Saffier SE 38 Leader

Design

Designer

D. Hennevanger | K. Van de Stadt

Summary

Best Suited For

• Short-Handed

  From the published figures: LOA 12.5 m · mainsail 51 m²

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.

Dimensions

LOA

41 ft (12.5 m)

Hull length

37.9 ft (11.55 m)

LWL

—

Beam

12.5 ft (3.8 m)

Draft (min)

6.4 ft (1.95 m)

Draft (max)

8.2 ft (2.5 m)

Air draft

61 ft (18.6 m)

Displacement

14,330 lb (6,500 kg)

Ballast

5,512 lb (2,500 kg)

Cabins

1–2

Heads

—

Berths

—

Sail Plan

Main sail

549 ft² (51 m²)

Jib

366 ft² (34 m²)

Genoa

—

Sail area

—

Downwind sail area

1,378 ft² (128 m²)

Rig type

—

Engine and Tanks

Engine

30 hp (Yanmar)

Engine count

1

Engine manufacturer

Yanmar

Propulsion type

saildrive

Fuel capacity

—

Fresh water capacity

—

Black water capacity

—

Construction

Mast material

—

Hull material

Vacuum infused fibreglass

Deck material

—

Keel type

—

Rudder type

—

Steering wheels

—

Builder's Own Figures

Self-tacking Jib area

29 m2

Code zero area

93 m2

Number of spreaders

2

Films of this model from the builder's official YouTube channel (Saffier Yachts). They are the builder's own; the figures above are the reference.

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About Saffier Yachts

Premium production

Dutch builder of performance daysailers and small cruising yachts, based in IJmuiden since the Hennevanger family launched the first Saffier model in 1999.

The Saffier story begins in Sydney, where Richard Hennevanger opened his first yard in 1960 and built the Santana 22 and 26; he worked on Gretel 2, the 12-Metre that in 1970 became the first non-US challenger to win an America's Cup race, and the family sailed around the world between 1972 and 1980 before the windsurfing successes of the 1980s. The yard settled at the new IJmuiden marina in the Netherlands in 1997, took its first show orders in 1998, and passed to the next generation, Dennis and Dean Hennevanger, in 2001 with the Saffier 8 metre, fifty of which were built. The Saffier Se 26 of 2008, one of the first 26-footers with a wheel and every line led to the helm, won European Yacht of the Year and sold over 140; the SE 23 of 2010 won it again unanimously in 2011 as the first Saffier with electric propulsion. The SE 27 Leisure took the award in 2021 and the SE 33 Life in 2022 -- the first yard ever to win two years running -- the SE 24 Lite won it in 2024, a new shipyard opened in 2022, and the SL46 MED of 2024 opened a luxury line.

The Saffier Yachts Range

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

1. Saffier SL 4648.9 ft
2. Saffier SE 38 Leader· this model41 ft
3. Saffier SE 33 Life36.1 ft
4. Saffier SE 28 Leopard30.2 ft
5. Saffier SC 8m Cabin27.9 ft
6. Saffier SE 24 Lite26.2 ft
7. Saffier SC 6.50 Cruise23 ft

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