig dimensions, competition (m)

I 18.9, J 5.5, P 18.7, E 6.55

Rig dimensions, standard (m)

I 18.1, J 5.5, P 17.68, E 6.25

Competition rig (sqm)

Total sail area 126.79; Main sail 70.52; Furling JIB 105% 56.27; Spinnaker 150; Gennaker 214; Freeride 128.5

Sail plan basis

standard rig: main + furling jib = total sail area (upwind), gennaker as downwind

Draft basis

keel options as printed: standard 2.25 m; competition 2.58 m; shallow keel 1.85 m; L-keel deep 2.48 m

Engine power basis

per engine; Engine 80 hp / 59 kw; Engine Option 57 hp / 42 kw

Displacement basis

standard keel; keel options as printed: standard 11.5 t; competition 11.2 t; shallow keel 11.9 t; L-keel deep 11.4 t

Jib basis

'Furling JIB 105% standard' as printed

Ballast basis

standard keel; keel options as printed: standard 3.5 t; competition 3.15 t; shallow keel 3.85 t; L-keel deep 3.35 t

Layouts & Drawings

1 drawing from the builder's page: general arrangement, sail plan, profile.

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  Dehler 46 SQ sail plan — HanseYachts AG (Dehler)

About Dehler

Premium production

German performance-cruiser marque founded by Willi Dehler in 1963, built by HanseYachts AG in Greifswald since 2009 — three judel/vrolijk-designed models from 10.7 to 14.9 m (Dehler 34, 38 SQ, 46 SQ), each with standard and competition rigs and three or four keel options.

Dehler was born in Freienohl in the German Sauerland, where the electrical engineer Willi Dehler, who had turned to caravan building in GRP, exhibited a 3-metre dinghy named Winnetou at a trade fair in 1963 and took fifty orders. With his brother Heinz he launched the Varianta, the brand's first keel yacht, in 1965 -- the Varianta 65 became Europe's best-selling GRP yacht by 1973, 'the VW Beetle for the water' -- and the Optima 83 realised his dream of a fast, trailerable sea-going boat; the Sprinta 70 of 1976 was the first series yacht with a self-tacking jib. The 1980s brought the performance-cruiser category with the regatta-winning db1 and the Dehler 34 of 1986, and the yard focused on yachts over ten metres under the Dehler name. The collaboration with judel/vrolijk & co began in the mid-1990s with the Dehler 29 of 1997, Willi Dehler died in 1999 at seventy, and after a series of owners the marque settled under HanseYachts in 2009, with Karl Dehler rejoining product development; all construction moved from Freienohl to Greifswald in 2012, the Dehler 38 of 2013 was Boat of the Year at boot 2014, and the Dehler 30 One Design of 2019 gained its own class association in 2020.

The Dehler Range

Every model Dehler publishes, by length — where this one sits in the range.

1. Dehler 46 SQ· this model49 ft
2. Dehler 38 SQ39.6 ft
3. Dehler 3435.1 ft

By the Same Designers

Boats this boat's designers also drew, for other builders too. Credits are grouped only where the names clearly agree, however each builder spelled them; an unclear one is left out.

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